Lauren Nelson is a beauty queen from Lawton, Oklahoma who holds the Miss America 2007 title. Nelson is the second successive Miss America and 6th in the history of Miss America to hail from this state.
Nelson was Miss Teen Oklahoma 2004, and in this role, she performed at the 2005 Miss America Pageant.[2] In transit to Miss America, she won the Miss Oklahoma State Fair local title and then competed in the Miss Oklahoma pageant for the 1st time on June 11, 2006, and was crowned Miss Oklahoma 2006, for which she received a $16,000 grant. At age nineteen, she was the youngest competitor to become Miss Oklahoma.
Nelson went on to represent Oklahoma in the Miss America 2007 competition broadcast on CMT from the Aladdin Resort and Casino on Jan 29, 2007. She won an initial swimming suit award on Thursday night, becoming her state's first Swimming suit preliminary since 1955. At the end of the live telecast, Nelson was crowned the 82nd Miss America. She succeeds Jennifer Berry, of Jenks, Oklahoma, in the first occurrence of successive victor from the same state since 1959-1960.
A graduate of MacArthur Highschool, Nelson is a student at the College of Central Oklahoma. She is also a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. She's a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Lawton, Oklahoma. Her goal is to become a Broadway performer. Her Miss America talent was a vocal performance, and her platform issue is "Be NetSmart" Protecting Kids Online". She receives a $50,000 grant award together with the title.
In a recent article she voiced support for Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama.[3]
Nelson latterly teamed up with host John Walsh on the FOX TV show America's Most Needed to help in the apprehension of potential child predators. Initial reports as of May 1, 2007, stated that she did not plan to come back to testify against those predators that were apprehended, putting the prosecution's case in peril. [4] Nevertheless she seemed to change her mind later that day, and it is reported that she will testify against the criminals.
It is no secret that Lawton, OK and Fort Sill, OK is extraordinarily proud of our own Lauren Nelson.
Nelson was Miss Teen Oklahoma 2004, and in this role, she performed at the 2005 Miss America Pageant.[2] In transit to Miss America, she won the Miss Oklahoma State Fair local title and then competed in the Miss Oklahoma pageant for the 1st time on June 11, 2006, and was crowned Miss Oklahoma 2006, for which she received a $16,000 grant. At age nineteen, she was the youngest competitor to become Miss Oklahoma.
Nelson went on to represent Oklahoma in the Miss America 2007 competition broadcast on CMT from the Aladdin Resort and Casino on Jan 29, 2007. She won an initial swimming suit award on Thursday night, becoming her state's first Swimming suit preliminary since 1955. At the end of the live telecast, Nelson was crowned the 82nd Miss America. She succeeds Jennifer Berry, of Jenks, Oklahoma, in the first occurrence of successive victor from the same state since 1959-1960.
A graduate of MacArthur Highschool, Nelson is a student at the College of Central Oklahoma. She is also a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. She's a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Lawton, Oklahoma. Her goal is to become a Broadway performer. Her Miss America talent was a vocal performance, and her platform issue is "Be NetSmart" Protecting Kids Online". She receives a $50,000 grant award together with the title.
In a recent article she voiced support for Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama.[3]
Nelson latterly teamed up with host John Walsh on the FOX TV show America's Most Needed to help in the apprehension of potential child predators. Initial reports as of May 1, 2007, stated that she did not plan to come back to testify against those predators that were apprehended, putting the prosecution's case in peril. [4] Nevertheless she seemed to change her mind later that day, and it is reported that she will testify against the criminals.
It is no secret that Lawton, OK and Fort Sill, OK is extraordinarily proud of our own Lauren Nelson.
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