Ashley Renee Litton is a beauty queen from

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who held the

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title in 2004.

Miss Kansas Teen USA

Litton grew up in Olathe, Kansas and started competing in pageants in that state. She went unplaced in the

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2001 pageant and was a semi-finalist in 2002.

Miss Missouri USA

After graduating from Olathe South High School in 2001, Litton studied Fashion Design and Product Development at

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. Litton competed in the 2003

pageant and was a semi-finalist. She was also a semi-finalist in 2004, when

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of Florissant was crowned. On April 12, 2004, Finnessey won the title of

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. The organizers of Miss Missouri USA decided to crown another queen to replace Finnessey and reign for the rest of the year. Litton was selected as the new

2004. She reigned from April until December 2004, when the 2005

pageant took place. Because she never had the opportunity to compete in the Miss USA pageant, Litton was eligible to compete for the Miss Missouri USA title after she passed on the crown in 2005. She competed for the title in 2006, and placed first runner-up to

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. She also made the semi-finals in the 2007 competition won by

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Life after Miss Missouri USA

Litton operates a pageant boutique named Crown Chic in

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with fellow titleholder Lisa Forbes,

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2004. She also appeared on

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as a coach on May 11, 2009.

References

External links

Miss Missouri USA official websiteMiss USA official website
Living people People from Olathe, Kansas People from Missouri Stephens College alumni Place of birth missing (living people) 1983 births People from Shawnee, Kansas {{US-pageant-bio-stub