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Shanay Thompson, born in California, is a former Miss California USA contestant and an incoming first year medical student. She is a current member on the board of Advocates in Science with Susan G. Komen, and an active cancer scientific researcher in neurology and gynecology in the Berkeley and San Francisco CA area. In her free time she mentors promising at-risk high school students in the Berkeley,CA area.

Website: modeltomedicine@blogspot.com

Entries by Shanay Thompson

Confessions of a Model and Former Pageant Queen

(0) Comments | Posted August 20, 2013 | 11:50 AM

I was having dinner with a good friend last night in San Francisco who is also a model and we shared our experiences in the pageant and model industry. The conversation inspired me to tell my story because there aren't many speaking the truth to young girls about societal pressures...

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An Open Letter to My Future Adopted Child: How I Survived Cancer at 24

(8) Comments | Posted August 8, 2013 | 12:51 PM

At 24 years old you don't ever anticipate that you will hear the words, You have uterine cancer. My family, my career. I just applied to medical schools, I'm supposed to be a future physician healing others. I want to travel, learn more languages, enrich myself and experience true love....

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