Jennifer Gareis

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Jennifer Gareis
Beauty pageant titleholder
Jennifer Gareis attending the second issue release of "Girls Gone Wild Magazine" Party at Les Deux, Hollywood, June 4, 2008
Birth name: Jennifer Lynne Gareis
Birthdate: August 1, 1970 (1970-08-01) (age 37)
Birth location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Title(s): Miss New York USA 1994
Major Competition(s): Miss USA 1994 (top six)

Jennifer Lynne Gareis (born on 1 August 1970 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American former beauty queen and actress.

Graduate of Franklin and Marshall College where she was an All-American Swimmer.

Graduate of J.P. McCaskey High School of Lancaster Pa.

Gareis competed in her first beauty pageant in 1992 when she placed second runner-up at Miss Pennsylvania USA. She later competed in New York, winning the Miss New York USA 1994 title, and representing New York in the Miss USA 1994 pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas on February 11, 1994. Gareis placed in the top six of the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Lu Parker of South Carolina.[1]

Gareis later began an acting career is best known for her role as Grace Turner on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She currently plays Donna Logan on Y&R's sister soap, The Bold and the Beautiful, a role she has held since 2006. Maxim magazine features her in their online Girls of Maxim gallery. She was ranked #90 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lemieux, Josh. "Miss South Carolina Crowned Miss USA", The Associated Press, 1994-02-11. 
  2. ^ Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2002. FreeJose.com. Retrieved on April 02, 2007.

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Preceded by
Wendy Mock
Miss New York USA
1994
Succeeded by
Shanna Moakler