Kimberly Seelbrede is a former beauty queen from
Ohio
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who held the title
Miss USA 1981. Seelbrede is a licensed psychotherapist in the states of
New York
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and
New Mexico
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. Seelbrede holds a graduate degree from
New York University
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Following the pageant, Seelbrede embarked on a career in television, commercials and print modeling.
Biography
Seelbrede, who hails from
Germantown, Ohio
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won the
Miss Ohio USA
The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. It has previously been known as Miss Ohio Universe. It is produced by Proc ...
pageant in late 1980. She represented her state at the nationally televised 1981
Miss USA
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pageant that was held in
Biloxi, Mississippi
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in May 1981, where she became the second woman from Ohio to win the Miss USA title.
Seelbrede later competed at the
Miss Universe
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pageant held in New York City in July 1981. Seelbrede placed in the semi-finals at the pageant, which was won by
Irene Saez
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of
Venezuela
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.
Notes
External links
Kim Seelbrede professional websiteMiss Ohio USA official websiteMiss USA official website
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1960s births
Life coaches
Living people
Miss Universe 1981 contestants
Miss USA winners
New York University alumni
People from Germantown, Ohio
Psychotherapists