Resolution 080479

..Title Recognizing, Honoring, And Celebrating Brintha Vasagar, Miss Philadelphia 2008-For Her Talents And Well-Rounded Persona That Earned Her The Title Miss Philadelphia 2008 - And Wishing Her Well In The Miss Pennsylvania 2008 Pageant. ..Body WHEREAS, Ms. Vasagar competed against 15 of the Philadelphia area's brightest, prettiest, and most talented young women, and excelled in the competition; and WHEREAS, Ms. Vasagar's South Asian folk dancing talent, interviewing skills, and physical beauty, exemplifies what it means to hold the title Miss Philadelphia; and WHEREAS, Ms. Vasagar earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in biology and psychology at Georgetown University, where she graduated in the top 25% of her class and was inducted into numerous honor societies, which demonstrates her intellectual acumen; and WHEREAS, Ms. Vasagar recently helped raise over $500,000 for tsunami relief, which exhibits her strong social commitment; and WHEREAS, Ms. Vasagar was invited to the Presidential Inauguration and to speak before members of the United States Congress and the United Nations regarding her tsunami relief efforts; and WHEREAS, Ms. Vasagar currently is a third year medical student at Ross University School of Medicine in Miami; and WHEREAS, Ms. Vasagar will superbly represent the City of Philadelphia in the Miss Pennsylvania 2008 pageant; now therefore BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, THAT IT, Recognizes, Honors, And Celebrates Ms. Brintha Vasagar, Miss Philadelphia 2008-For Her Talents And Well-Rounded Persona That Earned Her The Title Miss Philadelphia 2008 -- And Wishing Her Well In The Miss Pennsylvania 2008 Pageant. FURTHER RESOLVED, That an engrossed copy of this Resolution be presented to Ms. Brintha Vasagar, further evidencing the sincere admiration and gratitude of this legislative body. ..End