- Rachel Mathson
Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss North Dakota USA 2007
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 2007
location=Thief River Falls, Minnesota , U.S.
birthname= Rachel Leigh Mathson
birth = birth date and age|1981|12|8
eye color= Blue
height=height|ft=5|in=10
hair color=BrownRachel Leigh Mathson (born
8 December ,1981 ) is a beauty queen fromThief River Falls, Minnesota who competed in theMiss USA pageant in 2007.Mathson, born in Minnesota, won her first pageant title in 2000 when she was crowned Miss Thief River Falls and went on to compete in the
Miss Minnesota pageant, where she finished first runner-up. [cite news|title=Vying for a royal crown |first=Scott|last=DCamp|publisher=Thief River Falls Times|date=2007-03-13|accessdate=2007-03-14|url=http://www.trftimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3909&Itemid=1] She also placed first runner-up in the Miss Minnesota 2005 competition.After moving to
Fargo, North Dakota , Mathson won theMiss North Dakota USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in November 2006. Mathson represented North Dakota in theMiss USA 2007 pageant which was broadcast live from theKodak Theatre inHollywood, California onMarch 23 ,2007 . Her "sister" titleholder,Miss North Dakota Teen USA 2007, isTaylor Kearns .Mathson graduated from Lincoln High School in 2001 and studied mass communications at
Concordia College, Moorhead where she graduated cum laude. She later worked for Lutheran Social Services in Minnesota and then moved to Fargo and worked for KVLY. She is currently director of admissions at Oak Grove Lutheran School in Fargo. [cite news|title=Rachel Mathson is Miss N.D. USA |url=http://www.trftimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3432&Itemid=1|publisher=Thief River Falls Times|date=2006-11-28|accessdate=2006-11-29]References
External links
* [http://missnorthdakotausa.com/miss.html Miss North Dakota USA official website]
* [http://www.missusa.com Miss USA official website]
* [http://fargofilmmaking.wikia.com/wiki/Rachel_Mathson Rachel Mathson] at the Fargo Filmmaking Wiki
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