Education
Oregon State University.
Oregon State University.
Mission Oregon 2011
In March 2011, McGowan was crowned Mission Linn-Benton County 2011. She entered the Mission Oregon pageant in late June 2011 as one of 22 qualifiers for the state title. McGowan"s competition talent was a classic vocal performance of the aria "Chanson Boheme" from the opera Carmen.
Her platform was "Eating Disorder Awareness: Empowerment Through Attitude".
She earned more than $10,000 in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant. As Mission Oregon, her activities included public appearances across the state of Oregon.
McGowan was Oregon"s representative at the Mission America 2012 pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, in January 2012. She was not one of the 16 semi-finalists for the national crown and earned a $3,000 non-finalist scholarship prize.
McGowan was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and raised in suburban Waukee, Iowa.
She is a 2009 graduate of Waukee High School. Her father is Dan McGowan and her mother is Kathy McGowan. From 2009 through 2011, McGowan was a student at Oregon State University studying communications.
After her year as Mission Oregon, McGowan shifted to Portland State University where she studied philosophy.