Anisa Phillips
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Anisa Yanti Phillips (born 1987), is a beauty pageant contestant from Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
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Phillips won the Miss Wisconsin Teen USA
Miss Wisconsin Teen USA
The Miss Wisconsin Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Wisconsin is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, having only placed on two occasions...
pageant in Lake Delton, Wisconsin
Lake Delton, Wisconsin
Lake Delton is a village located on the Wisconsin River in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 1,982, but in 2009, it had an estimated population of 3,081 which is a 55.4% increase. It also makes it the largest community in the Dells...
on October 31, 2004, competing against twenty-four other delegates. In the summer of 2005, she represented her state in the 23rd annual Miss Teen USA pageant broadcast live from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
. Phillips failed to place in the pageant, which was won by Allie LaForce
Allie LaForce
Alexandra Leigh "Allie" LaForce is a beauty queen from Vermilion, Ohio who held the Miss Teen USA 2005 title who now works as a broadcast sports reporter....
of Ohio
Miss Ohio Teen USA
The Miss Ohio Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Ohio is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, and has only placed three times. Most importantly, Allie LaForce won the Miss Teen USA crown in 2005,...
. Her other pageant experience includes being a finalist in the National American Miss Wisconsin Pageant in August 2003.
Phillips was born in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and is of Malaysian descent on her mother's side. She is the second Asian American to represent Wisconsin at the national teen pageant. Phillips graduated from Stevens Point Area Senior High School where she was an honors student and served as class president during her junior and senior years. She is also an alumna of Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
. She is involved in volunteering work, and has traveled to Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
where she spent six weeks helping at an orphanage.
Phillips is the eldest daughter of Dr. Victor D. Phillips and Dr. Mai Morshidi Phillips. Her father, a Professor of Forestry and Director of Global Environmental Management at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point
The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point is a public university located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin...
(UW-Stevens Point). Her mother, who was born and raised in Sarawak
Sarawak
Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...
, Malaysia, on the island of Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
, is an online course instructor for the Wisconsin Center for Environmental Education and a senior scientist at UW–Stevens Point. She has one sister, Chiara, who is nine. She is also the niece of news anchor Stone Phillips
Stone Phillips
Stone Stockton Phillips is an American television reporter and correspondent. He is the former co-anchor of Dateline NBC, a newsmagazine TV show. He also has worked as a substitute anchor for NBC Nightly News and Today and as a substitute moderator on Meet the Press. He is known for his clear...
, who spoke at her high school graduation in 2005.
Phillips gave up her Miss Wisconsin Teen USA crown to Bishara Dorre on October 15, 2005.