Miss Michigan Gina Valo Reigns at Google
by Bradley Gula
February 14th, 2008 in Ann Arbor, Entertainment, Events, Lifestyle
With Farmington Hills’ Kirsten Haglund winning the Miss America title, the new Miss Michigan is once runner-up Gina Valo. An Account Associate at Google’s Ann Arbor AdWords division, Valo “now has to work double duty as a Googler and beauty queen.” I asked one of my AdWords insiders for the office opinion. His response: “Everyone loves her!” Here’s a picture of Gina:

Miss Michigan Gina Valo
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