Stormi Bree Henley (born December 6, 1990), also known simply as Stormi Bree, is an American singer, actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. At age 18, she was crowned

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, after previously winning Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2009.

Personal life

Henley is the daughter of Kip and Sissi Henley and has a sister named Darbi Henley. Her father was the winner of

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's '' The Big Break II'' reality television competition. She is a 2009 graduate of Cumberland County High School and represented her school at regional

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competitions. Henley has a daughter, Gravity Blue Smith (born July 26, 2017) with former partner

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Career

Miss Teen USA

Henley won the

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2009 title on October 5, 2008, after competing in the pageant for the first time. In July 2009, Henley represented

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in the

pageant held in

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, which was the second Miss Teen USA pageant held outside the United States. This was the first internationally web-cast Miss Teen USA pageant, after the television contract ended with the 2007 event. In the final competition on July 31, 2009, Henley was crowned Miss Teen USA 2009 by outgoing titleholder Stevi Perry. She was the second teen from

to win Miss Teen USA and Tennessee's second national titleholder in three years, following the

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win of

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in 2007. Prior to Henley's win, only Oregon and Texas had produced more than one Miss Teen USA titleholder. During her reign Henley made appearances of the behalf of the

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alongside her sister queens Kristen Dalton,

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, from

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, and

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, from

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Music

Stormi auditioned for

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Season 10 and was given a Golden Ticket for Hollywood. She was eliminated in the first round of Hollywood Week. In 2012 Henley joined music group U.G.L.Y., signed to

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's recording label CBE with fellow artists Barry "Mijo" Bradford and Braxton Olita. She starred in American musician

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's music video for his single "I Don't Want U Back". It was released on February 14, 2018.

Acting

Stormi appeared in "Boyle's Hunch" (2015), in the third season of FOX sitcom ''

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''. In 2014 she played a humanoid in ''2307 Winter's Dream'', a science fiction film starring Paul Sidhu which was directed by Joey Curtis and produced by Robert Beaumont.

References

External links

Miss Tennessee Teen USA official websiteMiss Teen USA official profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Henley, Stormi 1990 births Living people People from Crossville, Tennessee Beauty pageant contestants from Tennessee American beauty pageant winners Miss Teen USA winners 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singers American Idol participants