Kelsey Elizabeth Griswold, is an American
pageant
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titleholder from
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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who was named
Miss Oklahoma
The Miss Oklahoma competition selects a winner to compete on behalf of Oklahoma in the Miss America pageant. Miss Oklahoma has won the Miss America crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common, Norma Smallwo ...
2013.
Biography
She won the title of Miss Oklahoma on June 8, 2013, when she received her crown from outgoing titleholder Alicia Clifton.
Griswold's platform is promoting self-worth and acceptance among children during her year as Miss Oklahoma.
Her competition talent was a vocal rendition of “Everybody Says Don't.”
Kelsey was the second runner up to Miss America in 2014 and won the Swimsuit segment. Griswold is an honors graduate of Union High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma,); Graduate-BFA (cum laude), Oklahoma City University. Griswold also studied Shakespeare and classical acting, and stage combat (with an emphasis on fencing) at Kingston University in London. In 2015 she made her television acting debut in an episode of ''
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
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References
External links
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Miss America 2014 delegates
1992 births
Living people
People from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City University alumni
American beauty pageant winners
Miss America Preliminary Swimsuit winners
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