Vanessa Semrow
Vanessa Semrow | |
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Born | Vanessa Marie Semrow November 13, 1984 Rhinelander, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 2002 Miss Teen USA 2002 |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Hazel |
Major competition(s) | Miss Teen USA 2002 (winner) |
Vanessa Marie Semrow (born November 17, 1984) is an American model and beauty queen who won Miss Teen USA 2002.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Semrow was born as Vanessa Marie Semrow in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Her mother is Thai, her father American.
Pageantry
[edit]Semrow won the Miss Wisconsin Teen USA title on October 15, 2001, in a pageant paying tribute to the events of September 11 that year.[2] In August 2002, she represented Wisconsin in the Miss Teen USA 2002 pageant.[1]
As Miss Teen USA, Semrow represented the Miss Universe Organization and lived in a Trump apartment in New York City, the first Miss Teen USA titleholder to live there full-time.[3] During her reign, Semrow traveled to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on a USO tour,[4] raised money for charities, and attended celebrity events. Her reign ended on August 13, 2003, when she crowned Tami Farrell Miss Teen USA 2003.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Miss Teen USA 2002 crown goes to Wisconsin native". Associated Press. August 29, 2002.
- ^ Nelson, Aaron (October 15, 2001). "Beauty Pageants Provide Some Respite Here". The Capital Times.
- ^ Martell, Chris (October 12, 2002). "Life's a Whirlwind for Teen Queen; Rhinelander Takes on Big City after Earning Crown". Wisconsin State Journal.
- ^ "Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA Bring a Touch of Home To Troops in Southwest Asia". PR Newswire. November 18, 2002.
- ^ "Miss Teen USA 2003 crown goes to 18-year-old from Oregon". Associated Press. August 13, 2003.