- Jennifer Berry
Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss Oklahoma 2005Miss America 2006
photo=
caption=Jennifer Berry holding the Miss America crown
nationalcompetition=Miss America 2006 (winner)
location=Houston, Texas
birthname= Jennifer Berry
birth=birth date and age|1983|7|18
eye color= Brown
hair color=BrownJennifer Berry (born
July 18 ,1983 inHouston, Texas ) was crownedMiss America onJanuary 21 ,2006 . A resident ofTulsa, Oklahoma , she was the fifth Miss America from Oklahoma to hold the title.She won the
Miss Oklahoma 2005 title in a state pageant held Tulsa onJune 11 ,2005 . She competed as Miss Grand Lake, and was a double preliminary winner, winning awards for both talent and swimsuit. This was Berry's fifth attempt at the state title, as she placed third runner-up in 2004 and 2003, made the top 10 in 2002 and was unplaced in 2001.Berry represented
Oklahoma in theMiss America 2006 pageant broadcast from theTheatre for the Performing Arts on theLas Vegas Strip onJanuary 21 ,2006 , the first time the pageant was held outsideAtlantic City, New Jersey . During the preliminary competitions Berry won a preliminary talent award for her ballet en pointe performance. At the end of the final night, which involved interview, swimsuit, evening gown and talent competitions Berry won the Miss America title, the first titleholder crowned outside Atlantic City.Her platform issue as Miss Oklahoma and Miss America was "Building Intolerance to Drunk Driving and Underage Drinking." She acted a national spokesperson for
Mothers Against Drunk Driving during her reign and also worked on behalf of numerous other charities. Berry also had the opportunity to host the second annualMiss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held inOrlando, Florida .Berry graduated from Jenks High School in 2001, and attended the
University of Oklahoma with a major inelementary education . She hopes to attain a Master's in education and become anelementary school teacher . She currently lives inNorth Carolina .On
April 28 ,2007 she married Nathan Gooden in her hometown of Tulsa.External links
* [http://www.missoklahoma.org/new/missok2005.htm Miss Oklahoma 2005]
* [http://missamerica.org/compete2006/ Miss America 2006]
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