Averie Bishop

Averie Bishop is a social activist who is the first Asian American woman to be crowned Miss Texas. Her work focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and she co-founded a nonprofit supporting educational access for underserved communities.

She was the second-runner up at Miss America 2023, and ran as the Democratic Party's candidate for Texas's 112th House of Representatives district in the 2024 elections.

Early life and education Bishop was born in McKinney, Texas. Her mother, a Filipina immigrant from Banga, South Cotabato, Mindanao, worked as a maid and her father was a white and Cherokee bus driver. She attended schools in the Prosper Independent School District. She won . She won the Democratic primary unopposed on March 5, 2024, and faced incumbent Republican representative Angie Chen Button in the general election. Bishop received 47% of the vote, losing against Button's 53%.