International adoptee, Miss Indiana Courtni Hall, promotes adoption awareness

July 4, 2:08 PM

International adoptee Courtni Hall*Miss Indiana, Courtni Hall, an international adoptee, is using her title to promote adoption awareness by being a spokesperson for Children's Hope International. Abandoned in Calcutta, India, at birth, weighing only 2 pounds 2 ounces, Hall was adopted at five months of age by an American couple and raised in Indiana.

Now 22 years old, Hall is the current Miss Indiana USA 2009 and the former Miss Indiana Teen USA 2004. She was named Miss Photogenic in the Miss Indiana USA 2009 competition and went on to compete at the annual Miss USA Pageant in April. Hall hopes to earn her Master's degree in Communications and eventually work as a television personality in the entertainment industry.

During her reign as Miss Indiana, Hall will be advocating for international adoption through a non-profit organization, Children's Hope International. This full service, licensed adoption and humanitarian agency offers adoption from China, Colombia,Ethiopia, Russia, and Vietnam, as well as providing relief programs for the children still without parental care in these countries, including orphan sponsorships.

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