Tyler Willis

Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss Texas USA 2005
nationalcompetition=Miss USA 2005 (Top 15)
location= Brownfield, Texas, U.S.
birthname= Tyler Colie Willis
height=5'7
eye color= Blue
hair color=Blonde
nationality= American
ethnicity= White/Caucasian Tyler Colie Willis is a beauty queen from Brownfield, Texas who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.

Willis won the Miss Texas USA 2005 title in a state pageant held in Laredo, Texas in June 2004. [cite news|title=Miss Texas USA 2005 crowned|publisher=News 8 Austin|date=2004-06-28|accessdate=2006-12-16|url=http://www.n8a.com/content/your_news/default.asp?ArID=111358 ] Competing against 128 other contestants as Miss Central Plains, Willis also won the Miss Congeniality title during the event. [cite news|url=http://www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2004/07/10/LifeLeisure/Red-Raider.Captures.The.Crown-1278957.shtml?norewrite200612151909&sourcedomain=www.dailytoreador.com|first=Megan|last=LaVoie|title=Red Raider captures the crown|date=2004-07-10|accessdate=2006-12-15] Her second runner-up was Lauren Lanning, who would win the title the following year.

This was Willis's fourth attempt at winning the title. Her first came in 2001, when she competed as Miss Raiderland and did not place. The following year she won the Miss Lubbock USA title in April and competed in the Miss Texas USA 2002 pageant held in July. [cite news|url=http://www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2001/04/02/LifeLeisure/Techsan.Claims.Pageant-1271685.shtml?norewrite200612151912&sourcedomain=www.dailytoreador.com|title=Techsan claims pageant|date=2001-04-02|accessdate=2006-12-14|first=Whitney|last=Wyatt] In that pageant, she made the semi-finals. In 2003, she competed as Miss Northwest Texas in the 2004 pageant, [cite news|title=Competition for Miss Texas USA Crown Heats Up|url=http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=1376912|publisher=KCBD|date=2003-07-26 |accessdate=2006-12-16] and placed first runner-up, her highest placement before winning the title in 2005.

Willis represented Texas in the Miss USA 2005 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005. She placed in the top 15 of the nationally televised pageant, Texas' fifth consecutive placement at the pageant, and also won the Miss Photogenic award. The competition was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.

Willis has completed Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Texas Tech University. She wed Blake Avary, [cite news|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/100707/ann_100707002.shtml|date=2007-10-07|accessdate=2008-09-24|] brother of Bryce Avary of The Rocket Summer in January of 2008 and currently works for an advertising agency, Warren Douglas. [ [http://texinfo.library.unt.edu/sessionlaws/79thsession/bills/hcr/HCR76.pdf Texas House Concurrent Resolution 76 - Congratulating Tyler Willis on being named Miss Texas USA] . Retrieved 2006-12-16.]

References

External links

* [http://misstexasusa.com Miss Texas USA official website]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20050916143246/http://www.missusa.com/delegates/2005/files/TX.html Miss USA Official Profile] (Internet Archive Cache)