- Allison Paganetti
Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss Rhode Island USA 2005
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 2005
birthname= Allison Paganetti
photo=
birth= birth date and age|1984|2|21
location=North Kingstown, Rhode Island ,United States
height=5'4
eye color= Brown
hair color=Brown Allison Paganetti (bornFebruary 21 ,1984 ) is a beauty queen fromNorth Kingstown, Rhode Island who has competed in theMiss USA pageant. She is also afirst lieutenant in theUnited States Army .Paganetti won the
Miss Rhode Island USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in late 2004. [cite news|url=http://www.tradoc.army.mil/pao/people_portraits/110204.htm|title=This beauty queen wears Army boots|first=Steve|last=Arel|date=2004-11-03|publisher=Eastern Region ROTC Public Affairs|accessdate=2006-12-14] Although this was her first attempt at the title, she had previously competed in a number of smaller pageants, such as Miss Pre-Teen Rhode Island, Miss Pre-Teen USA, Miss Teen Rhode Island, Miss Providence, and the Miss Rhode Island Model. [cite news|title=Student Allison Paganetti is a model soldier|publisher=University of Rhode Island Pacer|url=http://advance.uri.edu/pacer/november2003/story14.htm|accessdate=2006-12-14]Paganetti is a 2002 graduate of
North Kingstown High School and has studied Kinesiology at theUniversity of Rhode Island . [cite news|url=http://www.ramcigar.com/media/storage/paper366/news/2004/10/22/News/Rotc-Cadet.Named.Miss.Rhode.Island-777141.shtml?norewrite200612132148&sourcedomain=www.ramcigar.com|title=ROTC cadet named Miss Rhode Island|date=2004-10-22|accessdate=2006-12-12|publisher=The Good 5c Cigar] At the time she won the Miss Rhode Island USA title, she was in the ArmyReserve Officers' Training Corps . [cite news|title=ROTC Cadet Marches to Miss USA Contest|publisher=Quad Angles (University of Rhode Island|url=http://advance.uri.edu/quadangles/spr2005/story5.htm|first=Jan|last=Wenzel|date=2005-03-31|accessdate=2006-12-14] After passing on her crown toLeeann Tingley and graduating, Paganetti became asecond lieutenant in 2006. She was deployed with her unit toIraq in December 2007.References
External links
* [http://www.missrhodeislandusa.com Miss Rhode Island USA official website]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050916143246/http://www.missusa.com/delegates/2005/files/RI.html Miss USA Official Profile] (Internet Archive Cache)
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