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File #: 070361    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 4/26/2007 In control: CITY COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 4/26/2007
Title: Recognizing, Honoring, and Celebrating Kimberly Rogers, Miss Philadelphia 2007-For Her Talents and Well-Rounded Persona that Earned Her the Title Miss Philadelphia 2007 - And Wishing Her Well in The Miss Pennsylvania 2007 Pageant.
Sponsors: Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Blackwell, Council President Verna, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Savage, Councilmember Campbell, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Krajewski
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 07036100.pdf
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Recognizing, Honoring, and Celebrating Kimberly Rogers, Miss Philadelphia 2007—For Her Talents and Well-Rounded Persona that Earned Her the Title Miss Philadelphia 2007 - And Wishing Her Well in The Miss Pennsylvania 2007 Pageant.  
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WHEREAS, Ms. Rogers competed against 15 of the Philadelphia area's brightest, prettiest, and most talented young women, and excelled in the competition; and
 
WHEREAS, Ms. Rogers' tap dancing talent, interviewing skills, and physical beauty, exemplifies what it means to hold the title Miss Philadelphia; and
 
WHEREAS, Ms. Rogers earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in molecular biology at Princeton University, where she completed a 153 page senior thesis on the genetic misclassifications of Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer, which demonstrates her intellectual acumen; and
 
WHEREAS, Ms. Rogers volunteers her time to raise awareness for teenage depression, which exhibits her strong social commitment; and
 
WHEREAS, Ms. Rogers was the winner of two national dance titles: Miss Starpower, in 2001, and America's Dancer of the Year, in 2000; and
 
WHEREAS, Ms. Rogers currently works as a product manager at a Pharmaceutical Consulting firm, and plans to pursue her Masters Degree in Business Administration; and
 
WHEREAS, Ms. Rogers will superbly represent the City of Philadelphia in the Miss Pennsylvania 2007 pageant; now therefore
 
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, THAT it Recognizes, Honors, and Celebrates Ms. Kimberly Rogers, Miss Philadelphia 2007—For Her Talents and Well-Rounded Persona that Earned Her the Title Miss Philadelphia 2007 -- And Wishing Her Well in The Miss Pennsylvania 2007 Pageant.  
 
FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented to Ms. Kimberly Rogers, further evidencing the sincere admiration and gratitude of this legislative body.
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