Former Miss USA Nia Sanchez and her husband, Daniel Booko, recently discussed what it looks like to find and build a God-fearing relationship. In a recent YouTube video, the couple responded to a fan who asked, “As a single Christian woman, how do we find a godly man in today’s society?” Sanchez began, “As a single Christian woman, which I am not, but I have been, my best advice is to literally just pursue God wholeheartedly, and when you’re on the path of pursuing God, the right man will happen to join you on the path. That’s really how it ended up working for us.”
Sanchez remembered that she got to the point where she wasn’t “looking for me anymore.” She said, “If God brings the right one into my life, I’ll be ready for it. I got myself ready first. I was pursuing God and my relationship with God and who I wanted to be in God.” For her and her husband, it was about patience and trusting in God’s timing. She said, “Everything else kind of fell into place, and we met each other at church. Really, a lot of it is the patience game and just pursuing a relationship with God, and then he will put the man in your life at the right time because Daniel and I always say, like, if we had met each other six months earlier, we wouldn’t have been ready for each other. It’s all God’s timing.”
The couple share three kids. In a recent Easter post, Sanchez talked about what it looks like to parent a gaggle of little ones. In her caption, she wrote, “Embracing my wild mom life era. We’ve always gotten the cutest pics with Asher. But getting all 3 to look cute is impossible without photoshop.” She added, “This season of life is beyond exhausting and takes EVERYTHING out of me. But I wouldn’t trade it for the world. These moments with my children while they are so little are precious to me.” Sanchez recently sat down with fellow pageant queen Kristen Dalton Wolfe to discuss how they lean on their faith while competing.
She said of the pair’s friendship, “We’ve had tons of Bible studies together, tons of church things together.” Sanchez and Wolfe met on the pageant circuit. Both went on to be crowned Miss USA—Sanchez in 2014 and Wolfe in 2009. When asked about advice Wolfe had for aspiring pageant contestants who are unsure of sharing their faith while competing, she emphasized authenticity.
She explained, “I think when I gave talks, talks in schools, I just integrated [my faith] as it had to do with my story. I think anytime you’re sharing a personal story or personal experience, no one can get mad.”