Crystal McLaurin-Coney

Crystal McLaurin-Coney
Crystal McLaurin-Coney
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born Crystal McLaurin-Coney
Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Hair color Brown
Eye color Brown
Title(s) Miss North Carolina USA 1997
Major
competition(s)
Miss USA 1997

Crystal McLaurin-Coney, is an actress, model and host currently working in Los Angeles. She has worked in the industry for over 14 years with such clients as Goody's Headache Powder, UPS, Hanes Her Way and The NC College Foundation, to name a few. She also landed parts on the WB's One Tree Hill and the feature horror film Asylum.

In one of her proudest moments, McLaurin-Coney captured the Miss North Carolina USA title in 1997 and went on to be the first African American to represent North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant.[1] She did not place among the top ten semi-finalists in the nationally televised competition, but her preliminary average score ranked her fourteenth.

Crystal was born in North Carolina yet raised in 6 different states. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she obtained a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication with a concentration in Dramatic Arts.

Most recently, she was hired by HAMA Entertainment to host a show that covers "Hollywood" for Africa, as well as the opportunity to travel all over Africa to cover upcoming events on the continent. She was recently cast in a feature film that will begin shooting in July 2009, and continues to have her hands on many different projects.

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