Former Miss Texas Averie Bishop is running against Rep. Angie Chen Button for the House District 112 seat in the Texas Legislature.(Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer) Averie Bishop, a McKinney ...

“Born in McKinney,” Bishop said ... stop at a supersized Buc-ee’s gas station to the New York subway. As Miss Texas, she’s traveled more often and farther than her predecessors ...

As a law school graduate who hails from McKinney, Texas, she looked to pageants as a way to pay back her loans. She won the Miss Texas America title in 2022 — becoming the first Asian American ...

I was born and raised in McKinney, a not-so-small-anymore town ... I wanted my tenure as Miss Texas to really mean something. This is about so much more than the stereotypes of beauty pageants ...

The new Miss Texas, Averie Bishop ... perhaps?" she said. "Maybe McKinney, like where I was born. I think we need to have very young, diverse voices just simply running. We don't have to win ...

Averie Bishop was crowned Miss Texas in June, the first Asian American ... because I was born in McKinney and went to school in Prosper ISD for 12 years. I always say Dallas when I’m traveling.