Kasi Laine Kelly (born October 1, 1981) is a beauty queen from

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who has competed in the

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pageant. She was born to Wiley and Toni Harkins Kelly. She has one sister named Kristi. Kelly won the

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2002 title in a state pageant held in

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on July 30, 2001. She competed against over 100 other contestants as Miss Dallas-Fort Worth. Her first runner-up was

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, who would go on to win the Miss Texas USA 2004 title, her second runner-up was

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, who was

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1997, the third runner-up was

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, Miss Texas Teen USA 1996 and

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1996, and fourth runner-up was Candace Campfield, who would place in the top five of the pageant on three further occasions. Among the semi-finalists were Mandy Jeffreys (Miss Texas Teen USA 1995), Lana Wright (crowned

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2003 the following year) and

Tyler Willis Tyler Colie Willis Avary (born January 2, 1980) is a beauty queen from Brownfield, Texas who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. She was born to James & Joetta Warren Willis. She has one sister named Kaci. Miss Texas USA 2005 Willis won the Mi ...

(later Miss Texas USA 2005). This was Kelly's third attempt at winning the title. She first competed as Miss Metroplex in the 2000 event and placed in the top twelve. In the 2001 event she competed as Miss Fort Worth and placed second runner-up behind

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, who would later win the Miss USA title. She also won the Swimsuit award. Kelly represented

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in the

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pageant broadcast live from

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on March 2, 2002. She made the cut of twelve semi-finalists in the nationally televised pageant, placed eighth in the swimsuit competition with a score of 9.12, and fourth in evening gown (9.38), eventually finishing in eighth place. The pageant was won by

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of the

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References

External links

Miss Texas USA official website

Miss USA official website
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