Sophia Madison Airoso-Gardner, 20, is an American of Portuguese descent and will try her luck at the Miss New York pageant, Luso-American reports.
A university student from Torres Vedras wants to become the next “beauty queen” of the competition, which will take place from June 28 to 30.
Sophia, who is a freshman at Fordham University, wants to pursue a career in medicine, the same source said. His mother, Isabel Maria Airoso-Gardner, is an emigrant from Torres Vedras, and his father is an American of Russian-Jewish origin.
Addiction to beauty tests runs in their family blood. In 1992, Isabel won Miss Portugal-America.
As a candidate, Sofia joined the “Your Big Sister on the Couch” initiative.
Besides fashion, he enjoys cooking, travel and music. She is a classical performer and has performed at Carnegie Hall to open a New York Mets baseball game.