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Meghan Miller Beauty pageant titleholder 
Meghan Miller, Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006Born Meghan Miller
Beaumont, Texas, U.S.Hair color Blonde Eye color Blue Title(s) Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2005
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006Major
competition(s)Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006 (winner) Official website Meghan Miller is a beauty queen and ventriloquist from Beaumont, Texas, who has held the Miss America's Outstanding Teen title, and was a competitor on the second season of America's Got Talent.
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Beauty pageant work
Miller won the first ever Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen title in 2005, after competing in the state pageant as Miss Farmers Branch's Outstanding Teen pageant. She had placed as a semi-finalist in the Miss Teen Texas pageant the year before, the pageant which became Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen.
Miller went on to represent Texas in the inaugural Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held in Orlando, Florida in August, 2005. In the national pageant, Miller won preliminary awards for evening gown and for her talent performance, a ventriloquism act featuring two talking puppets.[1] After making the initial cut at the final competition, Miller competed in evening gown, sportswear, talent and interview, and at the conclusion of the event was crowned Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2005.[2] Being the first titleholder, she was crowned by reigning Miss America, Deidre Downs.
Ventriloquism
Miller competed in the second season of America's Got Talent, with her ventriloquist act, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious with her two puppets, Abner and Shannon, but was eliminated at the first cut of the second round for her act, And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going with her puppet, Cat. She has performed her multiple characters at the House of Blues in Hollwood, The Planet Hollywood Casino, Universal Studios Orlando, Universal Studios Hollywood, numerous theatres and oprys across America, and the VentHaven Ventriloquist Convention.
She has appeared on a USA Network "Characters Welcome" segment, CMT Insider, Inside Edition, WB Kid Caster, etc.
Personal life
Miller graduated with honors in 2006 from West Brook High School in Beaumont.[3] She was a member of the school choir and cheerleading squad. Miller attended the University of Texas at Austin and was a member of Alpha Phi.[4]
References
- ^ Reed, Travis (2005-08-19). "52 teen girls dress, sing to impress Miss America officials". Associated Press.
- ^ Reed, Travis (2005-08-21). "Texas teen ventriloquist wins Orlando Miss America youth pageant". Associated Press.
- ^ The Beaumont Enterprise - West Brook grad on 'America's Got Talent'
- ^ http://www.utalphaphi.org/meet_members.php
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Maria DeSantisTexas Pageant Winners Miss Texas Charmayne Smith (1939) · Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942) · Phyllis George (1970) · Shirley Cothran (1974) · Tamara Hext (1984) · Jonna Fitzgerald (1985) · Shilah Phillips (2006) · Rebecca Robinson (2008) · Ashley Melnick (2010) · Kendall Morris (2011)Miss Texas USA Kimberly Tomes (1977) · Laura Martinez Herring (1985) · Christy Fichtner (1986) · Michelle Royer (1987) · Courtney Gibbs (1988) · Gretchen Polhemus (1989) · Chelsi Smith (1995) · Carissa Blair (1999) · Kandace Krueger (2001) · Kasi Kelly (2002) · Nicole O'Brian (2003) · Stephanie Guerrero (2004) · Tyler Willis (2005) · Lauren Lanning (2006) · Magen Ellis (2007) · Crystle Stewart (2008) · Brooke Daniels (2009) · Kelsey Moore (2010) · Ana Rodriguez (2011)Miss Texas Teen USA Carissa Blair (1992) · Christie Lee Woods (1996) · Andria Mullins (1997) · Christie Cole (1998) · Nicole O'Brian (2000) · Magen Ellis (2004) · Kelli Harral (2009) · Danielle Doty (2011)Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen Rebecca Robinson (2000) · Meghan Miller (2005) · Kendall Morris (2006)AL • AK • AZ • AR • CA • CO • CT • DE • FL • GA • HI • ID • IL • IN • IA • KS • KY • LA • ME • MD • MA • MI • MN • MS • MO • MT • NE • NV • NH • NJ • NM • NY • NC • ND • OH • OK • OR • PA • RI • SC • SD • TN • TX • UT • VT • VA • WA • WV • WI • WYCategories:- America's Got Talent contestants
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