Stephanie Culberson
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Stephanie Culberson is a beauty queen from Knoxville, Tennessee who has competed in the Miss America and Miss USA pageants. She is one of only four women to place in the top five in both nationally televised pageants.
Culberson won her first title, Miss Tennessee, in 2001 as Miss Cleveland. She competed in the Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey in September 2001, where she evening gown and swimsuit preliminary awards. Culberson placed second runner-up to Katie Harman of Oregon, achieving Tennessee's highest placement in the pageant since 1990. As Miss Tennessee Culberson served as a spokeswoman for the Safe and Drug-Free Tennessee project.[1]
In 2003 Culberson competed in the Miss Tennessee USA pageant and won the 2004 title on her first attempt. She was crowned by Beth Hood, completing a rare sequence of events. For the first time in the history of the Miss USA and Miss America pageants, three Miss Tennessee titleholders who reigned in consecutive years also won consecutive Miss Tennessee USA titles. The first was Alison Alderson, who was Miss Tennessee 1999 and Miss Tennessee USA 2002 and the second Beth Hood, who held the title Miss Tennessee 2000 and placed 4th runner-up at Miss USA as Miss Tennessee USA.
Culberson represented Tennessee in the Miss USA 2004 pageant held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California in April 2004. She placed fourth runner-up to Shandi Finnessey of Missouri in the pageant, equalling the placement of Beth Hood the year before. This placement earned her the third highest combined placement of any woman who has competed at Miss USA and Miss America.
After graduating from Temple Baptist Academy in 1997, Culberson earned a business and piano performance degree cum laude at Lee University in 2003.[2] She is a member of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society.
[edit] References
- ^ Moore, Brenna. "Culberson heading back to school after year's reign", Jackson Sun, 2002-06-22. Retrieved on 2006-09-17.
- ^ Miss Tennessee USA official biography. Retrieved on 2006-09-17
[edit] External links
- Miss Tennessee official website
- Miss America official website
- Miss Tennessee USA official website
- Miss USA official website
| Miss USA 2004 | State Delegates |
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| KS: Lisa Forbes | LA: Melissa McConnell | MA: Maria Lekkakos | MO: Shandi Finnessey | NE: Guerin Austin | NJ: Janaye Ingram | NY: Jaclyn Nesheiwat | OR: Jennifer Murphy | SC: Amanda Pennekamp | TN: Stephanie Culberson | VA: Kristi Glakas |
