Nicole Johnson (Miss America)

Johnson holds a B.A. in English from the University of South Florida and an M.A. in journalism from the School of Communication & the Arts at Regent University in Virginia.[4] She also has a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Pittsburgh gained in 2007. In 2013, Johnson received a Doctor of Public Health degree from the University of South Florida.

Johnson with congressman, Gus Bilirakis, in 2008

Johnson became a spokesperson for the American Diabetes Association in the 1990s and had testified in legislative hearings in Washington, D.C. prior to winning the Miss Virginia title.[8]

In 2004, her communication skills and journalism background led her to become the anchor of dLife, a weekly TV series about diabetes that aired on CNBC. Johnson has also written several books over her career: three cookbooks with Mr. Food, an independent cookbook titled, Nicole Johnson's Diabetes Recipe Makeovers, an autobiography titled Living with Diabetes, and a book for young adults titled, Young Adult Type 1 Diabetes Realities.

She continues to work as a diabetes advocate and patient care expert - professionally and in a volunteer capacity. Her consulting clients have included Novo Nordisk, Animas Corporation, AmMed Direct LLC and Eli Lilly and Company. On a volunteer basis, she has served in leadership roles within the JDRF and the American Diabetes Association. Her academic credentials have most recently led her to public health work at the University of South Florida where she is the Executive Director of a program she created called Bringing Science Home. In 2010, Johnson founded Students With Diabetes (SWD), at the University of South Florida, to serve the needs of the young adult population with diabetes.

Johnson was briefly engaged to investment banker Conn Jackson in 2000.[11]

In 2003, Johnson married journalist Scott Baker.[12] The couple met in the mid-90s at a seminar Baker held for college students interested in news careers.[12] Together the couple had a daughter. Johnson and Baker later divorced in 2008.

Prior to her participation in 1995 Miss Florida pageant, she appeared in a supporting part in the independent Australian film, No Worries (1994), directed by David Elfick.[13] In 1997, she had a minor cameo part as an extra in Neil LaBute's In the Company of Men.[14] She later appeared in a supporting role in the independent horror film, Blood Games (2003).

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