Shauna Gambill (born 22 September 1976) is a beauty queen from

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who has held the

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title and competed in the

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and

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pageants. Gambill first won the

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title in late 1993. In August 1994 she competed in the

in the national pageant televised live from

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. Her performance in the preliminary competition placed her fourth among the top twelve semi-finalists, but her scores were consistently high throughout the three final rounds of competition, ranking highest in swimsuit (16 August). Having impressed the finals judges, Gambill, aged 17, was crowned Miss Teen USA at the end of the pageant broadcast. In 1997, two years after passing on the Miss Teen USA crown, she won the

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1998 title. Gambill then competed at

1998, where she placed first runner-up to Shawnae Jebbia of

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. Gambill was selected to represent the United States as Miss World USA 1998 (now known as US Miss World) and represented the United States at the

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pageant, where she was a semi-finalist. She is also the first Miss Teen USA to compete at Miss World. Gambill attended Highland High School in

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and was

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of her class. She married Mitch Gerth in

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on 23 October 2000, In 2004, she was a judge at the Miss Teen USA pageant won by Shelley Hennig of

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References

External links

Miss California USA official websiteMiss USA official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gambill, Shauna Living people 1977 births Miss Teen USA winners 1994 beauty pageant contestants 20th-century Miss Teen USA delegates Miss USA 1998 delegates Miss World 1998 delegates Female models from California People from Acton, California 21st-century American women