Blair Griffith

Griffith has earlier won the Miss Congeniality part of Miss Teen USA 2006 without placing in the Top 15. According to Griffith, her mother Bonita's sudden heart attack, and major surgery led to the family's economic situation and bankruptcy.^[3] Griffith's mother also lost her insurance when her insurer declared that the heart attack was the result of a pre-existing condition.^[4]

That meant that she had to pay her medical expenses, including $800 a month for medications, on her own.^[4] In early April fashion designer Mac Duggal stated he had agreed to design all the gowns that Griffith will need to be in the pageant free of charge.^[5] In 2013, she represented USA at the first edition of Miss Grand International 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand where she placed in the Top 20.