Last updated 08.19.08

Nora's Miss Teen USA 2008 Photo Gallery: View her profile on www.missteenusa.com

   
Opening Production Number

 

Swimsuit Presentation
Evening Gown Presentation
 

 

 

Rehearsals
 

 

Candids:

   
Nora with Tiondra Martinez (RI) and Ana Maria Lawson (MD)
   
 
The contestants pose for a photo for a Seventeen.com special report before enjoying the AquaVenture.
Nora is 2nd row, just right of center in photo above.
 
 
Nora (far left) arrives at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas and poses with
several other of the state contestants competing for MISS TEEN USA 2009
   
 
Nora in various group photos during the Welcome Dinner & Reception for the contestants
   
   
 
President of Kerzner Intn'l, George Markantonis, Hilary Cruz, Miss Teen USA 2007, and President of the Miss Universe Organization, Paula Shugart pose with the 51 contestants for the 2008 Miss Teen USA competition at a welcome event in Aura nightclub at ATLANTIS, Paradise Island, Bahamas
 

 

Official Photos:

Photography by: Dan DuVerney, Stylist: Marcus Geeter

Appearance Photos:

 
The ABC7 Jim Gibbons Run, Walk & Survivors' Strut is a major fundraiser for the Leukemia Research Foundation. Each year on the third Thursday in June,
more than 2,500 participants gather along Chicago's downtown lakefront to run, walk and raise funds in search of a cure for leukemia and lymphoma.

Nora with a young cancer survivor & friend

Shanon & Nora take a photo with a runner

Nora signs the Wall of Hope

 

 
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On Sunday, May 4, the Greater Illinois Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society held their 19th annual Walk MS event on the Chicago Waterfront.
   The annual fundraiser helps the chapter provide services and programs to 20,000 people with MS and their families within Illinois.

 

Nora participates in the March of Dimes Walk for Babies on Sunday, April 30th. Thousands of people throughout the Chicago area
participated in the 36th annual event to help fund lifesaving research to prevent birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. 

 

The Lipinski-Callahan-Daly Memorial Chapter of the Leukemia Research Foundation presents its 36th annual fashion show fundraiser "Celebrate Fashion"

Nora travels to Las Vegas for the MISS USA pageant:

 
Nora walks the red carpet at the Fashion Rocks the Universe Event in Las Vegas and below (L) at the
2008 Miss USA telecast and (R) with her parents, Jim & Maureen, after the fashion show
 

Appearance Photos:

   
In honor of World Autism Awareness Day, a crowd of children and parents gathered to hear Nora read at the "Let's Be Friends Storytime" at Barnes & Noble in Chicago. Click here for more info and article.

 

Nora with Emilie Lewis (L), Special Events Coordinator for Best Buddies Illinois, and with
other guests of the Charity of the Month Program at the Signature Room in Chicago.

Nora attends the "Chicago Auto Show First Look for Charity" event, where she helped at the reception for Children's Memorial Hospital (one of her family's favorite charities). She sold raffle tickets, spoke to the gathering about her experiences at the hospital and then pulled the winning ticket for the raffle. Nora is shown above (far left & middle) with Janet Davies of ABC7 Chicago, a long time Chicago TV personality and MC for the event, and with Kelly D'Adam (R) director of development for Children's Hospital and organizer of the event.

Nora checks out the auto show and sits in the new Porche!


Shanon & Nora attend the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Gala




Nora & Shanon sell roses to help raise funds
at the Cystic Fibrosis Gala Event



 

 

"Day After" Photo Shoot - Chicago's Navy Pier:
November 19, 2007

Photos by Josef Willis; PageantPhotography.com

Modeling Photos:

Photos by: Daniel DuVerney

 

 

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