{{short description|American beauty pageant winner}} {{Infobox person | name = Savvy Shields | image = Savvy Shields (cropped).jpg | caption = Shields in September 2017 | birth_name = Savannah Janine Shields | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|7|1}} | birth_place = Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S. | alma_mater = University of Arkansas | height = | title = Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen 2009<br>Miss Arkansas Collegiate 2013<br>Miss Collegiate America 2013<br>Miss Heart of the Ozarks 2016<br>Miss Arkansas 2016<br>Miss America 2017 | term = September 11, 2016 – September 10, 2017 | predecessor = Betty Cantrell | successor = Cara Mund | spouse = {{marriage|Nate Wolfe|2018}} | website = {{URL|savvyjanine.com}} }}
'''Savannah Janine Shields Wolfe''' ({{née}} '''Shields'''; born July 1, 1995) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Fayetteville, Arkansas, who was crowned Miss Arkansas 2016. On September 11, 2016, she was crowned Miss America 2017 by Miss America 2016, Betty Cantrell.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/miss-america-2017-winner_us_57d62a8ae4b06a74c9f552d2|title=Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields Crowned Miss America 2017|date=12 July 2016|newspaper=Huffington Post}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Savvy Shields was born on July 1, 1995, in Fayetteville, Arkansas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Savvy Shields |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8430993/ |access-date=2026-02-13 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>
Shields earned a degree in fine arts and a minor in business at the University of Arkansas in 2018.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="NJ">{{cite web |publisher=NJ.com |title=Miss America 2017: 'Savvy' Miss Arkansas wins crown, 6-figure salary|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/09/miss_america_2017_winner_miss_arkansas.html#incart_most-read_entertainment_article|access-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref> She was also a member of the Gamma Nu chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Arkansas.<ref name="KKGShields">{{Cite news|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/7-things-know-miss-america-2017-savvy-shields|title=7 Things to Know About Miss America 2017 Savvy Shields |last=Stampler |first=Laura |date=September 12, 2016|newspaper=Teen Vogue}}</ref> After her reign as Miss America, she returned to the University of Arkansas in January 2018.<ref name="USA Today">{{cite web |publisher=USA Today |title=Miss America 2017 is: Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2016/09/11/miss-america-2017-miss-arkansas-savvy-shields/90249172/|access-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref>
==Pageantry== ===Early pageantry=== Shields won the Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen 2009 title in June 2009 and represented Arkansas at the 2010 Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant in Orlando, Florida in August.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thecabin.net/stories/062909/loc_0629090005.shtml#.V9aBZ_l94ps|title=Shields crowned Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen|date=29 June 2009|newspaper=Log Cabin Democrat|archive-date=11 September 2017|access-date=12 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911073125/http://thecabin.net/stories/062909/loc_0629090005.shtml#.V9aBZ_l94ps|url-status=dead}}</ref> After winning the Miss Arkansas Collegiate 2013 title, Shields was crowned Miss Collegiate America 2013 at the Miss Collegiate America 2013 Pageant in Orlando, Florida on July 8, 2013.
===Miss Arkansas 2016=== In July 2016, Shields competed as Miss Heart of the Ozarks and won the preliminary lifestyle and fitness and preliminary talent awards at the Miss Arkansas 2016 pageant.<ref name=":1" /> She went on to win the Miss Arkansas 2016 title, with a platform of “Eat Better, Live Better.”<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://harrisondaily.com/news/savvy-shields-crowned-miss-arkansas-at-hot-springs-pageant/article_330eac50-4837-11e6-bdec-b7a46469fac9.html|title=Savvy Shields crowned Miss Arkansas at Hot Springs pageant|date=12 July 2016|newspaper=Harrison Daily}}</ref><ref name="Wash Post">{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/10/savvy-shields-of-fayetteville-crowned-miss-arkansa/|title=Savvy Shields of Fayetteville crowned Miss Arkansas 2016|date=10 July 2016|newspaper=Washington Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nwahomepage.com/news/fox-24/fox-24-news-at-7-miss-arkansas-2016-savvy-shields|title=Miss Arkansas 2016 Savvy Shields|date=20 July 2016|publisher=Fox 24 News}}</ref>
===Miss America 2017=== Shields represented Arkansas at the Miss America 2017 competition held at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey in September 2016. Her platform was "Eat Better, Live Better."<ref name="Wash Post"/>
Shields won the talent portion and a $2,000 scholarship at the conclusion of the second round of preliminary competitions on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, for her jazz dance performance to the song, “They Just Keep Moving the Line” from the TV show ''Smash''.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web|publisher= Miss America Organization |url=http://missamerica.org/2016/09/07/miss-arkansas-miss-maryland-win-preliminary-awards-wednesday-september-7th-second-night-2017-miss-america-competition/|title=Miss Arkansas and Miss Maryland Win Preliminary Awards on Wednesday September 7th, the Second Night of the 2017 Miss America Competition|date=September 7, 2016|access-date=September 12, 2016}}</ref> In the final round of the competition, Shields was asked about presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, by judge, Gabby Douglas. In her allotted 20 second response, she answered, "If you're trying to be leader of the free world, everything you say and do matters, and all of your actions are held to a higher standard. And unfortunately, the media does love to sensationalize everything, and its hard to tell what is truth and what is truly scandal..."<ref>{{cite web |title=New Miss America Savvy Shields is Asked About Hillary Clinton |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFdEB1hrhI |website=YouTube |access-date=11 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first= Natasha |last=GuzmÁN |work=Bustle |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/fox-writer-bashes-miss-america-contestants-as-nasty-women-for-calling-out-trump-2333624 |title=Fox Writer Bashes Miss America Contestants As Nasty Women For Calling Out Trump |date=September 11, 2017}}</ref>
She bested first runner-up, Miss South Carolina 2016, Rachel Wyatt, for the 2017 Miss America title and was crowned by Miss America 2016, Betty Cantrell, on September 11, 2016. Along with the title of Miss America, Shields also won a $50,000 scholarship. Shields is the third Miss Arkansas to win the Miss America title, along with Donna Axum in 1964, and Elizabeth Ward in 1982.<ref name="USA Today"/>
==Personal life== About three months after her passing on the crown at the Miss America 2018 pageant, Shields's long-time boyfriend, Nate Wolfe, proposed on December 15, 2017.<ref name="Engagement">{{cite web|first= Jennifer |last= Christman |title= PAPER TRAILS: Beau pops question to Savvy Shields, former Miss America from Arkansas |work= Arkansas Online |url= http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/dec/24/beau-pops-question-to-state-miss-201712/?f=news-arkansas |date= December 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="EngagementBlog">{{cite web|title= December 15, 2017 |work= Savvy Janine |url= http://www.savvyjanine.com/2017/12/20/december-15-2017 |date= December 20, 2017}}</ref> The couple was married on July 28, 2018 in Bentonville, Arkansas.<ref name="Engagement3">{{cite web|title=Former Miss America Savvy Shields Talks Wedding Planning, Bridesmaid Proposals & More |work= Arkansas Bride |url= http://www.arkansasbride.com/blog/post/121525/former-miss-america-savvy-shields-talks-wedding-planning-bridesmaid-proposals-more |date= April 10, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Wedding">{{cite web|first=Joyce |last=Chen |title=Exclusive: Miss America Savvy Shields Shares Her Dreamy Wedding Album |work= The Knot |url=https://www.theknotnews.com/exclusive-former-miss-america-savvy-shields-wedding-32564 |date= August 13, 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== {{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | title = Miss America | years = 2017 | before = Betty Cantrell | after = Cara Mund }} {{succession box | title = Miss Arkansas | years = 2016 | before = Loren McDaniel | after = Savannah Skidmore<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/sep/12/new-miss-arkansas-named-after-shields-wins-miss-am/|title=New Miss Arkansas named after Shields wins Miss America|date=12 September 2016|newspaper=Arkansas Online}}</ref> }} {{succession box | title = Miss Collegiate America | years = 2013 | before = Haley O'Brien | after = Megan Gordon }} }} {{succession box | title = Miss Arkansas' Outstanding Teen | years = 2009 | before = Sloane Roberts | after = Mackenzie Bryant }} {{s-end}}
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