Jena Sims

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Jena Sims
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Sims as a teenager, 2007
Born
Jena Michelle Sims

(1988-12-30) December 30, 1988 (age 35)
Winder, Georgia, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Spouse
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(m. 2022)​
Children1
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007
Years active2004–present
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		 Miss Teen USA 2007 (unplaced)

Jena Sims Koepka (born Jena Michelle Sims; December 30, 1988) is an American actress and model who has appeared in made-for-TV films and B movies such as Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012), 3-Headed Shark Attack (2015), Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017), and American Beach House (2015). She was Miss Georgia Teen USA in 2007. She is married to professional golfer Brooks Koepka.

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Early life and education

Sims grew up in Winder, Georgia, and graduated from Winder-Barrow High School in 2007. She briefly attended Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, where she studied International Business.[ citation needed ]

Career

Pageantry

In 2004, Sims was crowned Miss Georgia Junior National Teenager [1] [ dead link ] and later won the Miss Junior National Teenager title 2005. [2] A year later, Sims won the Miss Georgia Teen USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Newnan on November 11, 2006. [3] [4] Sims represented Georgia in the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant in Pasadena, California, in August 2007, but did not place. She was the first Miss Georgia Teen USA not to place in the pageant since 2003.

Acting

Sims has starred in Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader (2012), [5] and has appeared in an episode of television series Entourage . [6] She also appeared in Sharknado 5 in August 2017. [7]

Pageant of Hope

Sims runs a non-profit organisation that hosts beauty pageants for children with cancer and other disadvantages called the Pageant of Hope. [8] The pageants have been held in Georgia, Tennessee, New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, and California. [9]

Personal life

On June 4, 2022, Sims married LIV Tour golfer Brooks Koepka. [10]

Sims co-owns a rental vacation home, “Beach Blanket", with her mother in Exuma, Bahamas. [11] [12]

Jena and Brooks’ first child and son, was born on July 27, 2023. [13]

Filmography

YearTitleRole
2012 Attack of the 50 Foot Cheerleader Cassie Stratford
2013 Last Vegas Dean's Girl
2014 Kill the Messenger Quail's Girlfriend
2015 3-Headed Shark Attack Dr. Laura Thomas
American Beach HouseLola
2017 Sharknado 5: Global Swarming NATO Delegate Lee

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References

  1. ↑ Georgia General Assembly House Resolution 845 Archived 2006-07-19 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2006-11-12.
  2. ↑ Pageant Cast podcast interview with Jena Sims, episode 34 [ permanent dead link ]. Retrieved 2006-11-12.
  3. ↑ "Beauty Queen". Athens Banner-Herald . Athens, GA: Morris Communications. December 12, 2006. Archived from the original on November 9, 2015. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ Interview: Jena Sims goes big in Corman's 3D "50 FT CHEERLEADER" Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Bain, Whitney Scott. "Interview: Jena Sims, Star of Attack of the 50ft Cheerleader". starburstmagazine.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Open Champ Brooks Koepka My GF's A Beauty Queen". tmz.com. June 19, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017)". IMDb .
  8. ↑ "Sims receives Southern hero honor". Athens Banner-Herald. October 29, 2006. Archived from the original on October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 12, 2006.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (Google cache)
  9. ↑ Lowry, Donna (June 11, 2007). "Class Act Kid: Jena Sims". 11Alive.com.[ permanent dead link ]
  10. ↑ "Brooks Koepka marries Jena Sims in gorgeous destination wedding". NY Post.
  11. ↑ "Visit The Beach Blanket". Jena Sims. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  12. ↑ "JENA". Jena Sims. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Brooks Koepka and Wife Jena Sims Welcome First Baby Together: 'I Love My Crew'". People.
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