Christina Ellington

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Christina Ellington
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Christina Yvette Ellington (1982-08-12) August 12, 1982 New York, U.S.
Title(s)	Miss New York 2004
Major competition(s)	Miss America 2005 (Top 10)

Christina Yvette Ellington Pares, (born 1982), is a beauty queen and entertainer from New York.

Pares' first major beauty pageant title was Miss New York 2004, which she won competing as Miss Southern New York. She had previously placed second runner-up in 2003 as Miss Manhattan, and second runner-up in 2002 as Miss Five Boroughs. Pares is an opera singer who won a preliminary talent award in 2004, and tied for the award in 2002. She also won the evening gown award in 2004.

Pares represented her state at the Miss America 2005 pageant televised live from Atlantic City, New Jersey in September 2004. She was a top ten finalist in the pageant, which was won by Deidre Downs of Alabama.

Pares is known for her initiatives with childhood cancer and urban city education, which she incorporated into her pageant platform: "The Power of our Nation's Educators"

Pares grew up in Connecticut and attended Danbury High School. As well as Miss New York, Pares has held a number of other titles, including Miss Connecticut Teen America where she was 1st runner up to Miss Teen America 2001, Miss Southern New England Teen 1998, Miss Manhattan, Miss Five Boroughs, and Miss Southern New York.

She went to the prestigious New York University Tisch School of the Arts - Collaborative Arts Project 21 Musical Theatre Conservatory for her undergraduate studies. She has played leading roles from Maria in West Side Story to a one woman show as Ethel Waters. She continued her studies at New York University and earned a Master's degree in May 2007.

She resides in New Fairfield, Connecticut and teaches elementary education in a Harlem school.

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Preceded by Jessica Lynch	Miss New York 2004	Succeeded by Kandice Pelletier

v t e Miss America 2005, state titleholders

AL: Deidre Downs CA: Veena Goel DE: Linda Kurtz FL: Jenna Edwards LA: Jennifer Dupont MS: Jalin Wood NH: Alyssa Spellman NY: Christina Ellington OR: Brook Roberts TN: Ashley Eicher

Miss America Delegates of 70 79 81 91 95 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14

v t e New York pageant winners

Miss New York	Bess Myerson (1945) Kris Krull (1974) Tawny Godin (1975) Mary Hinterberger (1975) Vanessa L. Williams (1983) Maryalice Demler (1990) Brandi Burkhardt (1999) Jessica Lynch (2003) Christina Ellington (2004) Kandice Pelletier (2005) Leigh-Taylor Smith (2008) Claire Buffie (2010) Mallory Hagan (2012) Nina Davuluri (2013)

Miss New York USA	Jackie Loughery (1952) Mary Therese Friel (1979) Jennifer Gareis (1994) Shanna Moakler (1995) Kimberly Pressler (1999) Jaclyn Nesheiwat (2004) Meaghan Jarensky (2005) Adriana Diaz (2006) Gloria Almonte (2007) Danielle Roundtree (2008) Tracey Chang (2009)

Miss New York Teen USA	Ruth Zakarian (1983) Jessica Collins (1988) Kimberly Pressler (1994) Gloria Almonte (2001) Adriana Diaz (2003) Taylor Gildersleeve (2009)

Mrs. New York	Meaghan Castaldi (2010)

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Persondata
Name	Ellington, Christina
Alternative names
Short description	American model
Date of birth	1982-08-12
Place of birth	New York, U.S.
Date of death
Place of death

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