caption predecessor successor children birth_place image_size title article_title birth_date spouse image employer name occupation alma_mater
nicole pageant johnson signing autographs at the miss america 2008 katherine shindle heather french 1 st. petersburg , florida 250 px miss 1999 lynchburg festival 1998 miss virginia 1998 miss america nicole johnson -lrb- miss america -rrb-
 09 january 1974 scott baker -lrb- m. 2003 -- 2008 -rrb- nicole johnson 2008.png american diabetes association nicole johnson spokesperson university of south florida regent university university of pittsburgh
nicole johnson -lrb- miss america -rrb-

nicole johnson -lrb- born january 9 , 1974 -rrb- , miss america 1999 and miss virginia 1998 , became the first miss america with diabetes and the first contestant to publicize an insulin pump .
she now advocates for diabetes research , treatment , and education , having been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1993 .
