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"Averie Bishop was crowned Miss Texas in June, the first Asian American to earn the honor. It was the 25-year-old’s third try for the title, all while she was earning her law degree at SMU. And because that apparently wasn’t challenge enough, for the past seven years, she and her mother, Marevi, a Filipino immigrant, have run a nonprofit called The Tulong Foundation that helps impoverished communities with education and clean drinking water. After the jump, learn about her fixation with queso."