Erika Harold

Erika Natalie Louise Harold (born February 20, 1980) is an American beauty queen, politician, lawyer and former Miss America. She was Miss America 2003. Before that she was Miss Illinois 2002.

Erika Harold
Harold in St. Louis, Missouri in January 2014
Born	Erika Natalie Louise Harold (1980-02-20) February 20, 1980 (age 45) Urbana, Illinois, US
Education	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA) Harvard University (JD)
Title	Miss Illinois 2002 Miss America 2003
Predecessor	Katie Harman
Successor	Ericka Dunlap
Political party	Republican

Harold's pageant platform was against bullying. In 2014, she was a candidate in the Republican primary for the 13th Congressional District Seat in the State of Illinois. She lost the nomination to the incumbent Rodney Davis.^[1]

Harold was born in Urbana, Illinois.