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Famous Pageant Queens

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Halle Berry
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Halle Berry

New yummy mommy, Halle, was the first runner-up to Miss USA. Her pageant record includes a Miss Teen All American and Miss Ohio-USA titles.

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Vanessa Williams

The actress and recording star was the first African-American woman to win the Miss America Pageant.
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Oprah Winfrey

The Emmy Award-winning talk show diva won the 1971 Miss Fire Prevention and Miss Black Tennessee titles.
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Jeri Ryan

The sexy Borg, Seven of Nine of "Star Trek: Voyager," competed as Miss Illinois in the 1990 Miss America Pageant.
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Diane Sawyer

Diane used her pageant money as America's Junior Miss 1962 to attend Wellesley College before launching her journalism career.
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Kathie Lee Gifford

Before making it big with "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee," Gifford represented Maryland in the America's Junior Miss Pageant.
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Tiffani-Amber Thiessen

The "Saved by the Bell" star was also Miss Junior America and the winner of the Teen Magazine Model Search.
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Sharon Stone

The "Basic Instinct" star honed her performance instincts in small town pageants such as Saegertown's Spring Festival Queen and the 1976 Miss Crawford County title.
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