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{{short description|American author and 2003 Miss Virginia}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name=Nancy Redd
| title=[[Miss Virginia]] 2003
| nationalcompetition=[[Miss America]] 2004 (Top 10)
| birth_place= [[Martinsville, Virginia|Martinsville]], [[Virginia]]
| birth_name= Nancy Amanda Redd
| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|04|28}}
| height={{height|ft=5|in=5}}
| eye_color= Brown 
| hair_color= Brown
| alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]], 2003)
| spouse = [[Rupak Ginn]]
| children = 2
}}
'''Nancy Amanda Redd''' (born April 28, 1981) is an American author who was [[Miss Virginia]] in 2003 and competed in [[Miss America]], finishing in the top ten and winning the preliminary "Lifestyle & Fitness in Swimwear" competition.<ref>{{Citation | last = Carmon | first = Irin | title = Alums Wow, Fall Short At Pageant | newspaper = [[The Harvard Crimson|The Crimson]] | date = 22 September 2003 | url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/9/22/alums-wow-fall-short-at-pageant/ |access-date= <!-----30 June 2010----->}}</ref>

Redd authored the [[Body positivity|body positive]] nonfiction book ''Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers'' (2007), and hosted the show [[HuffPost Live]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Roth―Meditation Teacher To The Stars|url=http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/third-metric-meditation-teacher-to-the-stars/525c066678c90a26c70005bf|access-date=20 October 2013}}</ref> She is also the author of ''Diet Drama: Feed Your Body! Move Your Body! Love Your Body'' (2010)<ref>What's on your nightstand? Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers (Book review), 1 September 2008, [[Ebony (magazine)]]</ref> and ''Pregnancy, OMG!: The First Ever Photographic Guide for Modern Mamas-to-Be'' (2018).

Redd has since authored the [[Children's literature|children's books]] ''Bedtime Bonnet'' (2020) and ''The Real Santa'' (2021).

== Early life and education ==
Nancy Amanda Redd was born in [[Martinsville, Virginia|Martinsville]], [[Virginia]] on April 28, 1981. As a child in Virginia, she was active in [[4-H]], and was in [[Boys/Girls State|Girls State]] in high school.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} In February 2002, while attending [[Harvard University]], Redd won $250,000 on ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire]]'', and donated a considerable amount of her winnings to 4-H. Redd was one of [[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'s ''Top Ten College Women'' in October 2002.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-aug-04-et-stylefiller4-story.html There she is, Miss Harvard?]</ref> Redd graduated from Harvard with honors in 2003, with a degree in women's studies.<ref>{{Citation | last = Okunseinde | first = O.I. | title = Redd Hot | newspaper = [[The Harvard Crimson|The Crimson]] | date = 14 February 2002 | url = http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/2/14/redd-hot-after-winning-a-quarter/ |access-date= <!-----30 June 2010----->}}</ref>

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== Career ==
=== Books ===
Redd is the author of many nonfiction books, including the [[New York Times bestseller]] ''Body Drama''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Body Drama: Real Answers for Real Girls' Issues |website=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=4111685}}</ref> Her other nonfiction works on women's bodies include ''Diet Drama'' and ''Pregnancy OMG!''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nancy Redd Discusses Her New Book Diet Drama |website=Diets in Review |url=https://dietsinreview.com/diet_column/01/nancy-redd-discusses-her-new-book-diet-drama/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Pregnancy, OMG!; A New Pregnancy Book Gets Real |last=Gillette |first=Sam |website=People |url=https://people.com/health/pregnancy-omg-book-by-nancy-redd/}}</ref>

Redd's first children's book, ''Bedtime Bonnet'', was released in 2020. She wrote the book for her daughter to celebrate "black nighttime hair routines".<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Little Girl Didn't Like Her 'Bedtime Bonnet,' So Mom Wrote A Book To Help |last=Balaban |first=Samantha |website=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/04/26/798497364/a-little-girl-didnt-like-her-bedtime-bonnet-so-mom-wrote-a-book-to-help}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=This Black Mom Is Normalizing Bedtime Bonnets With A New Children's Book |last=Boone |first=Keyaira |website=Essence |date=6 December 2020 |url=https://www.essence.com/entertainment/only-essence/bedtime-bonnet-nancy-redd/}}</ref> Redd's second children's book is entitled ''The Real Santa'', which was released in 2021. The book's goal was to fill a demand in the black community for representation of a black [[Santa Claus]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Black Santa Is Coming To Town In Author Nancy Redd's New Children's Book 'The Real Santa' |last=Tharpe |first=Stephanie |website=Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestheculture/2021/11/16/black-santa-is-coming-to-town-with-author-nancy-redds-new-childrens-book-the-real-santa/?sh=c9f226d4784d}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=In Search of Black Santa |last=Redd |first=Nancy |work=The New York Times |date=9 December 2021 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/well/family/black-santa.html}}</ref>

=== Hosting ===
Redd was a longtime host of [[HuffPost Live]], which ran from 2012 to 2016. Redd hosted her last segment in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nancy Redd |website=HuffPost |url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/nancy-redd}}</ref> Redd would go on to host the show ''SoMe'' in 2016.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

== Personal life ==
Redd is married to Indian-American actor [[Rupak Ginn]]. They have two children, a son named August and a daughter also named Nancy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How Nancy Redd's Bedtime Bonnet Helped Her Daughter Love Her Hair: 'There's No Shame' |last=Gillette |first=Sam |website=People |url=https://people.com/parents/nancy-redd-kids-book-bedtime-bonnet-daughter-loves-hair/}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
* ''Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers'' (2007)
* ''Diet Drama: Feed Your Body! Move Your Body! Love Your Body!'' (2010)
* ''Pregnancy, OMG!: The First Ever Photographic Guide for Modern Mamas–to–Be'' (2018)
* ''Bedtime Bonnet'' (2020; with illustrator Nneka Myers)
* ''The Real Santa'' (2021; with illustrator Charnelle Pinkney Barlow)

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.nancyredd.com Official website]
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*{{ISBN|1592403263}} Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers by Nancy Redd

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