Lauren Nelson
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- Miss Teen Lawton 2004
- Miss Teen Oklahoma 2004
- Miss Oklahoma State Fair 2006
- Miss Oklahoma 2006
- Miss America 2007
Lauren Nelson | |
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| Born | November 26, 1986 |
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| Term | January 29, 2007 – January 26, 2008 |
| Predecessor | Jennifer Berry |
| Successor | Kirsten Haglund |
| Spouse |
Randy Faram (m. 2009) |
| Children | 2 |
Lauren Paige Nelson (born November 26, 1986) is a beauty queen from Lawton, Oklahoma, who holds the Miss America 2007 title. Nelson is the second consecutive Miss America and sixth in the history of Miss America to hail from this state.[1]
Nelson attended MacArthur High School and later graduated from University of Central Oklahoma with a degree in public relations.[2]
Pageantry
Miss Teen Oklahoma 2004
Nelson was Miss Teen Oklahoma 2004, and in this role, she performed at the 2005 Miss America pageant.[3]
Miss Oklahoma 2006
She won the Miss Oklahoma State Fair 2006 local title and then competed in the Miss Oklahoma pageant for the first time on June 11, 2006. On the final night of competition, she was crowned Miss Oklahoma 2006, for which she received a $16,000 scholarship.[2] At age nineteen, she was the youngest contestant to become Miss Oklahoma.
Miss America 2007
Nelson went on to represent Oklahoma in the Miss America 2007 pageant that was broadcast on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts on January 29, 2007. She won a preliminary swimsuit award on Thursday night, becoming her state's first swimsuit preliminary award since 1955.[4] Her talent was a vocal performance, and her platform was, "Be NetSmart – Protecting Kids Online".
At the conclusion of the live telecast, Nelson was crowned Miss America 2007, beating first runner-up Miss Texas 2006, Shilah Phillips. She received a $50,000 scholarship award along with the title. She succeeded Jennifer Berry of Jenks, Oklahoma, this being the second occurrence of consecutive state winners since Mississippi took the Miss America title in both 1959 and 1960.
