| | Michelle Gillespie |
| 21 |
| Mission Hills, KS |
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Michelle is a 21-year-old student at Southern Methodist University working toward a degree in broadcast journalism. She is currently employed as a news intern at the CBS news affiliate in Kansas City. In recent years, she has worked at Conde Nast Publications in New York, working for both Golf Digest, as a sports marketing intern, and Teen Vogue magazine, as a fashion assistant. Last summer, she completed a highly selective internship at FOX news in Dallas, TX, where she reported on stories in the local Dallas communities.
Due to Michelle's hardwork and independent study achievements, she was awarded the University Scholarship for distinguished SMU students. As a member of her sorority, Michelle also works as the Scholarship Committee chairperson to promote the importance of academic performance on campus as a part of the characteristics of a well-rounded student. Michelle is very active on her university's campus as a published reporter and contributor to the university's newspaper "The Daily Campus". She has also anchored and reported for her university's daily morning news show "The SMU Daily Update".
Michelle supports many charities with her time and resources. Some of these charities include, but are not limited to: The Christopher and Dana Reeves Foundation, AWARE to promote AIDS awareness, Champion's are Readers, The Susan Komen Race for the Cure, Harvester's Food Bank, and reading to underprivileged children at the New Stanley School in Kansas City.
In her free time, Michelle enjoys being with and cooking meals for her friends and family. Her favorites are Mexican food and anything chocolate! She loves to dance and is well studied in classical ballet, jazz and hip hop. She speaks fluent french, hosted a french student from Paris and spent time studying abroad in France. She enjoys reading novels, newspapers and magazines (especially about fashion, interior design, entertainment and cooking) traveling to new places and meeting new people. She cheers her hometown teams (Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas Jayhawks) with her 3 younger brothers and loves to watch movies with her little sister Kelly.
Michelle is the great, great niece of Margaret Gorman, crowned the first Miss America in 1921.
Michelle is the daughter of Scott and Diane Gillespie and has three younger brothers and one younger sister: Daniel, 20, Robby, 18, Jay, 16, and Kelly, 14.
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