THE ROYALS
The Miss Plus America Pageant 2024-2025 National Titleholders
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If you are interested in having one of our titleholders appear at your event, please contact Meahgan Dickerson at info@missplusamerica.com
Reigning Ms. Plus America Elite
Stephanie Workman
Stephanie Workman is a dedicated mother, Certified Paralegal, SC Notary and Realtor, Author, and Mental Health Advocate, proudly holding the title of Ms. Plus America Elite 2024. With a rich background in service, Stephanie has worked with people from all walks of life, gaining experience in diverse settings such as cosmetology, corrections, tutoring at a shelter, telecommunications for police and fire, and serving as a trainer and HR Assistant at one of the world’s largest companies.
Her platform, “Let’s Talk About It!”, is centered on educating and encouraging conversations around mental health awareness. Through this initiative, Stephanie shares her own insights and the stories of others who have lived with mental health conditions, with the goal of breaking the stigma and fostering understanding.
In 2018, Stephanie furthered her commitment to mental health advocacy by releasing her self-published book, Things I've Collected Along The Way: A 21-Day Devotional On Overcoming Anxiety, Depression, And Insecurities. The book details how re-framing her thoughts has been instrumental in her journey living with a mental disorder.
Outside of her professional and advocacy work, Stephanie enjoys spending quality time with her son, reading, catching live music, and watching The First 48. To stay up-to-date, book her for an appearance, or support her cause, be sure to follow her on Instagram and Facebook.
Reigning Mrs. Plus America
Jillian Mattei
Jillian grew up an Air Force brat which allowed her the opportunity to live all over the US and Germany.
She currently lives in Central Massachusetts, with her loving husband, Lou, and their son, Roy, who’s attending College in Maine.
Jillian works for a Fortune 100 company on their Real Estate Services team and assists with both their domestic and global sustainability initiatives. She’s proud to be designing a new Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion project for her Workplace Management department. In her free time Jillian loves anything artistic and creative from crocheting to creating ribbon leis.
Jillian is passionate about her platform #StarSpangledService which supports both Military/ Police (past & present) as well as their families and loved ones.
In her volunteering she learned she was eligible to become a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She joined and was just installed as the Secretary for her Post.
Reigning Ultimate Woman Plus America
Rebecca Phillips
Bio Coming Soon!
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Reigning Miss Plus America
Diamond Bolling
​Diamond Bolling is a dynamic leader native from Pensacola, Florida but raised and living in Greenville, South Carolina, holding degrees from both Spelman College and Arizona State University. She graduated Cum Laude from Spelman College in 2016 and Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in 2022. Recently at the end of 2023, Diamond was recently selected as a grant recipient through the Black Genius Academy to receive a full-tuition grant to enroll and complete a UX Design bootcamp. She received a certificate in UX Design becoming a certified UX Designer. This accelerated bootcamp with Hackbright Academy was an opportunity providing quality programming exclusively for women. From this program she was able to become a CoFounder of an organization called TechQueenz. Diamond also completed and received a certificate from Cornell University in Women’s Entrepreneurship. Diamond considers herself to be a lifelong learner.
Diamond Bolling, NBC-HWC is a National Board-Certified Health Coach and founder of EmphaSIS Health LLC and HEAL Her Foundation. Our mission is to provide comprehensive support and resources to help women heal from trauma, various challenges, and obstacles they face in their lives. We focus on holistic well-being through initiatives in providing economic stability, promoting physical health, and balancing mental/emotional well-being. By empowering women with the tools they need, we aim to foster resilience, growth, and positive change in our communities. We want women to be able to show up authentically as themselves, real superHERos that are whole,
heard, and HEALED. HEAL Her Foundation is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization supporting women giving them access to what they need in all facets of their life. As the Founder/Executive Director, she passionately advocates for survivors of all types of trauma. Alongside her philanthropic endeavors, she now has stepped into the world of pageantry and proudly holds the title of Miss Plus America 2024, using her platform HEAL Her Foundation to amplify her advocacy for inclusivity, empowerment, and positive change.
Diamond Bolling is a dedicated individual, driven by a commitment to making a meaningful impact in the world. With all the titles and accolades she holds her most important to her is her title of mom to her beautiful boys Braxton and Bentley Beau. Everything she does is for them and if she can play a role in making the world great for them to live in then she will always do her part, making sure they can live in a world that they do not feel they have to heal from.
Reigning Miss Teen Plus America
Dorothy Gray
Bio Coming Soon!
Miss Plus America Legend
Nanette Weeks
A graduate of the prestigious educational institutes New York University and University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Nanette holds an undergraduate degree in Special Education and a graduate degree in Educational Administration. She is a former New York Police Officer, retired Elementary School Principal, a renowned pageant coach and a five- time published author. She is a lead author for a collaborative book series for "She is the Ish". The endeavor will launch is September 2022.
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Nanette’s interests include, floral design, fashion design, jazz dance and human psychology. She enjoys exploring elements leading to success and circumventing obstructions that can impede positive outcomes. To that end, her favorite books are Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, Ruby Payne’s A Framework for Understanding Poverty and God’s Creative Power for Healing.​
With a pageant journey that spans across four decades, Nanette has held many local, state and national titles, including but not limited to Miss Black Teenage New York, Miss Single New York, Miss Greater New York USA, Mrs. Roosevelt America, Miss Suffolk County America, Miss Manhattan USA, Ms. Plus America Woman, Ms. American Elegance Lady and Ms. U.S. Sophisticate Classic Woman.
Through her company, The Queenmaker Pageant Services, (formerly Pageants Unlimited Plus), Nanette has produced numerous finalists and titleholders in several systems including the Miss USA, National American Miss, Plus America, All World Beauties, USA National Miss, International Junior Miss, Royal International Miss and American Elegance Systems, among others. Nanette’s stellar pageant coaching record is what earned her the nickname, “The Queenmaker”.
After serving as the Texas Plus America Executive Director for 10 years, Nanette became the Executive Director/Producer of the national Miss Plus America Pageant, from 2016-2017. After much prayer, planning and determination, the Miss Plus World/Ms. Plus Intercontinental Pageant was launched. It was Co-Owned by Nanette and Constance Zehner, her friend and business partner. God blessed them to have national directors in South Africa, the United States, Australia, Nigeria, the Bahamas, Malaysia and Trinidad and Tobago. They also had recruiting affiliates in the Pacific Islands and Guam. In May 2022, they sold the pageant to the pageant’s Marketing and Media Coordinator, Erial Ramsey.
In May of 2022, Nanette came out of pageant retirement and entered the Miss Plus America Legends Pageant. On July 2, 2022, she was crowned the very first Miss Plus America Legend! Nanette’s platform is Maintaining Faith through the Storms. She is a certified Christian Counselor and will soon begin her chaplain certification classes.
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Sadly, our beloved Nanette lost her battle with Breast Cancer in January of 2024. We honor her many years of service to the Miss Plus America Pageant and miss her every day. "There are many champions in this world, but only one Legend." - Dr. Meahgan Dickerson, Esq., CEO, National Director