Claim: Erika Harold is a politician under the Republican party who also won pageants including Miss Illinois 2002 and Miss America 2003, a title held by Katie Harman in the previous year.
Evidence: Erika Natalie Louise Harold (born February 20, 1980) is an American attorney, politician, and former Miss America. Harold was Miss Illinois 2002 and Miss America 2003. In 2014, she was a candidate in the Republican primary for the 13th Congressional District seat in the State of Illinois, ultimately losing the nomination to the incumbent, Rodney Davis. Miss America 2002, the 75th Miss America pageant, was televised live from Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 22, 2001 on the ABC Network. The pageant was won by Katie Harman of Oregon, the first woman representing that state to take the crown.