Amanda Pennekamp

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caption=Pennekamp competing in swimsuit at Miss Earth 2006
title=Miss South Carolina USA 2004
Miss Earth USA 2006
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 2004 (1st runner-up)
Miss Earth 2006 (Top 16)
location= Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
birthname= Amanda Helen Pennekamp
height=height|ft=5|in=7
eye color= Brown
hair color= Brown
ethnicity=White/Caucasian

Amanda Helen Pennekamp is a beauty queen from Columbia, South Carolina who has competed in the Miss USA and Miss Earth pageants.

Pennekamp won the Miss South Carolina USA 2004 title in late 2003 and represented South Carolina in the Miss USA 2004 pageant held in Hollywood, California in April 2004. She placed first runner-up to Shandi Finnessey of Missouri in the nationally televised pageant, the state's highest placement since Lu Parker won the Miss USA title in 1994.

In August 2006 Pennekamp won the first Miss Earth USA pageant and succeeded Amanda Kimmel as the United States' representative at the Miss Earth pageant. The pageant took place in Manila,Philippines on November 26, 2006. She made the top 16 and also placed in the top 15 preliminary swimsuit competition.

Pennekamp, who studied theatre and speech communications at Newberry College,cite web|date= 2004 | url =http://www.alphaxidelta.org/pdfs/quill/sisterprofiles.pdf| title = Spring 2004 Quill - Sister Profiles| publisher =Alpha Xi Delta | accessdate =2007-03-19] is a member of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority. The college established the Pennekamp Scholarship for the Performing Arts in her honour. [ [http://www.newberry.edu/documents/documents/78.pdf#search=%22%22amanda%20pennekamp%22%22 Newberry College, "Class Notes", page 3] (accessed 2006-09-06)]

She is currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada and working as a model and Host of The V Fixxx for the Vegas Entertainment Network. She is one of many former and current beauty queens represented by the Patrick Talent Agency. [ [http://patricktalent.com/personalities.jsp?pageId=2161392210281144781344403 Patrick Talent Agency, personality profile] (accessed 2006-09-06)]

References

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External links

* [http://www.misssouthcarolinausa.com/ Miss South Carolina USA official website]
* [http://www.missusa.com/ Miss USA official website]
* [http://www.musicandmodeling.com/interview-AmandaPennekamp.aspx/ Amanda Pennekamp's Interview on MUSICandMODELING.com]