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Ciera Nicole Butts
Ciera Nicole Butts (born Oct 22, 1990) is an American beauty queen who represented the District of Columbia at Miss USA 2014.

Miss Maryland USA 2012
Ciera competed in her 1st pageant for the Miss Universe Organization, Miss Maryland USA 2012, where she failed to place in the semifinals but was awarded Best Interview. She competed with Nana Meriwether.

Miss District of Columbia USA 2013
Ciera competed in the Miss District of Columbia USA pageant in 2013, where she finished as 2nd Runner-Up to Jessica Frith.

Miss Maryland United States 2013
Ciera then competed in Miss Maryland United States 2013 where she won the title, gaining the right to represent the state at Miss United States.

Miss United States 2013
Ciera competed in Miss United States 2013 where she failed to place in the semifinals.

Miss District of Columbia USA 2014
Ciera competed in Miss District of Columbia USA 2014 and won the title, gaining the right to represent the state at Miss USA.

Miss USA 2014
Ciera represented the District of Columbia at Miss USA 2014.

Personal life
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was raised in Baltimore and is a 2008 graduate of Baltimore City College. She attended Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia where she studied fashion merchandising and communications. She then moved to New York in 2012, where she interned for IMG as the Public Relations and Marketing Intern for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.