Miss Oregon Allison Burke cherished her time on Miss America stage
(PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — Six years of reaching for the top, and Allison Burke made the Miss America competition.
The journey was worth the work. Burke, 28, recently returned from Miss America feeling grateful and satisfied.
“The biggest thing is this overwhelming sense of I made it there,” said Burke, the reigning Miss Oregon, reflecting on her experience in the competition at Orlando, Florida, Jan. 6-14. “I have so much gratitude for people pouring their love and support into me.
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“I’ll be old some day, 80 years old, thinking about what a special time in my life it was. Thinking of all the people who helped get me there made it special.”
Burke, a 2013 Tigard High graduate, became Miss Oregon on her sixth attempt in 2023. The lesson learned: “Have some grit and gumption, and you never know how things play out in life.”
Burke attended Portland State University (studying public health) and works as operations manager for Sen. Jeff Merkley in Portland. It’s a job that keeps her busy, but she has dedicated much of the past six years to being part of the Miss Oregon and Miss America programs. To be on the stage in Orlando, then, was the thrill of a lifetime.
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