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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING ALEXANDRA CURTIS ON BEING NAMED THE 2015 CHERRY

BLOSSOM PRINCESS

     Introduced By: Representatives Giarrusso, Serpa, Costa, Filippi, and Malik

     Date Introduced: April 02, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, Annually in April, as the beatific cherry trees bloom, accomplished young

women from across the country travel to Washington, D.C., to attend a weeklong series of

educational and enriching activities and receptions, culminating in the National Cherry Blossom

Festival Parade. One of these state delegates is then chosen to represent the United States in Japan

as the United States Cherry Blossom Queen; and

     WHEREAS, The Ocean State's own homegrown beauty, Miss Alexandra Curtis, was

selected as the 2015 Rhode Island Cherry Blossom Princess. A recent graduate of Syracuse

University, who grew up in the Town of East Greenwich, Alexandra is eminently well prepared

to "showcase the brilliance and talent that exist in Rhode Island"; and

     WHEREAS, Demonstrating amazing leadership skills, Alexandra was a member of the

Renee Crown University Honors Program while attending Syracuse University. In addition, she

served as the Student Association President in 2013, was the student representative to the Board

of Trustees, and founded the first women’s leadership week on campus; and

     WHEREAS, Alexandra has also successfully competed in a number of pageants. She

competed in the Miss Rhode Island 2014 pageant and was named first runner up, and was

selected as Miss East Greenwich in 2014, and was recently named Miss West Warwick 2015; and

     WHEREAS, Upon graduation, Alexandra completed a fellowship through Running Start,

and interned for United States Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. In addition, through her

pageant associations, she raised funds for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, and traveled

throughout the Northeast promoting her platform "Leading Ladies: Equipping Young Women

With the Skills to Lead"; and

     WHEREAS, Alexandra Curtis is an outstanding young lady, who has already

accumulated a plethora of awards and honors in her short lifetime and it is fitting that we

encourage, recognize, and applaud her accomplishments; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Alexandra Curtis on being selected as a 2015 Cherry

Blossom Princess and we wish her happiness, good health, and continued success in all her future

endeavors; 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 Miss Alexandra Curtis.

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