Tyler Willis

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Tyler Willis
Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name: Tyler Colie Willis
Birth location: Flag of United States State flag
Brownfield, Texas
Height: 5'7
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Blonde
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
Title(s): Miss Texas USA 2005
Major Competition(s): Miss USA 2005 (Top 15)

Tyler Colie Willis is a beauty queen from Brownfield, Texas who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.

Willis won the Miss Texas USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in Laredo, Texas in June 2004.[1] Competing against 128 other contestants as Miss Central Plains, Willis also won the Miss Congeniality title during the event.[2] Her second runner-up was Lauren Lanning, who would win the title the following year.

This was Willis's fourth attempt at winning the title. Her first came in 2001, when she competed as Miss Raiderland and did not place. The following year she won the Miss Lubbock USA title in April and competed in the Miss Texas USA 2002 pageant held in July.[3] In that pageant, she made the semi-finals. In 2003, she competed as Miss Northwest Texas in the 2004 pageant,[4] and placed first runner-up, her highest placement before winning the title in 2005.

Willis represented Texas in the Miss USA 2005 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005. She placed in the top fifteen of the nationally televised pageant, Texas' fifth consecutive placement at the pageant, and also won the Miss Photogenic award. The competition was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.

Willis has completed Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Texas Tech University.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Miss Texas USA 2005 crowned", News 8 Austin, 2004-06-28. Retrieved on December 16, 2006.
  2. ^ LaVoie, Megan. "Red Raider captures the crown", 2004-07-10. Retrieved on December 15, 2006.
  3. ^ Wyatt, Whitney. "Techsan claims pageant", 2001-04-02. Retrieved on December 14, 2006.
  4. ^ "Competition for Miss Texas USA Crown Heats Up", KCBD, 2003-07-26. Retrieved on December 16, 2006.
  5. ^ Texas House Concurrent Resolution 76 - Congratulating Tyler Willis on being named Miss Texas USA. Retrieved 2006-12-16.

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Preceded by
Stephanie Guerrero
Miss Texas USA
2005
Succeeded by
Lauren Lanning
Miss USA 2005 | State Delegates
AL: Jessica Tinney | AK: Aleah Scheick | AZ: Mariana Loya | AR: Jessica Furrer | CA: Brittany Hogan | CO: Lauren Cisneros | CT: Melissa Mandak | DE: Sheena Benton | DC: Sarah-Elizabeth Langford | FL: Melissa Witek | GA: Tanisha Brito | HI: Jennifer Fairbank | ID: Sade Aiyeku | IL: Jill Gulseth | IN: Kaitlyn Christopher | IA: Joy Robinson | KS: Rachel Saunders | KY: Kristen Johnson | LA: Candice Stewart | ME: Erica Commeau | MD: Marina Harrison | MA: Cristina Nardozzi | MI: Crystal Hayes | MN: Carrie Lee | MS: Jennifer Adcock | MO: Andrea Ciliberti | MT: Amanda Kimmel | NE: Jana Murrell | NV: Shivonn Geeb | NH: Candace Glickman | NJ: Sylvia Pogorzelski | NM: Jacqueline Deaner | NY: Meaghan Jarensky | NC: Chelsea Cooley | ND: Chrissa Miller | OH: Aisha Berry | OK: Laci Scott | OR: Jessica Carlson | PA: Brenda Brabham | RI: Allison Paganetti | SC: Sarah Medley | SD: Jessica Fjerstad | TN: Amy Colley | TX: Tyler Willis | UT: Marin Poole | VT: Amanda Mitteer | VA: Jennifer Pitts | WA: Amy Crawford | WV: Kristin Morrison | WI: Melissa Ann Young | WY: Abby Norman