Alexis wineman biography
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Alexis wineman biography
Alexis Wineman
American autism advocate and beauty queen
Alexis Wineman is an autism advocate[1] who was named Miss Montana 2012.[1] She won the "America's Choice" award at the Miss America 2013 pageant[1] and is the first known autistic contestant to compete in the Miss America pageant.[2][3]
Background
Wineman is from Cut Bank, Montana, and states that as a child, she always felt different[4] and was bullied.[5][6] She said that she began to understand why after she was diagnosed with "PDD-NOS (Pervasive Developmental Disorder- Not Otherwise Specified), an autism spectrum disorder" at the age of 11.[7] She attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama,[8] and graduated in 2017 with a degree in art.
She currently lives in Montgomery, Alabama and works at a daycare out of a church. Alexis still offers speaking events, but hasn't been getting many since graduating colleg