American model
Michelle Leonardo (born June 28, 1991) is an American dancer and model and beauty pageant contestant who won the Miss New Jersey Teen USA pageant in 2008[ 1] and the Miss New Jersey USA pageant in 2012.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] She placed in the Top 10 at Miss USA 2012.[ 7] She won Miss Teen United States-World 2009 and placed 3rd runner up at Miss Teen World 2009.[ 8]
Leonardo is currently a Digital Investment Supervisor at Horizon Media and is dancing for the New York Knicks. In 2015, Leonardo was a dancer for the Boston Celtics .[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] She appeared on Guiding Light and in print ads for corporations such as Polaroid , Million Dollar Baby Swimsuits and Sesame Street Kids. She has been in three Seventeen Magazine Fashion shows including one for Fall New York Fashion Week .[ 1] She was an on-air reporter for the Boston-based show Style It Up .[ 7]
Michelle Leonardo was born to Anthony and Laura Leonardo in Montclair, New Jersey and raised in Tinton Falls .[ 10] She has one younger sister, Lainie.[ 1] Leonardo attended Red Bank Catholic High School in Red Bank, New Jersey .[ 1] She graduated from Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts , where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in broadcast journalism .[ 11]
References
^ a b c d "Michelle Leonardo - Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2008" . Miss New Jersey Teen USA . Retrieved May 15, 2012 .
^ "Miss New Jersey USA and Miss New Jersey Teen USA" . Miss New Jersey Teen USA . October 23, 2011. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2012 .
^ "Michelle Leonardo: Knucklehead of the week" . Newark Star-Ledger . June 10, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2015 . Maybe Miss New Jersey USA, a journalism student at Suffolk University in Boston, wants to bone up on current events.
^ "Miss USA 2012: Miss Rhode Island Olivia Culpo named Miss USA 2012" . New York Daily News . June 4, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2015 .
^ "Miss USA 2012 contestants" . New York Daily News . May 31, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2015 .
^ Oldenburg, Ann (June 4, 2012). "Meet the new Miss USA 2012" . USA Today . Retrieved February 17, 2015 .
^ a b Alexander, Dan (June 4, 2012). "Miss New Jersey Makes Miss USA Pageant Top 10" . Trenton, NJ : WKXW . Retrieved February 17, 2015 . ...works as a college reporter for Boston based television show 'Style It Up'.
^ "Miss USA Home" . Miss USA . Retrieved May 15, 2012 .
^ "Michelle - Celtics Dancers Bios" . NBA.com . Retrieved January 28, 2014 .
^ a b Federico, Linda (February 11, 2012). "VIDEO: Miss New Jersey Visits Demarest School" . Bloomfield, NJ Patch. Retrieved May 15, 2012 .
^ a b Stile, Richard (November 8, 2011). "Suffolk Junior Wins Miss New Jersey USA" . The Suffolk Voice . Boston, MA : Suffolk University . Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2012 .