Shannon Sanderford

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Shannon Sanderford
BornShannon Lee Sanderford
(1992-03-09) March 9, 1992 (age 26)
Coppell, Texas
Education University of Oklahoma
Title Miss San Jacinto 2013
Miss Duncanville 2014
Miss Fort Worth 2015
Miss Texas 2015
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair color Blonde
Major
competition(s)		 Miss America 2016

Shannon Lee Sanderford (born March 9, 1992) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Coppell, Texas, who was crowned Miss Texas 2015. She competed for the Miss America 2016 title in September 2015 and placed in the Top 10.

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Coppell, Texas City in Texas, United States

Coppell is a city in the northwest corner of Dallas County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a suburb of Dallas and a bedroom community in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The population was 38,659 at the 2010 census. A small area in the far northern portion of the city extends into neighboring Denton County.

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Pageant career

Early pageants

In her first try for Miss Texas, Sanderford won the Miss San Jacinto 2013 title. [1] She competed in the 2013 Miss Texas pageant with the platform "Double Beauty" and a vocal performance in the talent portion of the competition. [2] She was named Overall Interview Winner but was not a finalist for the state title.

The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1937 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America.

On November 30, 2013, Sanderford won the Miss Duncanville 2014 title. [3] [4] She competed in the 2014 Miss Texas pageant with the platform "Mentoring Made Easy" and a vocal performance in the talent portion of the competition. [5] [6] She was named was a Top-10 finalist for the state title. [7] [8]

Miss Texas 2015

On November 29, 2014, Sanderford was crowned Miss Fort Worth 2015 which made her eligible to compete at the 2015 Miss Texas pageant. [9] [10] [11] Entering the state pageant at the Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson, Texas, in June 2015 as one of 57 qualifiers, Sanderford's competition talent was a pop vocal performance of "Dear Future Husband". [12] [13] Her platform is "She Matters". [11]

Richardson, Texas City in Texas

Richardson is a principal city in Dallas and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2015 American Community Survey, the city had a total population of 106,123. Richardson is an affluent inner suburb of Dallas. It is home to The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) and the Telecom Corridor®, with a high concentration of telecommunications companies. More than 5,000 businesses have operations within Richardson's 28 square miles (73 km2), including many of the world's largest telecommunications/networking companies: AT&T, DirectTV, Verizon, Cisco Systems, Samsung, ZTE, MetroPCS, Texas Instruments, Qorvo, and Fujitsu. Richardson's largest employment base is provided by the insurance industry, with Blue CrossBlue Shield of Texas' headquarters located in the community along with a regional hub for GEICO, regional offices for United Healthcare, and one of State Farm Insurance's three national regional hubs.

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Sanderford won the competition on Saturday, July 4, 2015, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Texas titleholder Monique Evans. [12] [14] She earned more than $15,000 in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant. [14] [15] As Miss Texas, her activities include public appearances across the state of Texas. [13]

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Vying for Miss America 2016

Sanderford was Texas's representative at the Miss America 2016 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2015. [11] [12] In the televised finale on September 13, 2015, she sang Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man" during the talent portion of the competition. Sanderford placed in the Top 10 finalists and earned a $7,000 scholarship award. [16] [17]

Miss America 2016, the 89th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Sunday, September 13, 2015. It was broadcast on ABC and streamed to mobile devices and Xbox 360 consoles via the WatchABC app. Tickets for the 2016 Miss America competition went on sale June 5, 2015.

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Personal life and education

Sanderford is a native of Coppell, Texas, and a 2010 graduate of Faith Christian School (Texas). [13] Her father is Wayne Everett Sanderford and her mother is Nancy Lee Wilkinson Sanderford.

In 2014, Sanderford graduated from the University of Oklahoma where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and advertising. [4] While a student at Oklahoma, she became a member of the Chi Omega women's fraternity. [18] [15] Sanderford is a marketing coordinator working in the Dallas area.

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References

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  2. ↑ "State Contestants: Texas - 2013". Miss America. 2013. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Miss & Teen Duncanville Pageant". Duncanville, TX: Ellis County Scholarship Organization. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
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  7. ↑ "Miss Texas 2014 Is Monique Evans". The Gilmer Mirror. Gilmer, TX. July 6, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2015.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Monique Evans 		Miss Texas
2015 		Succeeded by
Caroline Carothers
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