Miss Alaska 2022 crowned

Jessica Reisinger of Anchorage was crowned Miss Alaska 2022 onJune 16, 2022, at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts in Anchorage, Alaska. She succeeds Miss Alaska 2021, Emma Broyles (who won the crown of Miss America 2022) and  Elle Adkins who succeeded to Broyles after her winning of the Nationals. She will represent Alaska and compete the title for Miss America 2023 in December 2022.

Reisinger is a 1st year medical student through WWAMI and intends to practice emergency medicine, after a graduating in chemistry. She was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority and was voted onto the 2018 officer board. She also joined the American Medical Student Association as well as the American Chemical Society. As a Biochemistry major, Jessica is working through the prerequisites to prepare for medical school. In her Freshman year, she has already begun to conduct undergraduate research, working with several biological sciences professors on the affects of anoxia in turtles and how their cerebral vasculature changes when exposed to low oxygen environments.

According her blog, “science and medicine feed my brain, while musical theatre and performing arts feed my soul, the two are not mutually exclusive!“

She is a former competitive gymnast and performed an acro dance for talent. Her Social Impact Initiative is ” Supporting Survivors: Increasing Access to Sexual Assault Response Resources” . Throughout her year she plans to advocate and provide resources for survivors of sexual assault.