Career
In 2005, she placed 1st runner up in the "Mission Georgia"s Most Outstanding Teen" competition. In 2009, she was crowned Mission Georgia United States of America. From 7th grade, Gittings battled anorexia which began after being told by another child that she was "fat and ugly". Winning the Mission Parkview Sophomore was the changing point for her and she overcame the disease.
In her adult life, Gittings started a non-profit organisation called "A Hunger for the Right Weigh: Eating Disorder Awareness and Prevention" with the aim to raise awareness of the eating disorder with middle and high school girls.
Gittings has lived in Lilburn, Georgia, since 1999 and is a graduate of Parkview High School. She is a classically trained pianist.
In 2009 she was studying towards a bachelor"s degree in Biology and Speech communication at University of Georgia. She is a cadet in the University of Georgia Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps and has hopes of being a physician in the United States Air Force someday.
Gittings is half-Korean, her father a retired Air Force veteran and her mother is from South of Korea.
She was born in Valdosta and has a younger sister, Kristin.
