Jennifer Dupont

Jennifer Dupont
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Jennifer Dupont
March 24, 1981
Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Hair color Blonde
Eye color Brown
Title(s) Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1998
Miss Louisiana USA 2000
Miss Louisiana 2004
Major
competition(s)		 Miss Teen USA 1998
Miss USA 2000
Miss America 2005 (1st Runner-Up)

Jennifer Dupont (born March 24, 1981 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American beauty pageant contestant who represented Louisiana in Miss Teen USA 1998, Miss USA 2000, and Miss America 2005.

Dupont's first title was Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1998.[1][2] The national Miss Teen USA pageant was held close to her home town in Shreveport, Louisiana.[3] Eighteen months later, she won the Miss Louisiana USA 2000 title and at eighteen, was the youngest delegate to compete at Miss USA 2000, held in Branson, Missouri. She failed to place at either pageant.

In 2004 Dupont, at the age of 23, won the Miss America local preliminary title Miss Ouachita Parish and was later crowned Miss Louisiana at the state pageant. At the Miss America 2005 pageant held at Atlantic City, New Jersey she won a preliminary swimsuit award and placed first runner-up to Miss Alabama, Deidre Downs.[4] Having won state titles in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss America pageants, which only six women have achieved as of 2006, she is known as a "Triple Crown" winner.

While still in high school Dupont became a novice elementary school teacher and later graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in education. She was also a Golden Girl while at Louisiana State University. After graduation she opened her own dress shop in south Louisiana. Jennifer was recently married.

References

  1. ↑ "Teen Briefs". The Advocate. 1997-11-29.
  2. ↑ "Lafayette woman named Miss La. USA". The Advocate. 1997-11-10. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
  3. ↑ "Pageant short drive for Miss Teen Louisiana". The Advocate. 1998-08-02. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
  4. ↑ Segal, David (2004-09-14). "Alabamian Is Crowned Miss America". Washington Post. Retrieved 2007-02-22.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Sarah Price		 Miss Louisiana Teen USA
1998 		Succeeded by
Sarah Thornhill
Preceded by
Melissa Bongiovanni		 Miss Louisiana USA
2000 		Succeeded by
Heather Hayden
Preceded by
Melissa Clark		 Miss Louisiana
2004 		Succeeded by
Molly Causey