We the Parents Podcast; Episode 18- Edrienne Edwards

Edrienne is the current Miss Utah for America 2021. She will be competing in the Miss for America Pageant in November 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada, in hopes of gaining a wider national and international audience to promote her platform on State-by-State Legislative Reform of the Family Court Systems, Child Custody Processes, & Parental Alienation Awareness. Edrienne was born & raised on the beautiful island of Kaua’i. She graduated from BYU with a Bachelor’s degree in English & she earned her MBA degree from Texas A & M University Commerce. Over the years, she has won several major pageant titles, including Ms. United America 2017, Mrs. Texas America 1999, Mrs. Texas United States 2004, and she went on to win the national title of Mrs. United States in 2004. Her main purpose for competing in beauty pageants has always been to gain the national platform needed to promote less-known causes she is passionate about. As Mrs. United States 2004, Edrienne was the first pageant winner to ever promote Post-Partum Depression Awareness. And, within a few days of winning the Mrs. United States Pageant title, she was able to appear on the Dr. Phil Show to promote Post-Partum Depression Awareness. Following the airing of her episode on the Dr. Phil Show, she became the National Spokesperson for Post-Partum Depression Awareness, and was able to lobby on Capitol Hill for the passage of national legislation which mandated & provided for the PPD screening of all new mothers across the United States. Edrienne is the mother of two wonderful adult sons. When they were 4 & 5 years old, she was unlawfully alienated from her little sons over the next 14 years, due to the dysfunction & corruption of the Family Court System.