Carol Ann Hovenkamp-Grow (born May 23, 1971) is a former beauty queen, model, actress, and television personality. Hovenkamp was born in

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. She won the

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title in 1993 and went on to represent

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in the Miss USA 1994 pageant broadcast live from

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on February 11, 1994. She became the fourth consecutive delegate from her state to make the top twelve in the pageant, with an average preliminary score that put her eighth. Once the scores were leveled Grow placed twelve in the interview competition and eleventh in swimsuit and evening gown, which gave her an average score placing her eleventh overall. After this, she modeled for

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for 14 years consecutively. She also hosted Co-Ed Training on ESPN2 and appeared regularly on body shaping. On E-Entertainment she was the host of Search Party and did several "Wild On" episodes as well as various guest appearances on

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programs such as Baywatch and General Hospital. Grow Co-Hosted the E!'s 1999 Reality Series ''Search Party'' with Scott Lasky. She was also a sideline reporter for the

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and on '' Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors''. She was ranked #80 on the

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of 2001.

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Carol Grow Bio on TV.com
1971 births Living people Female models from Arkansas Miss USA 1994 delegates Actresses from Little Rock, Arkansas 20th-century American people 21st-century American women {{US-model-stub