{"id":57779,"date":"2017-06-27T21:53:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T01:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=57779"},"modified":"2017-06-28T00:12:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T04:12:59","slug":"miss-gay-west-virginia-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=57779","title":{"rendered":"Miss Gay West Virginia America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=56977#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-56977\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-56977\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/14939956_948622158601484_5597497183140919464_o.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Gay America\" width=\"600\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/14939956_948622158601484_5597497183140919464_o.jpg 1942w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/14939956_948622158601484_5597497183140919464_o-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/14939956_948622158601484_5597497183140919464_o-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/14939956_948622158601484_5597497183140919464_o-768x393.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/14939956_948622158601484_5597497183140919464_o-1024x525.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/14939956_948622158601484_5597497183140919464_o-326x167.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/14939956_948622158601484_5597497183140919464_o-700x359.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Miss Gay West Virginia America is a prelim to <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=23209\">Miss Gay America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-57779 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=57797'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"86\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/332549_229446753784582_1679600808_o-86x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Vicki Williams\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-57797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/332549_229446753784582_1679600808_o-86x150.jpg 86w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/332549_229446753784582_1679600808_o-172x300.jpg 172w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/332549_229446753784582_1679600808_o-587x1024.jpg 587w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/332549_229446753784582_1679600808_o-326x568.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/332549_229446753784582_1679600808_o-700x1221.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/332549_229446753784582_1679600808_o.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 86px) 100vw, 86px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-57797'>\n\t\t\t\tVicki Williams\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=22015'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11403092_968155643243264_6599375277155544671_n-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sonya Ross\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-22015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11403092_968155643243264_6599375277155544671_n-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11403092_968155643243264_6599375277155544671_n-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11403092_968155643243264_6599375277155544671_n-326x489.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/11403092_968155643243264_6599375277155544671_n.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-22015'>\n\t\t\t\tSonya Ross\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=3477'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/tamara_demore001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3477\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3477'>\n\t\t\t\tTamara DeMore\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=3748'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/jpg62-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Bridget Nickles\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3748\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3748'>\n\t\t\t\tBridget Nickles\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=11711'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/20110623-121136-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coti Collins\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11711\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11711'>\n\t\t\t\tCoti Collins \u2013 Photo by Tios Photography\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=464'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/071-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tracy Morgan\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-464\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-464'>\n\t\t\t\tTracy Morgan\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=11814'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Kirby-Kolby-MGA2012-9447-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Kirby Kolby\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11814\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11814'>\n\t\t\t\tKirby Kolby\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=512'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/086-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-512\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-512'>\n\t\t\t\tAshley Bannks\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?attachment_id=24055'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11893778_10152947996666059_2785606130164920968_o-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Chi Chi Ray Colby - Photo by Richard A Bowe\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11893778_10152947996666059_2785606130164920968_o-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11893778_10152947996666059_2785606130164920968_o-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11893778_10152947996666059_2785606130164920968_o-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11893778_10152947996666059_2785606130164920968_o-326x489.jpg 326w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11893778_10152947996666059_2785606130164920968_o-700x1050.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11893778_10152947996666059_2785606130164920968_o.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24055'>\n\t\t\t\tChi Chi Ray Colby &#8211; Photo by Richard A Bowe\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America Titleholders<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>1980\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=57796\">Vicki Williams<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1981\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=927\">Sonya Ross<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1982\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Mimi Woods<\/li>\n<li><strong>1983\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=3476\">Tamara DeMore<\/a> ***<\/li>\n<li><strong>1984\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=3747\">Bridget Nickles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1985\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Maxine McKnight<\/li>\n<li><strong>1986\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=222\">Coti Collins<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>1987<\/strong> &#8211; Lauren Summers<\/li>\n<li><strong>1997\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=463\">Tracy Morgan<\/a> ***<\/li>\n<li><strong>1998<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=867\">Kirby Kolby<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2014\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=511\">Ashley Bannks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>2015\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=1646\">Chi Chi Ray Colby<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>***In Loving Memory<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Open Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A photo is needed for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lauren Summers, 1987 Winner<\/li>\n<li>Maxine McKnight, 1985 Winner<\/li>\n<li>Mimi Woods, 1982 Winner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Miss Gay West Virginia America History<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=1646\">Chi Chi Ray Colby<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1st Alternate &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=13804\">Victoria Robinson<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=511\">Ashley Bannks<\/a><\/li>\n<li>1st Alternate &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=14449\">Jada Bee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1999 &#8211; 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pageant status needs researched.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1998<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=867\">Kirby Kolby<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1989 &#8211; 1997<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pageant status needs researched.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1988<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;<\/li>\n<li>1st Alternate &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=222\">Coti Collins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1987<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0Lauren Summers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1986<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=222\">Coti Collins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1985<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0Maxine McKnight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1984<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=3747\">Bridget Nickles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1983<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=3476\">Tamara DeMore<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1982<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0Mimi Woods<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1981<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=927\">Sonya Ross<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Miss Gay West Virginia America 1980<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Winner &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=57796\">Vicki 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Miss Gay West Virginia America Titleholders 1980\u00a0&#8211; Vicki&#8230; <span class=\"gridview-grid-post-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/?p=57779\">read more<span class=\"gridview-sr-only\"> Miss Gay West Virginia America<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-57779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-west-virginia","wpcat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourcommunityroots.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}