Kristen Jeannine Dalton-Wolfe (born December 13, 1986) is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won

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and represented the United States at the

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pageant.

Personal life

Dalton is the daughter of Jeannine Dalton (née Boger), who was

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1982. Her younger sister, Kenzie, also competed in the

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pageant, and placed 1st runner-up. The third Dalton sister,

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, was

2008 and placed second runner-up at

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. Julia won the title of Miss North Carolina USA 2015 and competed at Miss USA 2015. Dalton graduated from Hoggard High School and was an Honors psychology and Spanish major at

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. She dated Reid Rosenthal, who appeared in the fifth season of ''

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'', but the couple broke up in March 2012. In 2009, Dalton appeared on ''

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'' as a contestant. She is a public advocate for

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. Dalton is the creator and founder of ''She is MORE'', an online faith-based magazine, which claims to have 400,000 readers visit the site every month. Dalton is the host of ''Hot Off the Press'' on JUCE TV, TBN's sister network for millennials. She is married to Kris Wolfe.

Pageants

Miss North Carolina USA 2009

Dalton won the

2009 title in a state pageant held in

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produced by RPM Productions in November 2008. She previously placed first runner-up to Nikkie Groat in the

2005 pageant.

Miss USA 2009

Dalton represented

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in the

pageant broadcast live from

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, where she became the second

to win the

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title; the state's only prior winner was

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. Dalton won both the swimsuit and evening gown competitions during the final pageant competition, and was crowned by former titleholder

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Miss Universe 2009

Dalton represented the United States in the

pageant, held at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the

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. She finished in 10th place overall.

References

External links

Miss North Carolina USA official websiteMiss USA official website
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