- Tanisha Brito
Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss Connecticut 2002Miss Georgia USA 2005
nationalcompetition=Miss America 2003 (Semi-finalist)Miss USA 2005
location=Waterford, Connecticut , U.S.
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birthname= Tanisha Nicole Brito
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eye color= Brown
hair color= Brown
ethnicity=African-AmericanTanisha Nicole Brito (born 1980) is a beauty queen who has competed at both
Miss America andMiss USA .Brito is an experienced pageant contestant. Her first major pageant was the 2000
Miss Connecticut state pageant, where she finished second runner-up. The following year she competed in Georgia, where she won a non-finalist interview award. She returned to Connecticut in 2002, where she won the swimsuit award andMiss Connecticut crown. Brito was a top ten finalist in theMiss America 2003 pageant won byErika Harold of Illinois. She won a $5,000 scholarship for this placement. The following year, Brito gave up her Connecticut crown to Marla Beth Prete and returned to Georgia.On November 6, 2004 Brito was crowned
Miss Georgia USA . She competed in theMiss USA 2005 pageant held inBaltimore, Maryland on 11 April 2005, but failed to make the cut at the nationally televised pageant, which was won byChelsea Cooley of North Carolina. She gave up her crown toLisa Wilson in November 2006.Brito graduated from
Waterford High School in 1998. Her home town isWaterford, Connecticut , however she attendedClark Atlanta University in Georgia which gave her the residency permission to compete in that state's pageant. While preparing for theMiss America pageant, Brito attended theUniversity of Connecticut at Avery Point so as not to disadvantage her studies. Her degree is in mass media arts with a concentration in public relations. At university in Georgia she was a member of theAmerican Association of University Women and belonged to theLambda Pi Eta Communications Honor Society. She is currently a graduate student at Clark Atlanta University in the MBA program concentrating in Marketing.Brito is strongly involved in fostering youth leadership. She currently sits on the National Advisory Board of
Mobilizing America’s Youth . After her pageant participation she founded the T. Meredith Brito Foundation for Women, a charity dedicated to raising funds to improve the quality of life for women withBreast Cancer and other health issues in underserved communities.References
* [http://www.see-ct.com/crown1/tanisha/mao/about.htm Profile of Brito on the Miss Connecticut website] (accessed 3 May 2006)
* [http://missamerica.org/competition-info/national-contestants.asp?state=Connecticut&year=2002&contestantName=&GO=GO%21 Profile of Brito on the official Miss America website] (accessed 3 May 2006)
* [http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:ovRhJWa4RtgJ:www.missgeorgiausa.net/tanisha_bio.html+%22Tanisha+Brito%22+%22miss+Georgia+usa%22&hl=en&gl=nz&ct=clnk&cd=2 Profile of Brito on the Miss Georgia USA website] (accessed 3 May 2006)External links
* [http://tanishabrito.com/ Official Website]
* [http://missct.org Official Miss Connecticut website]
* [http://missgeorgiausa.com Official Miss Georgia USA website]Greenwood Productions titleholders
Year=2006
GA USA=Tanisha Brito
GA TUSA=Katie Conkle
TN USA=Amy Colley
TN TUSA=Tessa Reyes
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