Triple Crown (beauty pageants)

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In pageantry, the unofficial title Triple Crown winner is bestowed on a woman who wins her state title in each of the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss America systems.

The term is special because only six women have achieved this feat. They are (in chronological order):

• Kelly Lloyd
  • Miss Indiana Teen USA 1993 (first runner-up)
  • Miss Indiana 1999 (Albert A. Marks Jr. Interview award )
  • Miss Indiana USA 2002 (second runner-up)

• Allison Alderson
  • Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1994 (finalist)
  • Miss Tennessee 1999
  • Miss Tennessee USA 2002

• Katee Doland
  • Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998 (semi-finalist)
  • Miss Colorado USA 2001 (Miss Photogenic)
  • Miss Colorado 2003 (non-finalist scholarship award winner)

• Jennifer Dupont
  • Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1998
  • Miss Louisiana USA 2000
  • Miss Louisiana 2004 (preliminary swimsuit award winner, 1st runner-up to Miss America)

• Elizabeth Barchas
  • Miss Idaho Teen USA 1998
  • Miss Idaho USA 2001
  • Miss Idaho 2004 (non-finalist scholarship award winner, 1st runner-up Quality of Life award, non-finalist Interview award, Leonard C. Horn Award for Legal Studies

• Kristi Lauren Glakas
  • Miss Virginia Teen USA 1999 (semi-finalist)
  • Miss Virginia USA 2004
  • Miss Virginia 2005 (preliminary swimsuit award winner, 3rd runner-up to Miss America)