Ramona Edith Williams
Ramona Edith Williams is a proud Joliet, IL native. She was born to parents Clarence Nathan Williams and Lucia Williams in May of 2012. She has one younger sibling Clarence Noah Williams. Ramona and Noah are very close and you will often see them together. Ramona is named after her two Great-Grandmothers' Edith Reeves and the late Ramona Puente. Ramona participated in her first local pageant August of 2013 where she showed everyone how much she loved the stage. When she was just 2 years old, Ramona self-proclaimed herself Princess Ramona. In 2016 she earned her first National Pageant title when she became the Pure International Pageants Toddler Miss America. During the same summer of 2016 Williams competed at the ISI World Recreational Championships where she won both a First Place for Showcase and Second Place for Basic Skills. Her showcase performance earned her an invitation to participate in the 2016 ISI Education Foundation Benefit Show held at the Fogerty Ice Arena in Blaine, MN. According to her coach at the time, Lisa Ritchie, this was the first time a skater this young had been invited to perform at an ISI Benefit Showcase. Ramona landed the Bright Directions campaign and Swedish American Campaign around the same time during the spring of 2017. In early 2018 Ramona auditioned for Saint Frances. Ramona filmed most of July 2018 and fell in love with the cast and crew. She especially enjoyed sharing her love of skating with the character. In February of 2020 Williams auditioned for Chicago P.D. and was scheduled to film in March. Sadly due to the COVID-19 Pandemic all filming came to a halt. When they began filming again, production reached back out to Ramona's agents to see if she was still available for the role. Ramona's still dreams the Olympic dream, but now she wants to make a movie about it! Princess Ramona's other interests include drawing, painting, and crafts.