Blair Adair Griffith (born January 20, 1988, in Denver, Colorado) is an American model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Colorado USA 2011 and represented Colorado in Miss USA 2011. Griffith reached national and international headlines when she revealed she and her mother were

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and that Griffith was out of a job after winning the title in November 2010. Griffith has earlier won the Miss Congeniality part of

Miss Teen USA 2006 Miss Teen USA 2006, the 24th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California on August 15, 2006. The pageant was won by Katie Blair of Montana. For the third time, the pageant was hosted ...

without placing in the Top 15. According to Griffith, her mother Bonita's sudden heart attack, and major surgery led to the family's economic situation and bankruptcy. Griffith's mother also lost her insurance when her insurer declared that the heart attack was the result of a pre-existing condition.Homeless Miss Colorado: ‘Anyone can fall victim to this’
Today.msnbc.msn.com. (2011-02-25). Retrieved on 2012-05-12. That meant that she had to pay her medical expenses, including $800 a month for medications, on her own. In early April fashion designer Mac Duggal stated he had agreed to design all the gowns that Griffith will need to be in the pageant free of charge.Designer Helps Homeless Beauty Queen Blair Griffith Compete in Miss USA Pageant – Softpedia
News.softpedia.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-12. In 2013, she represented USA at the first edition of Miss Grand International 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand where she placed in the Top 20.

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