Kimberly Pressler

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Kimberly Pressler is an entertainment presenter and former Miss USA.

Pressler hails from Franklinville, New York. Her first major pageant title came in 1994 when she won the Miss New York Teen USA title. At the national pageant that year, she placed 45th at the preliminaries, failing to place in the top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1994.

In 1999, Pressler went on to win the Miss New York USA pageant, which allowed her to compete at the Miss USA pageant held in Branson, Missouri. This time she made became the fourth woman from her state to win the Miss USA title, beating press favorites such as Miss Tennessee USA Morgan Tandy High (the eventual 1st runner-up) and Miss California USA Angelique Breaux (the 2nd runner-up and later American representative and semi-finalist at the Miss World pageant). She ranked second in the top 5 behind High but passed her in the top 3 question. Pressler's height is 5'4", the shorest Miss USA ever to date.

Pressler later competed in the Miss Universe pageant held in Trinidad and Tobago. She became only the second Miss USA not to place at Miss Universe in the history of the pageant, where her preliminary performance was generally regarded as poor and too conservative. She did however manage to place 19th in the preliminaries.

Pressler later moved to Los Angeles, where she embarked on a movie and entertainment career. She has been featured in a number of national magazines including People and was voted one of Stuff Magazine’s “101 Sexiest Women in the World”. She is currently owner of a promotional talent agency based in Los Angeles that specializes in motor sports events.

Pressler has also hosted a number of Miss USA state pageants, including Miss Massachusetts USA 2006.

Sadly, Pressler's reputation in pageantry and among her peers is not positive. One fellow competitor at Miss USA described her as foul-mouthed, and extremely nasty and vicious in person.

Preceded by: Shawnae Jebbia

Miss USA 1999

Succeeded by: Lynnette Cole

Miss Universe Organization Titleholders 1999
Miss Universe Mpule Kwelagobe	Miss USA Kimberly Pressler	Miss Teen USA Ashley Coleman