Vanessa Marie Semrow (born November 13, 1984) is an American beauty queen who won

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Personal life

Semrow was born as Vanessa Marie Semrow in

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, and she is of both American and Thai descent; her mother is Thai, while her father is American.

Pageantry

Semrow won the

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title on October 15, 2001, in a pageant paying tribute to the events of September 11 that year. In August 2002, she represented Wisconsin in the

pageant. As Miss Teen USA, Semrow represented the

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and lived in a Trump apartment in

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, the first Miss Teen USA titleholder to live there full-time. During her reign, Semrow traveled to

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and

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on a

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tour, raised money for charities, and attended celebrity events. Her reign ended on August 13, 2003, when she crowned

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Semrow, Vanessa Living people 2002 beauty pageant contestants 21st-century Miss Teen USA delegates Miss Teen USA winners People from Rhinelander, Wisconsin 1984 births American people of Thai descent