Brenda Leithleiter

Pageant titleholder bio
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title=Miss Georgia USA 1990
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 1990 (Top 6)
location= Denver, Colorado, U.S.
birthname= Brenda Leithleiter
ethnicity= White/Caucasian

Brenda Leithleiter Sharman is a beauty queen from Vinings, Georgia who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.

Leithleiter won the Miss Georgia USA 1990 title in November 1989. [cite news|title=Leithleiter to represent state in beauty pageant |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7C447ACBE0753&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|publisher=The Atlanta Journal |page=G/19|date=1990-02-15|accessdate=2007-02-22] She went on to represent Georgia in the Miss USA 1990 pageant broadcast live from Wichita, Kansas on March 2, 1990. Leithleiter became the fifth consecutive delegate from her state to make the semi-finals, with the second highest average score in the preliminary competition. She went on to place eighth in the interview competition, eighth in evening gown and second in swimsuit, which gave her an average score of 9.036 that put her into the top six in sixth place. She eventually placed fifth overall in the nationally televised competition, which was won by Carole Gist of Michigan. [cite news|title=Detroit's Carole Gist Is Miss USA|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72570668.html?dids=72570668:72570668&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=MAR+03%2C+1990&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Detroit's+Carole+Gist+Is+Miss+USA&pqatl=google|publisher=Washington Post|date=1990-03-03|accessdate=2007-02-22|page=D.09]

Leithleiter later married Steve Sharman, a top model in Georgia. [cite news|title=Bright idea sheds light in competition |date=1991-01-10|past=A2|publisher=The Atlanta Journal] and had three sons. She still lives in Georgia and is the National director for a movement within the Catholic Church called Pure Fashion. Pure Fashion is a program that teaches teen girls how to dress modestly and fashionably.

References

External links

* [http://www.missgeorgiausa.com/ Miss Georgia USA official website]
* [http://www.missusa.com/ Miss USA official website]
* [http://www.purefashion.com/ Pure Fashion official website]