Most women who don the crown and sash of Miss Texas have the same ambition: to become Miss America. Averie Bishop, who was Miss Texas 2022, came pretty close, placing third in the pageant. Flush with that near-victory, she made a hard pivot: she decided to take on the political establishment. The 27-year-old from McKinney, about thirty miles north of Dallas, isn’t your typical agitator. The daughter of a Filipino immigrant mother and a fifth-generation Texan father, she attended college and law school at Southern Methodist University before becoming the first Asian American Miss Texas. In that role, Bishop made some unusual choices, speaking out on controversial issues, such as guns, racism, and reproductive rights. That brought her lots of media attention, giving her the…
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