Leeann Tingley

Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss Rhode Island USA 2006
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 2006 (Top 10)
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location=East Greenwich, Rhode Island, U.S.
birthname=Leeann Nicole Tingley
height=height|ft=5|in=8
eye color=Green
hair color=Blonde
birth=birth date and age|1981|8|20

Leeann Nicole Tingley (born August 20 1981) is a beauty queen from North Kingstown, Rhode Island who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.

Tingley won the Miss Rhode Island USA 2006 title in a state pageant held on August 28, 2005. She is no stranger to pageants, having placed 1st runner-up in 2005, 4th runner-up in 2004 and in the semi-finals at Miss Rhode Island Teen USA 1997.

Tingley is originally from East Greenwich, Rhode Island. On April 21, 2006 she competed for the title of Miss USA 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland and placed in the top 10.

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

Tingley graduated from East Greenwich High School in 1999. After leaving high school she initially began an accounting degree from Bryant University, but decided to defer her studies and pursue cosmetology instead. In 2002 she received a Rhode Island License in Cosmetology after completing a course at the Angelo School of Cosmetology and Hair Design. She is currently an independent contractor, with her own fully comprehensive styling and image consulting business. She specializes in color and has won the Wella "Color of The Winds Award". Tingley also aims to become a certified personal trainer and one day aims to open her own full service day spa and wellness center.

She is an accomplished skater, joined her first synchronized figure skating team at age nine and competed annually at the United States Figure Skating Precision Team Championships from grade eight. Later she was part of the Rhode Island state team that secured a spot on the USFSA national team, which would go on to compete for the USA in international competitions. The team was also an exhibitioner for the Ice Capades.

Her other hobbies and interests include endurance training, skiing, drawing, photography, running, field hockey and golf.

References

* [http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/1452/riart15qh.jpgMiss Rhode Island returns to local school] , The East Greenwich Pendulum, 8 December 2005

External links

* [http://missrhodeislandusa.com Miss Rhode Island USA website]
* [http://www.missusa.com/delegates/2006/files/RI.html Miss USA Official Profile]