Katee Stearns

Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss Maine USA 2006
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 2006 (Top 15)
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location= Orono, Maine, U.S.
birthname= Katee June Stearns
birth = birth date and age|1986|08|4
height=height|ft=5|in=9
eye color= Brown
hair color= Brown

Katee June Stearns is a beauty queen from Orono, Maine, who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.

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On April 21, 2006, she represented Maine in the Miss USA 2006 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland. In the pageant, she became the first delegate from Maine to reach the semi-finals since 1977. Stearns was placed in the top fifteen and competed in the swimsuit competition, but did not advance to the top ten. [cite news|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bangor/access/1031965331.html?dids=1031965331:1031965331&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+4%2C+2006&author=ERNEST+SCHEYDER&pub=Bangor+Daily+News&edition=&startpage=1&desc=Former+tomboy+shines+at+Miss+USA|title= Former tomboy shines at Miss USA|publisher=Bangor Daily News |first=Ernest|last=Scheyder|date=2006-05-04|accessdate=2006-12-19] Nineteen at the time, Stearns was one of the youngest delegates competing in 2006.

Stearns was also one of twenty six Miss USA Delegates who appeared on "Deal or No Deal" in April 2006.

She graduated from John Bapst Memorial High School in 2004 and went on to study journalism and dance at the University of Maine in Orono. Stearns has received a number of academic awards in the past two years.

Her interests include pilates and surfing but her main dedication is to dance. By the age of fourteen, Stearns had achieved three national dance championship titles, including both team and individual. Her long term goal is to open her own dance studio.

Footnotes

References

*Miss Maine USA visiting county, Village Soup, 14 March 2006.
*A major move for Miss Maine USA, Village Soup, 5 May 2006.

External links

* [http://www.missmaineusa.com/miss.html Miss Maine USA website]
* [http://www.tftj.com/Miss/USA/06States/ME/a_ME.htm TFTJ Profile]