Amanda Penix

Amanda Penix
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Amanda Rochelle Penix (1978-09-15) September 15, 1978 Oklahoma
Hair color	Blonde
Title(s)	Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 1997 Miss Oklahoma USA 2000
Major competition(s)	Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 1997 Miss Oklahoma USA 2000 Miss Teen USA 1997 Miss USA 2000

Amanda Rochelle Penix (born September 15, 1978)^[1] is a model from Oklahoma who was crowned Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 1997 and Miss Oklahoma USA 2000. Penix was also a finalist in Miss Teen USA 1997 and received an honorable mention in Miss USA 2000.^[2]

Personal life

Hailing from Oklahoma, Penix attended Bethel High School in Shawnee, Oklahoma until 1996.^[3] Four years later, Penix graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University with a degree in early childhood education. In 2000, Penix worked for Randy's Signs, her parents' company. Penix is heavily involved in charity work, and actively speaks to teens about abstaining from sex until marriage.

Awards

Earned an academic and art scholarship from Oklahoma Baptist University
Graduated from high school in three years, earning the title of Salutatorian
Riddle Scholarship
Who's Who Among American High School Students^[4]

References

External links

Miss Oklahoma USA and Miss Oklahoma Teen USA

Preceded by Dia Webb	Miss Oklahoma USA 2000	Succeeded by Cortney Phillips
Preceded by Latoya Farley	Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 1997	Succeeded by Tara Baker

Oklahoma pageant winners

Miss Oklahoma	Norma Smallwood (1926) Georgine R. Leeka (1949) Anita Bryant (1958) Jane Anne Jayroe (1966) Lisa Reagan (1975) Susan Powell (1980) Shawntel Smith (1995) Casey Preslar (2002) Jennifer Berry (2005) Lauren Nelson (2006) Emoly West (2010) Kelsey Griswold (2013) Georgia Frazier (2015)

Miss Oklahoma USA	Susan Gibson (1979) Amanda Penix (2000) Kasie Head (2002) Laci Scott (2005) Robyn Watkins (2006) Caitlin Simmons (2007) Morgan Woolard (2010) Olivia Jordan (2015)

Miss Oklahoma Teen USA	Allison Brown (1986) Amanda Penix (1997) Morgan Woolard (2006)

Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen	Lauren Nelson (2004) Georgia Frazier (2009)

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