- Shelly Moore
Pageant titleholder bio
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title=Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1997Miss Teen USA 1997
nationalcompetition=Miss Teen USA 1997 (winner)
location=Jacksonville, Florida , U.S.
birth = birth date and age|1978|9|18
birthname= Shelly Moore
height=height|ft=5|in=5
eye color= Blue
hair color= Blonde
nationality=American
ethnicity= White/CaucasianShelly Moore (born
September 18 ,1978 ) is a beauty queen fromKnoxville, Tennessee who won theMiss Teen USA 1997 title.In 1996, Moore won the Miss Northern Tennessee local title before competing for and winning the
Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1997 contest. She went on to represent Tennessee in theMiss Teen USA contest held atSouth Padre Island, Texas on 20 August 1997. Moore's roommate during the pageant was top six finalist Amanda Penix,Miss Oklahoma Teen USA and she was later a bridesmaid at Penix's wedding. [cite news|title=First-time pageant entrant finds success, God's will|publisher=The Shawnee News-Star |date=1997-09-06] [cite news|publisher=The Shawnee News-Star|title=Weddings|date=2003-08-17] During the final competition Moore won all three areas of competition: evening gown, swimsuit and interview. At the conclusion of the final rounds of competition, Moore was crowned Miss Teen USA 1997. She was the first delegate from Tennessee to win the Miss Teen USA or Miss USA titles. Her prize package included more than $150,000 of cash and prizes.Moore was born and grew up in
Jacksonville, Florida before moving to Knoxville to live with her mother and stepfather when she was fourteen.cite news|title=Former Miss Teen USA speaks Sunday|publisher=The Oak Ridger|date=1999-02-26] [cite news|title=Native teen crowned|publisher=Jacksonville Journal|date=1997-08-22] She graduated from South-Doyle High School in Knoxville in 1997 and studied education at theUniversity of Tennessee , having postponed her freshman year because of her duties as Miss Teen USA. [cite news|title=Moore replaces pageant duties with career plans, homework |date=1998-08-05|publisher=Knoxville News-Sentinel|first=Mike|last=Flannigan] cite news|title=Staying on cloud nine; Knoxville girl captures a national title, Miss Teen USA contest |publisher=Knoxville News-Sentinel|date=1997-08-25|page=A8]In May 1999, less than a year after passing on her pageant title, Moore married college football player
Will Bartholomew . [cite news|title=HE HAS A WILL OF IRON; Bartholomew's role: a bulldozer for Henry |publisher=Knoxville News Sentinel|date=2000-12-21] Both were twenty years old at the time. [cite news|title=Public Records|date=Knoxville News Sentinel|page=D8|date=1999-05-05] The couple later had two children. [cite news|title=Packer: Where there's a Will there's a way|publisher=GoVolsXtra|first=Mark|last=Packer|url=http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2006/nov/04/packer-where-theres-a-will-theres-a-way/|date=2006-11-04]References
External links
* [http://www.misstennesseeusa.com Miss Tennessee Teen USA official website]
* [http://www.missteenusa.com Miss Teen USA official website]Miss Universe Organization titleholders
Year=1998
Miss Universe=Brook Lee
Miss USA=Brandi Sherwood
Miss Teen USA=Shelly Moore
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