Janel Bishop
American beauty queen (born 1974)
Janel Bishop | |
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Born | Janel Bishop Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 1991 Miss Teen USA 1991 |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Brown |
Major competition(s) | Miss New Hampshire Teen USA 1991 (Winner) Miss Teen USA 1991 (Winner) |
Janel Bishop (born 1974) is an American model and beauty queen who won the 1991 Miss Teen USA title. She is the first African-American winner of this pageant.[1][2]
Background
Bishop won the Miss New Hampshire Teen USA title and represented New Hampshire in the Miss Teen USA 1991 pageant held in Biloxi, Mississippi on 19 August 1991.[3] She became the first contestant from New Hampshire to win the Miss Teen USA title and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Bridgette Wilson of Oregon.[4] Bishop received more than $150,000 in cash and prizes as part of her prize package.[1] At the time of her pageant win, Bishop was a student at Manchester West High School and wished to pursue a career in education.[5]
References
- ^ a b Howard, J. Lee (21 August 1991). "Miss New Hampshire 1st black teen queen". The Clarion-Ledger.
- ^ "One of these pageant queens lost her crown over social media. The other did not. Why?". Vox. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "It's been a year of big surprises". The Statesman Journal. 25 August 1992.
- ^ "New Hampshire girl wins Miss Teen title". The Pantagraph. 21 August 1991.
- ^ "N.H. teen wins Miss Teen USA pageant Monday". The Baton Rouge State Times. 20 August 1991. p. 13-A.
External links
- Miss Teen USA official website
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Miss Teen USA titleholders
- Ruth Zakarian (1983)
- Cherise Haugen (1984)
- Kelly Hu (1985)
- Allison Brown (1986)
- Kristi Addis (1987)
- Mindy Duncan (1988)
- Brandi Sherwood (1989)
- Bridgette Wilson (1990)
- Janel Bishop (1991)
- Jamie Solinger (1992)
- Charlotte Lopez (1993)
- Shauna Gambill (1994)
- Keylee Sue Sanders (1995)
- Christie Lee Woods (1996)
- Shelly Moore (1997)
- Vanessa Minnillo (1998)
- Ashley Coleman (1999)
- Jillian Parry (2000)
- Marissa Whitley (2001)
- Vanessa Semrow (2002)
- Tami Farrell (2003)
- Shelley Hennig (2004)
- Allie LaForce (2005)
- Katie Blair (2006)
- Hilary Cruz (2007)
- Stevi Perry (2008)
- Stormi Henley (2009)
- Kamie Crawford (2010)
- Danielle Doty (2011)
- Logan West (2012)
- Cassidy Wolf (2013)
- K. Lee Graham (2014)
- Katherine Haik (2015)
- Karlie Hay (2016)
- Sophia Dominguez-Heithoff (2017)
- Hailey Colborn (2018)
- Kaliegh Garris (2019)
- Kiʻilani Arruda (2020)
- Breanna Myles (2021)
- Faron Medhi (2022)
- UmaSofia Srivastava (2023)