Katherine Amanda Blair is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Teen USA 2006, becoming the first person from the state of Montana to win a major pageant title. At Miss California USA 2011 she was originally first runner-up, but after the winner Alyssa Campanella won Miss USA 2011, Blair was crowned as successor on June 25.
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Born | Katherine Amanda Blair Billings, Montana, U.S. |
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[citation needed] |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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Hair color | Blonde[citation needed] |
Eye color | Blue[citation needed] |
Major competition(s) |
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Pageantry
editMiss Teen USA 2006
editBlair represented Montana at Miss Teen USA 2006 in Palm Springs, California on August 15, 2006, and became the first Montanan to place in the pageant.[1] Outgoing titleholder, Allie LaForce of Ohio, crowned Blair as the new Miss Teen USA. Melissa Lingafelt of North Carolina placed first runner-up. Prior to Blair's win in the nationally televised pageant, Montana had been the only state in the competition's 23-year history never to have had a semi-finalist.[citation needed]
Houston designer Gaspar Cruz styled Blair's evening gown, hair and makeup. Previously Cruz designed gowns for Gina Giacinto, Miss Nevada USA 2001, who was top five at Miss USA, and for Shauna Gambill, Miss California USA 1998, who was first runner-up at Miss USA.[citation needed]
Blair's Miss Teen USA winnings included a one-year modeling contract with Trump Model Management and a scholarship to The School for Film and Television in New York City, as well as a guest appearance in the NBC soap opera Passions.[citation needed]
On August 24, 2007, Blair passed down the Miss Teen USA title to Hilary Cruz of Colorado.[citation needed]
Blair spent her year as a titleholder in New York City, living in a Trump Place apartment with Miss Universe and Miss USA 2006, Tara Conner. During her reign, Blair made appearances to raise money for charity.[2] She lived in Sugar Land, Texas for most of her life, and actually attended school from 9-11 grade at Stephen F. Austin High School. She graduated from Billings West High School in 2006, and had planned to attend Louisiana State University, but postponed her commencement of college for her reign.[3]
Following her win, Blair gave interviews with various media organizations, including WPIX New York and Dayside on Fox News. In September 2006, she returned to Billings, Montana for her official homecoming as Miss Teen USA. The city council announced the day as "Katie Blair Day" and awarded her a key to the city. She crowned Chelsea Nelson, also of Billings, as the next Miss Montana Teen USA 2007.[4]
Controversy
editBlair, allegedly drank while underage during her reign. On December 20, 2006, Mothers Against Drunk Driving announced that because of Blair's alleged activities, they would no longer use her as a spokesperson against underage drinking.[5]
Miss California USA 2011
editBlair was first runner-up at Miss California USA 2011. The winner was Alyssa Campanella who also was Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2007. On June 25, 2011, after Campanella won Miss USA 2011, Miss California USA director Keith Lewis announced Blair as the new Miss California USA 2011.[citation needed]
Television
editBlair appeared in Donald Trump's MTV reality show Pageant Place along with Rachel Smith and Riyo Mori, she was later replaced by Hilary Cruz. The show began on October 10, 2007.[citation needed]
Filmography
editFilm
editYear | Title | Role | Note |
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2012 | Jukebox | Edith | Short film |
Television
editYear | Title | Role | Note |
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2006 | Miss Teen USA 2006 | Herself / Miss Montana Teen USA | TV special |
2007 | Miss Teen USA 2007 | Herself / Miss Teen USA 2006 | TV special |
2007–08 | Pageant Place | Herself | |
2011 | Miss California USA 2011 | Herself | TV special |
2012 | Hell's Kitchen | Herself / Student Chef | Episode: "5 Chefs Compete" |
References
edit- ^ Healy, Donna (July 1, 2011). "Pageant Winner Katie Blair Reshapes Her Reputation". Billings Gazette. Retrieved September 3, 2011.
- ^ Healy, Donna (2006-09-07). "Amid life of glamour, home suits her fine". Billings Gazette. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2006-09-12.
- ^ Cast, Cari (2006-09-09). "Miss Teen USA Visits Billings". KULR-TV. Retrieved 2006-09-22.[dead link]
- ^ Hathaway, Jodi (2006-09-10). "Miss Teen USA". KULR-TV. Retrieved 2006-09-22.[dead link]
- ^ Castle, Heidi (2006-12-20). "Statement of Attribution on News Reports of Miss Teen USA Drinking Alcohol Underage". MADD.org. Archived from the original on 2007-01-15. Retrieved 2006-12-20.
External links
edit- Miss Teen USA website Archived 2017-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Miss California USA website