From Pit to Pageant - Mining Engineer to Run for Miss Nevada USA

Mining engineer and wildland firefighter Ruby B. Johnson wants to add another title to her résumé: Miss Nevada USA. Representing northeastern Nevada as Miss Elko County, Johnson plans to compete for the designation at the Miss Nevada USA pageant in Las Vegas on Jan. 7. “It’s very unconventional to have a mining engineer in a pageant,” Johnson said. A win in the Nevada contest would mean competing for Miss USA and possibly Miss Universe. The last time a Nevadan won the Miss USA crown was 2014, but no Nevada winner has won the top title in the program’s 66-year history.

“I feel it is time for the Battle Born State,” Johnson said. Nevada winners are rare, as are contestants from outside of the Las Vegas area. Johnson said she hopes to change that while shining a spotlight on the state’s mining industry and women in engineering. “It’s a wonderful mining state,” she said, “and it’s a wonderful place to be a mining engineer.”

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Mine Design, Operations, and Closure 2017

Hello my sisters and brothers in Christ!

I pray you and yours are doing well. I have been very busy but I thank God for His grace and love. On the week of May 8th, I was in the beautiful state of Montana for the first time attending the 25th Annual Mine Design, Operations, and Closure event. I had the opportunity to be one of the speakers and did a presentation on that Tuesday to 250+ folks in the mining industry. The event provides training and lectures, as well as offers the latest in mining-related technologies and methods, delivered by a host of industry professionals. I am so thankful to God for opportunities like this and my awesome supervisor who continues to push me professionally and helping me grow as a mining engineer.

Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us. 

1 John 3:24

God bless you.

Jesus loves you.

Restored woman living for God's Glory,

Ruby B. Johnson.

Have you given your heart to God? Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior? If you die today, will you make it to Heaven? If no or you are unsure, do not waste any more time and receive salvation now.

Going Down Memory Reign: Being Miss Sierra Leone USA (Part III)

Hello my sisters and brothers in Christ!

I pray you and yours are doing well. I am doing well, thanks be to God! In honor of Sierra Leone's 56th Independence Day Anniversary on April 27th, I plan to share some moments of my reign as Miss Sierra Leone USA this week. On July 1, 2012, I competed in my first pageant and was blessed to have won, representing my city of birth and Sierra Leone's capital city, Freetown. My personal platform was advocating for SHERO - service, health, education, rights, and opportunities. As my reign progressed, I included advocating for the recruitment and retention of girls/women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) into my platform; since it was a personal reflection of who I was then as a girl in a STEM-related major in college. As a mining engineer now, I have continued to advocate for that platform and I'm grateful for the MSLUSA title to have given me the stage to launch a life-long platform. Below are some highlights from my 2013 Homecoming to Sierra Leone as Miss Sierra Leone USA. 

2013 Independence Day State House Awards Show

With Kelvin Doe and Millicent Rhodes

Freetown Cotton Tree

EducAid School

Lumley Hospital

Ola During Children's Hospital

Princess Christian Maternity Hospital

We Yus on SLBC TV

Octea Mining - Koidu Limited Office in Freetown

Pauline Community School

Lunch Time Break on SLBC TV

Connaught Hospital

United Methodist Health and Medical Services Hospital

2013 Youth Excellence Awards Show

Traveling to Kono District - eating kasada bred en fray fish bought at Waterloo

Trying poyo for the first time

Koidu Limited's Mining Site

During my reign as Miss Sierra Leone USA, I was an active blogger and detailed a lot of my activities and endeavors. Check out my blog. May God bless the Republic of Sierra Leone. Mama Salone, you are always in my prayers.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, SIERRA LEONE!

Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.

Philippians 4:11-12

God bless you.

Jesus loves you.

Restored woman living for God's Glory,

Ruby B. Johnson.

Have you given your heart to God? Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior? If you die today, will you make it to Heaven? If no or you are unsure, do not waste any more time and receive salvation now.

Going Down Memory Reign: Being Miss Sierra Leone USA (Part II)

Hello my sisters and brothers in Christ!

I pray you and yours are doing well. I am doing well, thanks be to God! In honor of Sierra Leone's 56th Independence Day Anniversary on April 27th, I plan to share some moments of my reign as Miss Sierra Leone USA this week. On July 1, 2012, I competed in my first pageant and was blessed to have won, representing my city of birth and Sierra Leone's capital city, Freetown. My personal platform was advocating for SHERO - service, health, education, rights, and opportunities. As my reign progressed, I included advocating for the recruitment and retention of girls/women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) into my platform; since it was a personal reflection of who I was then as a girl in a STEM-related major in college. As a mining engineer now, I have continued to advocate for that platform and I'm grateful for the MSLUSA title to have given me the stage to launch a life-long platform. Below are some highlights of my reign as Miss Sierra Leone USA. 

Crowning Moment - MISS SIERRA LEONE USA 2012

2012 Krio Descendants Union Heritage Weekend

2012 March on Washington - HIV AIDS Awareness

[2012] Being honored Top 100 Sierra Leonean Humanitarians by Save Sierra Leone Foundation

With Miss Sierra Leone USA Co-Founder/CEO Dr. Fuambai Sia Ahmadu

2012 Spartanburg International Festival

Volunteer at the 2012 Greenville Unity Walk

2012 Save Sierra Leone Foundation Cholera Benefit

2012 Sierra Leone Association of Artists and Musicians Awards

2013 African Immigrant and Refugee Foundation (AIRF) Conference

2013 Fullah Progressive Union Picnic

Deeper Missions 2013 Fundraising Event

[2013] Volunteering at So Others Might Eat on Thanksgiving Day Week

Sierra Leone Independence Diaspora Focus 2014

2014 AIRF Youth Awards

Sierra Leone Progressive Union USA 2014 July 4th Picnic

International Nelson Mandela Day of Service 2014

2014 Ebola Prayer Service

Launching of Senegalese Restaurant by Chef Marie Joe

During my reign as Miss Sierra Leone USA, I was an active blogger and detailed a lot of my activities and endeavors. Check out my blog. May God bless the Republic of Sierra Leone. Mama Salone, you are always in my prayers.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, SIERRA LEONE!

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 

2 Chronicles 7:14

God bless you.

Jesus loves you.

Restored woman living for God's Glory,

Ruby B. Johnson.

Have you given your heart to God? Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior? If you die today, will you make it to Heaven? If no or you are unsure, do not waste any more time and receive salvation now.