Caitlin Brunell

Caitlin Brunell
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Caitlin Brunell
May 1992 (age 22)
Seattle, Washington
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Title(s) Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2007
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008
Miss Jacksonville Teen USA 2009
Miss University of Alabama 2012
Miss Leeds Area 2013
Miss Alabama 2014
Major
competition(s)		 Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 (winner)
Miss America 2015 (Top 10)

Caitlin Brunell (born May 1992 in Seattle, Washington)[1] from Great Falls, Virginia won the Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 title in August 2007. In 2014, she was crowned Miss Alabama and represented the state at the Miss America 2015 competition where she was a Top Ten semi-finalist and the Quality of Life Award winner.

Early life

Brunell is the daughter of Stacey and Mark Brunell, a former NFL quarterback. Her parents were seniors and successful athletes at the University of Washington at the time she was born, and her father went on to play for the Green Bay Packers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints, and the New York Jets.[1] She was home schooled through middle school[2] and spent her freshman year at Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School.[3] She graduated high school from Providence School. She is a 2014 graduate of the University of Alabama.[4]

Pageants

In 2007, Brunell won the Miss Greater Richmond's Outstanding Teen title and then the Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen title. She represented Virginia in the third Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held on August 11, 2007 and won the title. She also won a preliminary evening gown award earlier in the week. In 2008, Caitlin also won the Miss Jacksonville's Teen USA 2008 in Florida.

She was also crowned Queen Shenandoah LXXXIV at the 84th Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival on April 30, 2011, in Winchester, Virginia.[5] In 2012 she was chosen as Miss University of Alabama.[4]

In June 2014, competing as Miss Leeds Area, Brunell was crowned Miss Alabama.[6] In September 2014, she represented the state at the Miss America 2015 pageant. She survived the initial cut and competed in the swimwear, evening wear, and talent competitions to place in the top ten contestants as a semi-finalist but she was not one of the five finalists.[7] Brunell won a Quality of Life Award for her community work with Caitlin's Closet.

Personal life

Brunell runs her own non-profit organization called "Caitlin's Closet", which collects donated prom gowns and distributes them to those in need.[8][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tracks, Tds, and a toddler: keeping up with Caitlin... Brunell's Sporting Life revolves around daughter". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. May 15, 1993.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gilfillian, Trudi (July 8, 2014). "Miss Alabama Caitlin Brunell". The Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, NJ: BH Media Group). Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2008 profile". MAO Teen.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Flanagan, Ben (February 24, 2012). "Sophomore Caitlin Brunell crowned Miss UA 2012". The Birmingham News.
  5. ↑ "SABF Past Celebrities". Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Watkins, Mia (June 7, 2014). "Caitlin Brunell, a University of Alabama graduate, is new Miss Alabama". AL.com. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
  7. ↑ Lala, Diane D'Amico Elisa; Loring, Devin (September 15, 2014). "Miss New York is the new Miss America (again)". The Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, NJ: BH Media Group). Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ Centazzo, Kim (May 2, 2007). "Kniffin Collects Dresses, Makes Prom Reality". Connection Newspapers.

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Preceded by
Chandler Champion		 Miss Alabama
2014 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Maria DeSantis		 Miss America's Outstanding Teen
2008 		Succeeded by
Taylor Fitch
Preceded by
Brittany Young		 Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen
2007 		Succeeded by
Lexie Overholt