Vanessa Marie Semrow

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Vanessa Marie Semrow (born 1984) was Miss Teen USA 2002, representing her home city of Rhinelander and the state of Wisconsin.

Semrow won her first title, Miss Wisconsin Teen USA in 2001, after being recruited during a modelling exhibition (she had been modelling since the age of 11). She reigned until she won the Miss Teen USA 2002 title at South Padre Island, Texas on August 28, 2002, where she was the first delegate from Wisconsin to win the national title, and was the first titleholder to wear the newly designed Mikimoto crown.

Semrow was crowned by Marissa Whitley of Missouri and later gave up her title to Tami Farrell of Oregon on August 12, 2003. During her reign, Semrow travelled to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on a USO tour, raised money for charities, and attended celebrity events.

As Miss Teen USA, Semrow represented the Miss Universe Organization. Her "sister" 2002 titleholders were Shauntay Hinton (Miss USA, from the District of Columbia) and Justine Pasek (Miss Universe, of Panama).

After her reign, Semrow intended to remain in New York to fulfill her two-year scholarship at the New York School of Film and Television, then attend Northwestern University.