Jennifer Dupont

Jennifer Dupont
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Jennifer Dupont (1981-03-24) 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

↑ "Teen Briefs". The Advocate. 1997-11-29.
↑ "Lafayette woman named Miss La. USA". The Advocate. 1997-11-10. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
↑ "Pageant short drive for Miss Teen Louisiana". The Advocate. 1998-08-02. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
↑ 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

Miss America 2005, state titleholders

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

Miss America Delegates of 70 71 74 75 76 77 79 81 88 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Louisiana pageant winners

Miss Louisiana	Karmyn Tyler (1995) Faith Jenkins (2000) Jennifer Dupont (2004) Jamie Wilson (2006) Amanda Joseph (2007) Katherine Putnam (2009) Kelsi Crain (2010) Hope Anderson (2011) Jaden Leach (2013) April Nelson (2015)

Miss Louisiana USA	Eurlyne Howell (1958) Sharon Brown (1961) Rhonda Shear (1975) Ali Landry (1996) Jennifer Dupont (2000) Brittney Rogers (2003) Melissa McConnell (2004) Candice Stewart (2005) Christina Cuenca (2006) Elizabeth McNulty (2007) Sara Brooks (2010) Candice Bennatt (2015)

Miss Louisiana Teen USA	Bobbie Brown (1987) Ali Landry (1990) Jennifer Dupont (1998) Candice Stewart (2002) Shelley Hennig (2004) Lindsey Evans (2008) Katherine Haik (2015)

Miss Louisiana's Outstanding Teen	April Nelson (2008)

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