By Donita Naylor
BROCKTON, Mass. -- Rhode Island College graduate Sonja K. Brown has been named Mrs. Rhode Island for the Mrs. United States 2013 pageant in Las Vegas in July.
Brown, who has a son, Kacey, 7, and a daughter, Kylie, 6, teaches fifth grade in Brockton, Mass. She received her bachelor of arts in elementary education from RIC in 2004.
In the last two days of the five-day event, contestants will be scored on beauty, charm, personality, poise and the ability to articulate. The winner will get $3,000 in cash and a year as a role model and spokeswoman for married women.