Teresa Davis

Teresa Davis spent 2014 sporting her House ID badge by day and her Miss District of Columbia crown by night.

{mosads}When the beauty pageant pro and legislative correspondent for Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) isn’t jogging the National Mall, she’s buzzing between high-profile social circles, including NFL cheerleaders and some of D.C.’s elite power players.

No matter her audience, she’s made advocating for military families her cause.

It’s a personal passion for Davis, whose father is now retired from the military. “My parents are the most selfless people, and they instilled in me to think of others before myself,” she said.

So what did her boss say when she won the prestigious D.C. tiara?

“Congratulations, now we have a celebrity in the office.”

— Kevin Cirilli