Laura Lawless

Laura Lawless
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Laura Lawless 1978 (age 37–38) New York City, U.S.
Other names	Laura Robertson
Title(s)	New York's Junior Miss 1996, Miss Arizona 2002
Major competition(s)	America's Junior Miss 1996, Miss America 2003 (Top 15)

Laura Lawless Robertson (born 1978) held the title of Miss Arizona 2002 and placed in the Top 15 Semifinals at the Miss America 2003 Pageant held on September 21, 2002, in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Miss Arizona

Lawless competed at Miss Arizona as Miss Maricopa and had previously held the title of New York's Junior Miss 1996. She has also competed in the Miss Massachusetts and Miss New York pageants prior to moving to Arizona to attend law school.^[1] Her talent was classical piano.^[2] Her personal platform was Mental Health Matters: Encouraging Awareness, Advocacy, and Action, since she had been diagnosed with clinical depression at the age of 17.

Life after Miss Arizona

Lawless is currently a celebrity spokesperson for the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (now known as the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation). She also currently speaks about mental illness, traveling all around the country.^[3] She attended high school at Dominican Academy in Manhattan, NY. She is a graduate of Harvard University (2000) and Arizona State University College of Law (2005). She is currently a practicing attorney working for Squire Patton Boggs in Phoenix, focusing on labor and employment issues and on general litigation matters.^[4]

References

↑ Hedding, Judy. "Miss Arizona 2002: Laura Lawless". About.com:Phoenix. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
↑ "Miss Arizona Pageant Contestants". About.com:Phoenix. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
↑ "Speaker Information: Laura Lawless". Speakers on Healthcare. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
↑ "Laura M. Lawless Robertson". Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Retrieved July 10, 2010.

External links

Official Miss America Profile

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Kapri Rose	Miss Arizona 2003	Succeeded by Corrie Hill

Miss America 2003, state titleholders

AL: Scarlotte Deupree AZ: Laura Lawless CT: Tanisha Brito DE: Shoha Parekh DC: Sarah-Elizabeth Langford FL: Katherine Carson IL: Erika Harold MS: Jennifer Adcock MO: Shandi Finnessey NJ: Alicia Luciano NV: Teresa Benitez OK: Casey Preslar SC: Kelly McCorkle SD: Vanessa Short Bull VA: Jennifer Pitts

Arizona pageant winners

Miss Arizona	Jacque Mercer (1949) Lynn Freyse (1957) Vonda Kay Van Dyke (1964) Brenda Strong (1980) Laura Lawless (2002) Piper Stoeckel (2012) Madison Esteves (2015)

Miss Arizona's Outstanding Teen	Madison Esteves (2012)

Miss Arizona USA	Jineane Ford (1980) Heather Keckler (2000) Danielle Demski (2004) Mariana Loya (2005) Brenna Sakas (2006) Courtney Barnas (2007) Kimberly Joiner (2008) Alicia-Monique Blanco (2009) Brittany Brannon (2011)

Miss Arizona Teen USA	Heather Keckler (1992) Danielle Demski (1999)

Mrs. Arizona	Britt Boyse (2004)

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