When not teaching yoga, Oklahoma City's Ryan Tigner is known as soigné female impersonator, Ry'lee Hilton, crowned Miss Gay Oklahoma America 2016 this past July.

Ryan Tigner as Ry'lee Hilton

Last week Tigner was honoured with a Citizen Hero Medal by Oklahoma City’s EMSA (Emergency Medical Services Authority) for saving the life of a 50 year old student who collapsed during his yoga class.

In the Miss Gay America system, the crown and title holder who wear it are referred to as the “symbol of excellence,” words that couldn’t be more fitting for Ryan Tigner/Ry’lee Hilton. Read/watch the TV news story here.

Oklahoma yoga instructor saves dying student

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