Lisa Tollett
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born |
Lisa Gayle Tollett Crossville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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| Other names | Lisa Milligan |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Green |
| Title(s) | Miss Tennessee USA 2001 |
| Major competition(s) | Miss USA 2001 (Top 10) |
Lisa Gayle Tollett Milligan (born January 22, 1977) is a pageant queen from Crossville, Tennessee who competed in the Miss USA 2001 pageant.
Tollett won the Miss Tennessee USA 2001 title in late 2000, in her first attempt. She was crowned by Lynnette Cole, Miss USA 2000, who had previously been Miss Tennessee USA 2000. Her first runner-up was Candice Sanders, who would later become Miss California USA 2003.
Tollett represented Tennessee in the Miss USA 2001 pageant, broadcast live from Gary, Indiana in March 2002. She made the first cut in the nationally televised pageant, placed fourth in swimsuit (9.21) but only eighth in evening gown (9.04), leaving her one spot shy of the top five, with an average combine score of 9.12. Tollett missed moving on to the Top 5 at Miss USA by .01.
Personal
Tollett, who has a twin sister Lori, is a 1999 graduate of the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science degree in communications and a minor in political science. Tollett was a cheerleader at the Tennessee and for the Carolina Panthers. Country music singer and stage actress Mandy Barnett is Tollett's cousin.
Four years after they met at the Bristol Motor Speedway, Tollett got engaged to NASCAR driver Elliott Sadler, while she was still Miss Tennessee USA. The couple split a few years later. Tollett is currently married to a doctor named John Milligan.
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| Preceded by Lynnette Cole |
Miss Tennessee USA 2001 |
Succeeded by Allison Alderson |
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