Ashley Litton

Ashley Litton (born c. 1984) is a beauty queen from Missouri who has held the Miss Missouri USA title. [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20041011170351/missmissouriusa.com/ashley_bio.html Miss Missouri USA official titleholder profile] . Retrieved 2006-09-27]

Litton grew up in Olathe, Kansas and started competing in pageants in that state. [cite news|url=http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=7677|title=Miss Missouri USA designs a future at Stephens College|first=Jamie|last=Nadolny|date=2004-06-01|accessdate=2006-11-04] She went unplaced in the Miss Kansas Teen USA 2001 pageant and was a semi-finalist in 2002. After moving to Missouri for college, Litton competed in the Miss Missouri USA 2003 pageant and was a semi-finalist. She was also a semi-finalist in 2004. That pageant was won by Shandi Finnessey of Florissant.

On April 12 2004, Finnessey won the Miss USA title when she competed in the Miss USA 2004 pageant. Missouri, like a small number of other states whose titleholders have won national titles, chose to crown another queen to reign for the rest of the year. As the runners-up declined the title, Litton was selected to replace Finnessey as Miss Missouri USA 2004. She reigned from April until December 2004, when the Miss Missouri USA 2005 pageant took place. Litton was the first replacement state titleholder in the Miss USA system since 1998, when Calley Slagle became Miss Idaho USA after Brandi Sherwood won Miss USA.

Because she never had the opportunity to compete in the Miss USA pageant, Litton was eligible to compete for the Miss Missouri USA title after she passed on the crown in 2005. She competed for the title in 2006, and placed first runner-up to Kristi Capel of Springfield. She also made the semi-finals in the 2007 competition which was won by Amber Seyer of Oran.

After graduating from Olathe South High School in 2001, Litton studied Fashion Design and Product Development at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. [cite news|title=Litton crowned Miss Missouri USA |publisher=The Ideal Connection (Stephens College)| url=http://www.stephens.edu/alumnae/magazine/web/04summer/inbrief.php|date=Summer 2004|accessdate=2006-11-04] She operates a pageant boutique named Crown Chic in Shawnee, Kansas with fellow titleholder Lisa Forbes, Miss Kansas USA 2004. [cite news|title=Gown store caters to pageant competitors |publisher=The Shawnee Dispatch|url=http://www.shawneedispatch.com/section/business/story/4966|first=Caroline|last=Boyer|date=2006-09-13|accessdate=2006-11-04]

References

External links

* [http://www.missmissouriusa.com/ Miss Missouri USA official website]
* [http://www.missusa.com/ Miss USA official website]

Vanbros titleholders
Year=2004
KS USA=Lisa Forbes
KS TUSA=Carissa Kelley
MO USA=Shandi Finnessey
Ashley Litton
MO TUSA=Alissa Reitmeier
NE USA=Guerin Austin
NE TUSA=Meagan Winings
OK USA=Lindsay Hill
OK TUSA=Caitlin Graham