Nancy Redd

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name=Nancy Redd

| title=Miss Virginia 2003

| nationalcompetition=Miss America 2004 (Top 10)

| birth_place= Martinsville, Virginia

| birth_name= Nancy Amanda Redd

| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|04|28}}

| height={{height|ft=5|in=5}}

| eye_color= Brown

| hair_color= Brown

| alma_mater = Harvard University (B.A., 2003)

| spouse = Rupak Ginn

| children = 2

}}

Nancy Amanda Redd (born April 28, 1981) is an American author who was Miss Virginia in 2003 and competed in Miss America, finishing in the top ten and winning the preliminary "Lifestyle & Fitness in Swimwear" competition.{{Citation | last = Carmon | first = Irin | title = Alums Wow, Fall Short At Pageant | newspaper = The Crimson | date = 22 September 2003 | url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/9/22/alums-wow-fall-short-at-pageant/ |access-date= }}

Redd authored the body positive nonfiction book Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers (2007), and hosted the show HuffPost Live.{{cite web|title=Bob Roth―Meditation Teacher To The Stars|url=http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/third-metric-meditation-teacher-to-the-stars/525c066678c90a26c70005bf|access-date=20 October 2013}} She is also the author of Diet Drama: Feed Your Body! Move Your Body! Love Your Body (2010)What's on your nightstand? Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers (Book review), 1 September 2008, Ebony (magazine) and Pregnancy, OMG!: The First Ever Photographic Guide for Modern Mamas-to-Be (2018).

Redd has since authored the children's books Bedtime Bonnet (2020) and The Real Santa (2021).

Early life and education

Nancy Amanda Redd was born in Martinsville, Virginia on April 28, 1981. As a child in Virginia, she was active in 4-H, and was in Girls State in high school.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} In February 2002, while attending Harvard University, Redd won $250,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and donated a considerable amount of her winnings to 4-H. Redd was one of Glamour's Top Ten College Women in October 2002.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-04-et-stylefiller4-story.html There she is, Miss Harvard?] Redd graduated from Harvard with honors in 2003, with a degree in women's studies.{{Citation | last = Okunseinde | first = O.I. | title = Redd Hot | newspaper = The Crimson | date = 14 February 2002 | url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/2/14/redd-hot-after-winning-a-quarter/ |access-date= }}

Pageantry

= Miss Virginia 2003 =

= Miss America 2003 =

Career

= Books =

Redd is the author of many nonfiction books, including the New York Times bestseller Body Drama.{{Cite web|title=Body Drama: Real Answers for Real Girls' Issues |website=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=4111685}} Her other nonfiction works on women's bodies include Diet Drama and Pregnancy OMG!.{{Cite web|title=Nancy Redd Discusses Her New Book Diet Drama |website=Diets in Review |url=https://dietsinreview.com/diet_column/01/nancy-redd-discusses-her-new-book-diet-drama/}}{{Cite web|title=Pregnancy, OMG!; A New Pregnancy Book Gets Real |last=Gillette |first=Sam |website=People |url=https://people.com/health/pregnancy-omg-book-by-nancy-redd/}}

Redd's first children's book, Bedtime Bonnet, was released in 2020. She wrote the book for her daughter to celebrate "black nighttime hair routines".{{Cite web|title=A Little Girl Didn't Like Her 'Bedtime Bonnet,' So Mom Wrote A Book To Help |last=Balaban |first=Samantha |website=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/04/26/798497364/a-little-girl-didnt-like-her-bedtime-bonnet-so-mom-wrote-a-book-to-help}}{{Cite web|title=This Black Mom Is Normalizing Bedtime Bonnets With A New Children's Book |last=Boone |first=Keyaira |website=Essence |date=6 December 2020 |url=https://www.essence.com/entertainment/only-essence/bedtime-bonnet-nancy-redd/}} Redd's second children's book is entitled The Real Santa, which was released in 2021. The book's goal was to fill a demand in the black community for representation of a black Santa Claus.{{Cite web|title=Black Santa Is Coming To Town In Author Nancy Redd's New Children's Book 'The Real Santa' |last=Tharpe |first=Stephanie |website=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestheculture/2021/11/16/black-santa-is-coming-to-town-with-author-nancy-redds-new-childrens-book-the-real-santa/?sh=c9f226d4784d}}{{Cite news|title=In Search of Black Santa |last=Redd |first=Nancy |work=The New York Times |date=9 December 2021 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/well/family/black-santa.html}}

= Hosting =

Redd was a longtime host of HuffPost Live, which ran from 2012 to 2016. Redd hosted her last segment in 2015.{{Cite web|title=Nancy Redd |website=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/nancy-redd}} Redd would go on to host the show SoMe in 2016.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

Personal life

Redd is married to Indian-American actor Rupak Ginn. They have two children, a son named August and a daughter also named Nancy.{{Cite web|title=How Nancy Redd's Bedtime Bonnet Helped Her Daughter Love Her Hair: 'There's No Shame' |last=Gillette |first=Sam |website=People |url=https://people.com/parents/nancy-redd-kids-book-bedtime-bonnet-daughter-loves-hair/}}

Bibliography

Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers (2007)
Diet Drama: Feed Your Body! Move Your Body! Love Your Body! (2010)
Pregnancy, OMG!: The First Ever Photographic Guide for Modern Mamas–to–Be (2018)
Bedtime Bonnet (2020; with illustrator Nneka Myers)
The Real Santa (2021; with illustrator Charnelle Pinkney Barlow)

References

External links

[http://www.nancyredd.com Official website]
{{IMDb name|1917655}}
{{ISBN|1592403263}} Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers by Nancy Redd

Category:1981 births

Category:American beauty pageant winners

Category:Harvard University alumni

Category:Living people

Category:Miss America 2004 delegates

Category:Miss America Preliminary Swimsuit winners

Category:People from Martinsville, Virginia

Category:Miss Virginia winners