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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Shandi Finnessey</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Shandi_Finnessey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Shandi_Finnessey.jpg/220px-Shandi_Finnessey.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Shandi_Finnessey.jpg/330px-Shandi_Finnessey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Shandi_Finnessey.jpg/440px-Shandi_Finnessey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="809" data-file-height="882" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Finnessey during her reign as Miss USA</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Shandi Ren Finnessey</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1978-06-09</span>) </span>June 9, 1978<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 46)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Florissant,_Missouri" title="Florissant, Missouri">Florissant, Missouri</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lindenwood_University" title="Lindenwood University">Lindenwood University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">180 cm (5 ft 11 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Ben Higgins</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2015)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b><span class="role"><a href="/wiki/Beauty_pageant" title="Beauty pageant">Beauty pageant</a></span> titleholder</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Miss_Missouri" title="Miss Missouri">Miss Missouri</a> 2002<br /><a href="/wiki/Miss_Missouri_USA" title="Miss Missouri USA">Miss Missouri USA</a> 2004<br /><a href="/wiki/Miss_USA_2004" title="Miss USA 2004">Miss USA 2004</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Hair color</th><td class="infobox-data">Blonde</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Eye color</th><td class="infobox-data">Blue</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Major<br />competition(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Miss_America_2003" title="Miss America 2003">Miss America 2003</a><br />(Unplaced)<br /><a href="/wiki/Miss_USA_2004" title="Miss USA 2004">Miss USA 2004</a><br />(Winner)<br /><a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_2004" title="Miss Universe 2004">Miss Universe 2004</a><br />(1st Runner-Up)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.shandi.info">www<wbr />.shandi<wbr />.info</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shandi Ren Finnessey</b> (born June 9, 1978) is an American actress, model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She is best known for winning the <a href="/wiki/Miss_USA" title="Miss USA">Miss USA</a> title,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as <a href="/wiki/Miss_Missouri_USA" title="Miss Missouri USA">Miss Missouri USA</a>. She previously held the title of <a href="/wiki/Miss_Missouri" title="Miss Missouri">Miss Missouri</a> 2002 and competed in <a href="/wiki/Miss_America" title="Miss America">Miss America</a>, where she won a preliminary award. She placed as first runner-up at the <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_2004" title="Miss Universe 2004">Miss Universe 2004</a> competition. </p><p>She is one of three women to have been both Miss Missouri USA and Miss Missouri and the only Missourian to have been Miss USA. Her first runner-up finish at <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe" title="Miss Universe">Miss Universe</a> was the best placement in the 2000s and was the best United States placement between <a href="/wiki/Brook_Mahealani_Lee" class="mw-redirect" title="Brook Mahealani Lee">Brook Mahealani Lee</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_1997" title="Miss Universe 1997">Miss Universe 1997</a> competition victory and <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Culpo" title="Olivia Culpo">Olivia Culpo</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_2012" title="Miss Universe 2012">Miss Universe 2012</a> pageant win. </p><p>In 2002, Finnessey authored an award-winning children's book, <i>The Furrtails</i>, on individuality and disabilities. In the mid-2000s, she was <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Woolery" title="Chuck Woolery">Chuck Woolery's</a> co-host for the game show <i><a href="/wiki/Lingo_(U.S._game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lingo (U.S. game show)">Lingo</a></i> on the <a href="/wiki/Game_Show_Network" title="Game Show Network">Game Show Network</a>. Finessey has also hosted <i><a href="/wiki/PlayMania" title="PlayMania">PlayMania</a></i> as well as <i><a href="/wiki/Quiznation_(U.S._game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quiznation (U.S. game show)">quiznation</a></i> and has served as a sideline reporter for the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> tournament <a href="/wiki/Blackjack" title="Blackjack">blackjack</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Blackjack_Tour" title="Ultimate Blackjack Tour">Ultimate Blackjack Tour</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shandi_Finnessey&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Finnessey was born to Patrick and Linda Finnessey, and she grew up in <a href="/wiki/Florissant,_Missouri" title="Florissant, Missouri">Florissant, Missouri</a>. She attended <a href="/wiki/McCluer_North_High_School" title="McCluer North High School">McCluer North High School</a> public high school for two years where, according to an interview with <i>ABILITY Magazine</i>, she was teased a lot for her appearance. Finnessey recounted that she "had a mullet, tinted glasses, acne and braces." The teasing made it difficult for her to focus on her studies, so for her junior year she transferred to the private all-girls <a href="/wiki/Incarnate_Word_Academy_(Bel-Nor,_Missouri)" title="Incarnate Word Academy (Bel-Nor, Missouri)">Incarnate Word Academy</a>, where she graduated in 1996. She completed a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from <a href="/wiki/Lindenwood_University" title="Lindenwood University">Lindenwood University</a> in December 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following graduation, she worked briefly as a full-time substitute teacher in <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Missouri" title="Jackson, Missouri">Jackson, Missouri</a>, before starting graduate school.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She began working on her Masters in Counseling, also at Lindenwood, but postponed her studies after being crowned Miss USA in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pageants">Pageants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shandi_Finnessey&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Pageants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shandi_Finnessey_waving.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Shandi_Finnessey_waving.jpg/150px-Shandi_Finnessey_waving.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Shandi_Finnessey_waving.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="224" data-file-height="366" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Miss_USA" title="Miss USA">Miss USA</a> 2004 Shandi Finnessey waves to the crowd during a July Fourth USO show at Camp Casey.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Participation">Participation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shandi_Finnessey&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Participation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Finnessey first competed in the <a href="/wiki/Miss_Missouri_USA" title="Miss Missouri USA">Miss Missouri USA</a> 2000 pageant in 1999 where, as Miss <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_County,_Missouri" title="St. Louis County, Missouri">Saint Louis County</a> in her senior year of college, she finished first runner-up to Denette Roderick.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She competed again in the following year (2000) and placed second runner-up behind first runner-up <a href="/wiki/Melana_Scantlin" title="Melana Scantlin">Melana Scantlin</a> and winner <a href="/wiki/Larissa_Meek" title="Larissa Meek">Larissa Meek</a> in the Miss Missouri USA 2001 event.<sup id="cite_ref-MU6YiP_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MU6YiP-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, Finnessey competed in the Miss Oktoberfest pageant and was third runner-up.<sup id="cite_ref-MU6YiP_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MU6YiP-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pageant was won by <a href="/wiki/Jenna_Edwards" title="Jenna Edwards">Jenna Edwards</a>, who had previously been 1999 Miss Teen All-American and would later hold the <a href="/wiki/Miss_Florida" title="Miss Florida">Miss Florida</a> 2004 and <a href="/wiki/Miss_Florida_USA" title="Miss Florida USA">Miss Florida USA</a> 2007 titles.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> First runner-up was Jennifer Glover, the previous <a href="/wiki/Miss_United_States_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Miss United States International">Miss United States International</a> 1999 and the future <a href="/wiki/Miss_California" title="Miss California">Miss California</a> 2002 and <a href="/wiki/Miss_California_USA" title="Miss California USA">Miss California USA</a> 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 18, 2000,<sup id="cite_ref-FCMJ_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCMJ-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finnessey won the Miss <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_MO" class="mw-redirect" title="Jackson, MO">Jackson</a> title in the <a href="/wiki/Miss_Missouri" title="Miss Missouri">Miss Missouri</a> system and finished second runner-up to Jennifer Hover in the June 3–9, 2001 Miss Missouri pageant held in <a href="/wiki/Mexico,_MO" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexico, MO">Mexico, MO</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finnessey won the Miss St. Louis Metro local title in the Miss Missouri system and went on to win the 2002 Miss Missouri title, succeeding Hover.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She won the contest despite having slammed her hand in a car door that weekend. During the contest, she performed an arrangement of "<a href="/wiki/Flight_of_the_Bumblebee" title="Flight of the Bumblebee">Flight of the Bumblebee</a>" on the piano for her talent. During her on-stage interview as one of the five finalists, she was asked what she learned having three brothers and she answered to be quick in the bathroom.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She represented Missouri in the <a href="/wiki/Miss_America" title="Miss America">Miss America</a> 2003 pageant, where she won an evening gown preliminary award but did not place.<sup id="cite_ref-OhwtMUbqwiJ_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OhwtMUbqwiJ-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the talent portion of the competition in the Miss America system events (which the Miss USA system does not use) at times she played the violin and at other times the piano. In the competition to be Miss America, she played the piano.<sup id="cite_ref-OhwtMUbqwiJ_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OhwtMUbqwiJ-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Less than a year after giving up her Miss Missouri title, as Miss Metro St. Louis USA 2003, Finnessey won the <a href="/wiki/Miss_Missouri_USA" title="Miss Missouri USA">Miss Missouri USA</a> pageant on her third attempt at <a href="/wiki/Black_River_Coliseum" title="Black River Coliseum">Black River Coliseum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Poplar_Bluff,_Missouri" title="Poplar Bluff, Missouri">Poplar Bluff, Missouri</a>, and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Tara Bollinger.<sup id="cite_ref-OhwtMUbqwiJ_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OhwtMUbqwiJ-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During her six-month reign as Miss Missouri USA, Finnessey was involved in such charities as the Variety Club Telethon, <a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals" title="St. Louis Cardinals">St. Louis Cardinals</a> Winter Warm Up for local charities, AIDS Foundation, <a href="/wiki/Special_Olympics" title="Special Olympics">Special Olympics</a> in St. Louis, Missouri and <a href="/wiki/Gilda%27s_Club" title="Gilda's Club">Gilda's Club</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MU6YiP_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MU6YiP-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She joined Barbara Webster (Miss Missouri 1983 and Miss Missouri USA 1986) and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Robin_Elizabeth_Riley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robin Elizabeth Riley (page does not exist)">Robin Elizabeth Riley</a> (Miss Missouri 1987 and Miss Missouri USA 1983) as qualifiers to both of the nationally televised beauty pageants.<sup id="cite_ref-MMUMMTUHoF_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMUMMTUHoF-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She represented Missouri in the April 12, 2004, nationally televised <a href="/wiki/Miss_USA_2004" title="Miss USA 2004">Miss USA 2004</a> pageant at the <a href="/wiki/Kodak_Theatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Kodak Theatre">Kodak Theatre</a> in Los Angeles in front of hosts <a href="/wiki/Nancy_O%27Dell" title="Nancy O'Dell">Nancy O'Dell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Bush" title="Billy Bush">Billy Bush</a> and judges <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Gordon" title="Jeff Gordon">Jeff Gordon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Buss" title="Jerry Buss">Jerry Buss</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Salley" title="John Salley">John Salley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mekhi_Phifer" title="Mekhi Phifer">Mekhi Phifer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rocco_DiSpirito" title="Rocco DiSpirito">Rocco DiSpirito</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jill_Stuart" title="Jill Stuart">Jill Stuart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MMcMU2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMcMU2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her final question was whether experience or education serves a person better in life to which she answered "Definitely experience because you get your knowledge through experience."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She competed on the platform of integrating people with mental challenges into society.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the nationally televised pageant, she became the first woman from Missouri to win the Miss USA title.<sup id="cite_ref-MMUMMTUHoF_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMUMMTUHoF-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During her reign as Miss USA, Finnessey became an advocate for <a href="/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ovarian_cancer" title="Ovarian cancer">ovarian cancer</a> awareness and research. She has also worked with <a href="/wiki/Special_Olympics" title="Special Olympics">Special Olympics</a>, the National Down Syndrome Convention, <a href="/wiki/American_Cancer_Society" title="American Cancer Society">American Cancer Society</a> and <a href="/wiki/Derek_Jeter" title="Derek Jeter">Derek Jeter</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Turn_2_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Turn 2 Foundation">Turn 2 Foundation</a> (which helps at-risk kids choose healthier lifestyles).<sup id="cite_ref-SFI_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFI-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finnessey resided in a luxury <a href="/wiki/Riverside_Drive_(Manhattan)" title="Riverside Drive (Manhattan)">Riverside Drive</a> apartment in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> provided by the Miss Universe Organization and pageant co-owner <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ANYWISMU_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANYWISMU-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Miss USA, Finnessey went on to represent the United States at the international <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe" title="Miss Universe">Miss Universe</a> competition held in <a href="/wiki/Quito,_Ecuador" class="mw-redirect" title="Quito, Ecuador">Quito, Ecuador</a>, in May 2004, culminating on June 1, 2004. She placed first runner-up in the internationally broadcast competition, behind winner <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Hawkins" title="Jennifer Hawkins">Jennifer Hawkins</a> of Australia. The event was hosted by Bush and <a href="/wiki/Daisy_Fuentes" title="Daisy Fuentes">Daisy Fuentes</a> and the judges included <a href="/wiki/Petra_Nemcova" class="mw-redirect" title="Petra Nemcova">Petra Nemcova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Emilio_Estefan" title="Emilio Estefan">Emilio Estefan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bo_Derek" title="Bo Derek">Bo Derek</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As Miss USA, Finnessey represented the <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Miss Universe Organization">Miss Universe Organization</a>. Her Miss Universe Organization "sister" 2004 titleholders were <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Hawkins" title="Jennifer Hawkins">Jennifer Hawkins</a> (Miss Universe, of Australia)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Shelley_Hennig" title="Shelley Hennig">Shelley Hennig</a> (<a href="/wiki/Miss_Teen_USA" title="Miss Teen USA">Miss Teen USA</a>, of Louisiana).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her contemporary Miss America titleholder was <a href="/wiki/Ericka_Dunlap" title="Ericka Dunlap">Ericka Dunlap</a> (Florida).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ceremonial_duties">Ceremonial duties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shandi_Finnessey&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ceremonial duties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Finnessey provided <a href="/wiki/Color_commentator" title="Color commentator">color commentary</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Miss_USA_2005" title="Miss USA 2005">Miss USA 2005</a> pageant live from <a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>, Maryland, on April 11, where she was the outgoing titleholder. On July 23, 2006, she also co-hosted the <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_2006" title="Miss Universe 2006">Miss Universe 2006</a> pageant live from <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California, as a commentator with <a href="/wiki/Carson_Kressley" title="Carson Kressley">Carson Kressley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show's main hosts were <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Ponce" title="Carlos Ponce">Carlos Ponce</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nancy_O%27Dell" title="Nancy O'Dell">Nancy O'Dell</a>. Finnessey has also co-hosted subsequent Miss Missouri USA pageants. She again served as a commentator for the <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_2011" title="Miss Universe 2011">Miss Universe 2011</a> pageant in <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="São Paulo">São Paulo</a>, Brazil along with <a href="/wiki/Jeannie_Mai" title="Jeannie Mai">Jeannie Mai</a> on September 12, 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She joined a panel of celebrity judges to judged <a href="/wiki/Miss_USA_2009" title="Miss USA 2009">Miss USA 2009</a> pageant held at the <a href="/wiki/Planet_Hollywood_Resort_%26_Casino" class="mw-redirect" title="Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino">Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada">Nevada</a>, on April 19, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year when <a href="/wiki/Miss_California_USA" title="Miss California USA">Miss California USA</a> 2009 <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Prejean" title="Carrie Prejean">Carrie Prejean</a> caused a <a href="/wiki/Miss_USA_2009_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="Miss USA 2009 controversy">notable controversy</a> during her on-stage finalist interview with a response that she was opposed to <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a>, Finnessey participated in a Miss California USA organization <a href="/wiki/Public_service_announcement" title="Public service announcement">public service announcement</a> promoting diversity along with several other Miss Universe Organization beauty pageant titlists.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-pageants">Post-pageants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shandi_Finnessey&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-pageants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After completing her reign as Miss USA, Finnessey became a co-host of <i><a href="/wiki/Lingo_(US_game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lingo (US game show)">Lingo</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/PlayMania" title="PlayMania">PlayMania</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/Game_Show_Network" title="Game Show Network">GSN</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SFB_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFB-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She hosted <i>Lingo</i> from August 2005 at the start of the show's fourth season until the show went on hiatus in 2008. In April 2006, she began her turn with the interactive series <i>PlayMania</i>, which broke into two shows on February 23, 2007. Finnessey became the co-host of the <i><a href="/wiki/Quiznation_(US_game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="Quiznation (US game show)">quiznation</a></i> spinoff, a revised but similar version of the original <i>PlayMania</i>. She remained a co-host until October 21, 2007, several days before the show's finale. She also was a sideline reporter for the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> tournament <a href="/wiki/Blackjack" title="Blackjack">blackjack</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Blackjack_Tour" title="Ultimate Blackjack Tour">Ultimate Blackjack Tour</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She also has appeared in several documentaries produced by GSN. She has also appeared on the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> reality show <i><a href="/wiki/The_Apprentice_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)">The Apprentice</a></i> (February 15, 2005, episode 3.5), in the November 13, 2004, <i>20 Sexiest Men</i> and <i>20 Sexiest Women</i> specials on <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a>, and as <a href="/wiki/Grand_Marshal" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Marshal">Grand Marshal</a> in the November 25, 2004, <a href="/wiki/Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade" title="Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade">Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade</a>. She was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans of 2006 by the <a href="/wiki/Jaycees" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaycees">Jaycees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also appeared alongside <a href="/wiki/Chris_Myers" title="Chris Myers">Chris Myers</a> as part of the coverage of the New Year's Eve 2007 Festivities for Fox.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On March 19, 2007, Finnessey debuted on the <a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(US_season_4)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (US season 4)">fourth season</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Dancing_with_the_Stars_(US_TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)">Dancing with the Stars</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her professional dance partner was <a href="/wiki/Brian_Fortuna" title="Brian Fortuna">Brian Fortuna</a>, and she was the second celebrity voted off the show.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 31 and November 21, 2007, she appeared as a guest celebrity on NBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Phenomenon_(TV_series)" title="Phenomenon (TV series)">Phenomenon</a></i>. She also hosted Hollywood Fast Track, a web based show about movies, music, and trends in Hollywood.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is also the host/co-host of several TV Guide Network specials. On September 2, 2008, Finnessey was on the season finale of <i><a href="/wiki/Wanna_Bet%3F" title="Wanna Bet?">Wanna Bet?</a></i> on ABC, where she made a record for the biggest successful bet on the show betting $20,000 in the first best. Finnessey lost in the end betting $40,000 and guessing incorrectly. In August, 2010, she appeared on a special "Girls of Summer" week airing of NBC's <i><a href="/wiki/Minute_to_Win_It" title="Minute to Win It">Minute to Win It</a></i> on an episode called "Last Beauty Standing." The episode featured 10 beauty pageant winners competing for $100,000 towards their chosen charities along with a chance to win a $1,000,000 challenge. At the <a href="/wiki/Miss_USA_2011" title="Miss USA 2011">Miss USA 2011</a> competition, she was among the 31 former winners who were part of a photoshoot layout for <i><a href="/wiki/Time_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Magazine">Time Magazine</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She played the role of Stephie in the <a href="/wiki/Roger_Corman" title="Roger Corman">Roger Corman</a>-produced <a href="/wiki/Sharktopus" title="Sharktopus">Sharktopus</a> (2010) which aired on the <a href="/wiki/Syfy_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Syfy Channel">Syfy Channel</a> three years before the same network made waves with its <a href="/wiki/Sharknado" title="Sharknado">Sharknado</a> movie franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2012, she became one of the original reporters for ENTV News (a branch of TVLine) on a premium YouTube Channel.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2013, she was selected as one of 36 bachelorettes to compete on the reality television show <i><a href="/wiki/Ready_for_Love_(TV_series)" title="Ready for Love (TV series)">Ready For Love</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finnessey was the winner for bachelor Ernesto Arguello, but the relationship ended briefly after the show.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 8, 2013, she was named as one of five correspondents for the entertainment magazine, <a href="/wiki/OK!TV" class="mw-redirect" title="OK!TV">OK!TV</a>, that was scheduled to debut on September 9.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shandi_Finnessey&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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.8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:40em; ; color: #202122;background-color: #c6dbf7;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I conquered a fear of heights and water by bungee jumping from a crane over a lake. And if that's not crazy enough, I also wrestled a greased pig in a mud pit." </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">—Shandi Finnessey<sup id="cite_ref-SFAMdc_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFAMdc-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Her parents are Patrick and Linda Finnessey.<sup id="cite_ref-SFAMdc_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFAMdc-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She has three brothers (Shane, Damion, and Paul), and her grandmothers' names are Mildred Finnessey and Fern Miller.<sup id="cite_ref-SFB_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFB-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the press release issued at the time of her first public appearance as Miss USA on April 17, 2004, in New York City, she plays both the violin and piano. She also practices <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">yoga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a> and performs knitting and <a href="/wiki/Abstract_painting" class="mw-redirect" title="Abstract painting">abstract painting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ANYWISMU_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANYWISMU-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2003, she dated <a href="/wiki/August_Busch_IV" title="August Busch IV">August Busch IV</a> and has also dated <a href="/wiki/Italo_Zanzi" title="Italo Zanzi">Italo Zanzi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SFB_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFB-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TDVHLTLoS_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TDVHLTLoS-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-MMACMU_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMACMU-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and during her Miss USA reign, she attended the Commander-in-Chief's Ball at the <a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_George_W._Bush" title="Second inauguration of George W. Bush">Second inauguration of George W. Bush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Her Miss USA press release also notes that she began her professional modelling career at the age of six.<sup id="cite_ref-ANYWISMU_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANYWISMU-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She modeled with <a href="/wiki/Ford_Models" title="Ford Models">Ford Models</a> in Chicago and Talent Plus in St. Louis.<sup id="cite_ref-SFAMdc_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFAMdc-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TDVHLTLoS_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TDVHLTLoS-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Miss USA website at the time of her reign, her modelling experience included television commercials, runway modelling, newspaper and magazine ads as well as upscale fashion store experience.<sup id="cite_ref-OhwtMUbqwiJ_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OhwtMUbqwiJ-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She claims to have once wrestled a greased pig.<sup id="cite_ref-MMcMU2_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMcMU2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SFAMdc_51-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFAMdc-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shandi_Finnessey&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, her parents still lived in the house that she grew up in Florissant.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, Finnessey became a contestant on <i><a href="/wiki/Ready_for_Love_(TV_series)" title="Ready for Love (TV series)">Ready for Love</a></i> where she competed for the attention of Ernesto Arguello.<sup id="cite_ref-RfL3brbN_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RfL3brbN-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She won Arguello's heart on the show, but the relationship was short-lived in real life.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, she posed nude for a <a href="/wiki/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals" title="People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals">PETA</a> anti-fur campaign opposing the distribution of fur coats as prizes during beauty pageants.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 24, 2014, Finnessey announced on Twitter that she became engaged to businessman Ben Higgins.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were married on July 11, 2015, according to another autobiographical tweet.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple has three sons; Finn Arthur (born June 10, 2016),<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bodhi James (born May 1, 2018)<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Charlie Bear (born May 5, 2020).<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scholarly_work">Scholarly work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shandi_Finnessey&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Scholarly work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Finnessey authored an award-winning children's book.<sup id="cite_ref-ANYWISMU_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ANYWISMU-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SFAMdc_51-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFAMdc-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her book, which was published on August 1, 2002,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was entitled <i>Furrtails</i> and helps the effort to integrate intellectually disabled children into regular classrooms and helps children appreciate individuality and understand their peers who have disabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-SFI_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFI-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MMACMU_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMACMU-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was recognized with an Authors Who Make a Difference award, known as AWMAD, (from Infinity Publishing) and a Ryan Brems Award for this work.<sup id="cite_ref-SFI_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFI-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SFB_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFB-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SFAMdc_51-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFAMdc-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She authored a second book entitled <i>Suzanna the Banana</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SFAMdc_51-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SFAMdc-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shandi_Finnessey&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Film </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sharktopus" title="Sharktopus">Sharktopus</a></i> </td> <td>Stephie </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Piranhaconda" title="Piranhaconda">Piranhaconda</a></i> </td> <td>Kimmy Weston </td> <td>TV movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i>Garbage</i> </td> <td>Rodeo drive model </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><i>Bachelorette Party Massacre</i> </td> <td>Mara </td> <td>pre-production </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pageantography">Pageantography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shandi_Finnessey&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pageantography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Contest </th> <th>Notes </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Date </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Missouri_USA" title="Miss Missouri USA">Miss Missouri USA</a> 2000 </td> <td>1st runner-up </td> <td>Miss Saint Louis County </td> <td>c. <span data-sort-value="000000001999-08-29-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">August 29, 1999</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miss Oktoberfest 2000 </td> <td>3rd runner-up </td> <td> </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002000-10-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 5, 2000</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Missouri" title="Miss Missouri">Miss Missouri</a> 2001 </td> <td>2nd runner-up </td> <td>Miss Jackson </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002001-06-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 9, 2001</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miss Missouri USA 2001 </td> <td>2nd runner-up </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miss Missouri 2002 </td> <td><b>Winner</b> </td> <td>Miss St. Louis Metro </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002002-06-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">June 8, 2002</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_America" title="Miss America">Miss America</a> 2003 </td> <td>Preliminary evening wear </td> <td>Miss Missouri </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002002-09-21-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">September 21, 2002</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miss Missouri USA 2004 </td> <td><b>Winner</b> </td> <td>Miss Metro St. Louis </td> <td>c. <span data-sort-value="000000002003-11-14-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">November 14, 2003</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_USA" title="Miss USA">Miss USA</a> 2004 </td> <td><b>Winner</b> </td> <td>Miss Missouri USA </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002004-04-12-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">April 12, 2004</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe" title="Miss Universe">Miss Universe</a> 2004 </td> <td>1st runner-up </td> <td>Miss USA </td> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002004-06-01-0000" 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Loughery" title="Jackie Loughery">Jackie Loughery</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myrna_Hansen" title="Myrna Hansen">Myrna Hansen</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miriam_Stevenson" title="Miriam Stevenson">Miriam Stevenson</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlene_King_Johnson" title="Carlene King Johnson">Carlene King Johnson</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Morris" title="Carol Morris">Carol Morris</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Leona_Gage" title="Mary Leona Gage">Mary Leona Gage</a> / <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Sheffield" title="Charlotte Sheffield">Charlotte Sheffield</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Howell" title="Arlene Howell">Eurlyne Howell</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Huntingdon" title="Terry Huntingdon">Terry Huntingdon</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Bement" title="Linda Bement">Linda Bement</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Brown_(Miss_USA)" title="Sharon Brown (Miss USA)">Sharon Brown</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macel_Wilson" title="Macel Wilson">Macel Leilani Wilson</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marite_Ozers" title="Marite Ozers">Mārīte Ozere</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobbi_Johnson" title="Bobbi Johnson">Bobbi Johnson</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Downey" title="Sue Downey">Sue Ann Downey</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Remenyi" title="Maria Remenyi">Maria Remenyi</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Hitchcock" title="Sylvia Hitchcock">Sylvia Hitchcock</a> / <a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Patton" title="Cheryl Patton">Cheryl Patton</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Anstett" title="Dorothy Anstett">Dorothy Anstett</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Dascomb" title="Wendy Dascomb">Wendy 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