Nicole Pallozzi was Miss Rhode Island USA 2019

Miss Rhode Island USA 2019 Nicole Pallozzi lives in Providence, Rhode Island where she was born and raised. Nicole is currently a Project Coordinator at Kantar Millward Brown, one of the world’s leading global marketing research companies that focuses on advertising effectiveness, strategic communication, media and brand equity research.

In 2014, Nicole graduated from La Salle Academy where she was part of the Varsity Competition Cheerleading and Varsity Track and Field Teams, and was a member of the Rhode Island Allstate teams in both of those sports. She went on to graduate from The University of Rhode Island in 2018 where she obtained a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration degree with a focus in Marketing. Throughout her 4 years at URI, she got immensely involved on campus while maintaining Dean’s List. During Nicole’s junior year of college, she had the opportunity to study abroad for four months in Florence, Italy where she traveled to 6 countries and 21 European cities.

Since 12 years old Nicole has been modeling and has walked in numerous seasons of StyleWeek as well as New York Fashion Week. She has been volunteering with Best Buddies since high school, inspired by her Uncle Mickey to get involved with this organization. Her uncle was born with cerebral palsy and even though he cannot walk or talk, but never let his disability define him as an individual.