- Carol Grow
Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss Kansas USA 1994
photo=
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 1994 (Semi-finalist)
location=Little Rock, Arkansas , U.S.
birthname= Carol Ann Hovenkamp
birth = birth date and age|1971|05|23
eye color= Blue
hair color= Blonde
height=height|ft=5|in=7
ethnicity=White/Caucasian
alias=Carol GrowCarol Ann Hovenkamp Grow (born
May 23 ,1971 in Little Rock,Arkansas ) is a former beauty queen, model andactress .In 1993, Hovenkamp won the
Miss Kansas USA title in 1993 and went on to representKansas in the Miss USA 1994 pageant broadcast live fromSouth Padre Island, Texas onFebruary 11 ,1994 . [cite news|title=Miss Kansas-USA about to vie for crown on nationwide TV|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=KC&p_theme=kc&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF4022510F5384&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|publisher=The Kansas City Star|accessdate=2007-02-22|date=1994-02-09|first=Anne|last=Blackburn] She became the fourth consecutive delegate from her state to make the top twelve in the pageant, with an average preliminary score that put her eighth. [cite news|title=South Carolina Teacher wears Miss USA Crown|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WE&s_site=kansas&p_multi=WE&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADB5DC49E97F86&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|date=1994-02-12|page=3A|publisher=Wichita Eagle|accessdate=2007-02-22] Once the scores were levelled Grow placed twelve in the interview competition and eleventh in swimsuit and evening gown, which gave her an average score placing her eleventh overall.After this, she briefly modeled for
Venus Swimwear . She has had various guest appearances ontelevision programs, and she was also a sideline reporter for theXFL . She was also a reporter on "". She was ranked #80 on theMaxim Hot 100 Women of 2001.cite web | title=FreeJose.com | work=Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2001 | url=http://www.freejose.com/lists/maxim/2001/ | accessdate=February 10 | accessyear=2007]Hovenkamp later moved to
Florida and married to former Florida Gators safety Monte Grow. [cite news|title=XFL makes sense to NBC's Ebersol|url=http://www.sptimes.com/News/020201/news_pf/Sports/XFL_makes_sense_to_NB.shtml|publisher=St. Petersburg Times|date=2001-02-02|accessdate=2007-02-22|first=Sharon|last=Ginn] She is a fitness model and was featured onESPN2 programming during the late 1990s on their morning fitness shows. Grow was also the red team captain on "Search Party", a TV show that aired for only one season in 1999 in which two teams composed of minorcelebrities andE! network viewers competed in contrived athletic events andscavenger hunt s.References
External links
*imdb name|id=0344107|name=Carol Grow
* [http://www.tv.com/carol-grow/person/53290/summary.html Carol Grow Bio on TV.com]
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