Courtney Gibbs

Courtney Mokarow

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Courtney Ann Gibbs[1] August 20, 1966 (1966-08-20) (age 45)[1]
Other names	Courtney Gibbs-Mokarow Courtney Gibbs-Eplin Courtney Gibbs
Residence	Frisco, Texas
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	56.4 kg (124 lb)
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Title(s)	Miss Texas USA 1988 Miss USA 1988
Major competition(s)	Miss USA 1988 (Winner) Miss Universe 1988 (Top 10)
Spouse	Tom Eplin (1991–1995) Kevin Mokarow (1999–present)
Children	Grayson Mokarow (b. 2000)

Courtney Ann Gibbs-Mokarow (née Gibbs; born August 20, 1966) is a former Miss USA and Top 10 semifinalist at Miss Universe 1988.

Miss USA

Born to Charles Gaylord Gibbs and Susan Eckardt-Gibbs,^[1] Mokarow participated in the 1988 Miss USA pageant as Miss Texas USA, winning the title and becoming the fourth of five consecutive winners from Texas during the 1980s.^[2]

At the 1988 Miss Universe pageant, she placed first in the preliminary competition, ninth in semifinal interview, eighth in swimsuit and sixth in evening gown, finishing her participation in eighth place.^[3]

Life after Miss USA

Following her pageantry career, Mokarow married former Another World star Tom Eplin and went into acting, portraying Assistant District Attorney Galen Henderson on All My Children for a brief time in 1992.^[4]

In 1999, she married husband Kevin,^[5] a Dallas businessman,^[6] with whom she has one son, Grayson.^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997". Ancestry.com. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8781. Retrieved 28 November 2010. 
2. ^ "The look that keeps on winning". The Dallas Morning News. March 3, 1988. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CFDE25968ED2&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 28 October 2010. 
3. ^ "New Miss Universe". Orlando Sentinel. May 24, 1988. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/89140088.html?dids=89140088:89140088&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+24,+1988&author=Compiled+by+Robert+Rudinger+and+Jon+Rodeheffer+from+wire+reports.&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=NEW+MISS+UNIVERSE&pqatl=google. Retrieved 21 November 2010. 
4. ^ "General Hospital courting two alumni". Rocky Mountain News. April 5, 1992. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/89140088.html?dids=89140088:89140088&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+24,+1988&author=Compiled+by+Robert+Rudinger+and+Jon+Rodeheffer+from+wire+reports.&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=NEW+MISS+UNIVERSE&pqatl=google. Retrieved 21 November 2010. "After less than six weeks in Pine Valley, Courtney Gibbs-Eplin has left her All My Children role as prosecutor Galen Henderson." 
5. ^ "Farewell Kim Dawson". The Dallas Morning News. Apr 3, 2010. http://sceneblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/04/alan-peppard-farewell-kim-daws.html. Retrieved 21 November 2010. 
6. ^ "Polo field of dreams takes form". The Dallas Morning News. December 15, 1998. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3DB1B5E823017&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 21 November 2010. 
7. ^ "Symposium visitors". The Journal: p. 6. February 28, 2008. http://www.thejournal.org/issues/issue125/ja022908.pdf. Retrieved 21 November 2010. 

External links

• Official Miss USA website - Past titleholders

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Michelle Royer	Miss Texas USA 1988	Succeeded by Gretchen Polhemus
Media offices
Preceded by Terry Murphy and Deborah Shelton	Miss USA color commentator (with Leeza Gibbons) 1993	Succeeded by Arthel Neville and Laura Harring

Persondata
Name	Gibbs, Courtney
Alternative names	Gibbs, Courtney Ann (birth name); Gibbs-Eplin, Courtney (married name); Gibbs-Mokarow, Courtney (married name); Mokarow, Courtney (married name)
Short description	Miss Texas USA 1988, Miss USA 1988, Top 10 at Miss Universe 1988
Date of birth	August 20, 1966
Place of birth	Tarrant County, Texas
Date of death
Place of death