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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING AMY DIAZ FOR HER 2013 VICTORY IN THE AMAZING RACE

COMPETITION

     Introduced By: Representative Joseph A.Trillo

     Date Introduced: May 14, 2014

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Amy Diaz, a 2001 graduate of Classical High School, is a multi-talented,

beautiful and athletic individual who has excelled in a variety of endeavors in her young life

including dancing, yoga, modeling, acting, photography, cooking, health and fitness

competitions, and motivational speaking; and

     WHEREAS, Amy graduated cum laude at the age of 19 from Barry University with a

Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Communication and later graduated at the age of 22 with

dual Master's degrees in Business Administration and Sports Management. She was also chosen

Miss Rhode Island Teen USA in 2001, Miss Rhode Island USA in 2008, and Miss Earth United

States in 2009; and

     WHEREAS, In 2013, Amy Diaz, along with her partner Jason Case, were chosen to

participate in "The Amazing Race", a CBS reality television show in which teams of two people

with pre-existing relationships compete against other teams in races around the globe; and

     WHEREAS, Amy and Jason took part in the 23rd season of the Amazing Race, an event

that aired on national television from September 29, 2013 to December 8, 2013, and took place in

locales ranging from Chile, Portugal, Poland, Norway and Austria, to the United Arab Emirates,

Tokyo, Japan, Indonesia, and the United States; and

     WHEREAS, Amy and Jason were required to complete exotic tasks such as eating snake

meat in Indonesia, driving Formula One racing cars in Abu Dhabi, and building a robot in Japan.

In the first eleven legs of the Amazing Race competition, Amy and Jason were very consistent

performers, finishing second six times and first once, before emerging victorious as the overall

winners in the last stage in Juneau, Alaska. For all of their hard work and sacrifice, Amy and

Jason were rewarded with the million dollar winner's prize; and

     WHEREAS, Amy also devotes much of her time in support of numerous charitable

causes and endeavors such as the American Heart Association, Save the Bay, A Wish Come True,

Groundwork Providence, Breast Cancer Awareness, and AIDS Project RI as an HIV Prevention

Educator. In 2013, Amy was nominated for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Man & Woman

of the Year Award. Additionally, she raised approximately $10,000 in a ten week period to help

cure Leukemia, Lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and Myeloma, and to help the patients and

families suffering from those diseases; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Amy Diaz for her victory in the 2013 Amazing Race

competition; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Amy Diaz.

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