- Patricia Pine
Pageant titleholder bio
title=Miss Oregon 1996
nationalcompetition=Miss America 1997 (2nd runner-up)
location=Medford, Oregon , U.S.
birthname= Patricia Regen Leines
eyes=blue
hair=blonde
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birth = birth date and age|1972|2|24
alias=Tricia LeinesPatricia Regan Pine (born
February 24 ,1972 as Patricia Regan Leines), aka Tricia Pine is a former beauty queen fromMedford, Oregon who works as a weather anchor and opera singer.Leines won the
Miss Oregon 1996 title as Miss Tri-Valley. [cite news|title=Medford singer wins 1996 title of Miss Oregon|publisher=Portland Oregonian|date=1996-07-16|page=B04] She had placed first runner-up the year previously as Miss Rogue Valley, [cite news|title=Oregon will send U of O Junior to Miss America event|publisher=Portland Oregonian|date=1995-07-17|page=B04] and competed at theMiss California 1994 pageant as Miss Orange County Regional but did not place. [cite web|url=http://misscalifornia.org/archives/contestants/1994.html|title=1994 Miss California Local Titleholders|accessdate=2007-03-14] Leines went on to compete in theMiss America 1997 pageant broadcast live fromAtlantic City, New Jersey in September 1996, where she was one of two delegates to win preliminary awards for both swimsuit and talent. [cite news|title=Miss Oregon adds Swimsuit win to earlier Talent triump|publisher=Portland Oregonian|date=1996-09-13|page=B09] Leines eventually placed second runner-up in the nationally televised contest, which was won byTara Dawn Holland of Kansas. [cite news|title=Miss Kansas, 23, Wins Pageant|publisher=New York Times|date=1996-09-15|page=51]Leines is a 1990 graduate of
North Medford High School and she went on to study atSouthern Oregon State College , theSan Francisco Conservatory of Music , and at a languages institute inAustria as aRotary Cultural Ambassadorial Scholar. She graduated from California'sUniversity of Redlands in 1995 with a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance. [cite news|title=Oregonian makes splash|publisher=Portland Oregonian|date=1996-09-14|page=A01] Leines is a talented opera singer who has performed with the Rogue opera and planned to study for her masters degree from theNew England Conservatory of Music after passing on her Miss Oregon title. [cite news|title=Reign is almost over for Medford's talented Miss Oregon|url=http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/97/july/71297n3.htm|publisher=Mail Tribune|first=Jonel|last=Aleccia|date=1997-07|accessdate=2007-03-14]Leines has gone on to work as a weather anchor for KTVL News 10 in Medford. Her last day doing weather at KTVL was June 15. She will continue to host the station's "On the Town" segments.Fact|date=June 2007
References
External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/19970706142726/www.missamerica.org/1996/or.html Miss America official contestant profile] (
Internet Archive cache)
* [http://www.missoregon.org/|Miss Oregon Official Site]
* [http://www.ktvl.com/entertainment/music_908814___talentbio.html/tricia_rogue.html KTVL profile]
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