Nana Meriwether
(1985 – )
Model, Entrepreneur
Nana Meriwether is a former Miss USA beauty queen and model. She was born on March 22, 1986, in South Africa and raised in Maryland, United States.
Meriwether won the Miss Maryland USA pageant in 2012 and went on to represent Maryland at the Miss USA 2012 competition, where she was crowned Miss USA. After her reign, she worked as a model and continued to promote various charitable organizations.
In addition to her work in the beauty pageant industry, Meriwether has also worked as a chemical engineer and holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Now Meriwether is one of the few Black winemakers in the country and she uniquely combines her understanding of herbalism with winemaking.
Motivational Quote:
“I have and am everything I will need to succeed.”
5 Success Lessons
to learn from Nana Meriwether
- Strive to achieve a specific goal.
- Physical and mental fitness are important.
- Be competitive and stay focused.
- Ambition and hard work go a long way.
- What you don’t know shouldn’t scare you; it should fuel you to learn.
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