Jillian Parry (born January 31, 1982) is a former

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, having held the title for the year 2000, representing her home town of Newtown and state of

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. She was the first titleholder from Pennsylvania to win the national competition. Parry entered the

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pageant on a whim, after a postcard was dropped in her mail, and won on her first attempt. Parry represented her state at the Miss Teen USA pageant televised live from

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on August 26, 2000. Parry won the pageant and was crowned Miss Teen USA 2000 based on her answer to the final interview question, and she came in first place in the evening gown competition. She came in second behind Nicole O'Brian of

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in the swimsuit competition. She was crowned by

Ashley Coleman Ashley Coleman (born 10 November 1981) is a former Miss Teen USA who won in 1999, representing her hometown of Camden and the state of Delaware. Coleman graduated from Caesar Rodney High School in 1999. Before winning her state title, she had mo ...

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, Miss Teen USA 1999. As Miss Teen USA, Parry represented the

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. Her "sister" 2000 titleholders were

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(

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, from Tennessee) and

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(

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, of India). She passed her title on to her successor,

Marissa Whitley Marissa Whitley (born January 11, 1983) is a former Miss Teen USA, having won the 2001 title representing the state of Missouri. Born in Los Angeles, California, to an African-American father and European-American mother. The youngest of four, Ma ...

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, on August 22, 2001. She completed her Ph.D. in Public Health with a focus on Health Policy at the

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in 2012 following a Master's in Public Health from the

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in 2007 and a B.S. in Biobehavioral Health from

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in 2004. In June, 2006, Parry married Roderick Fry, a physical chemist from Kendall, New York. They were married in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, in a Quaker ceremony. Parry has been a vegan since 2002, and she is an active public health scientist in the field of

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References

External links

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