Blair Griffith
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Blair Adair Griffith is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Colorado USA
2010 and represented Colorado
in Miss USA 2011
. Griffith reached national and international headlines when she revealed she and her mother were homeless and that Griffith was out of a job after winning the title in November 2010. Griffith has earlier won the Miss Congeniality part of Miss Teen USA 2006
without placing in the Top 15. According to Griffith, her mother Bonita's sudden heart attack, and major surgery led to the family's economic situation and bankcruptcy. Griffith's mother also lost her insurance when her insurer declared that the heart attack was the result of a pre-existing condition. That meant that she had to pay her medical expenses, including $800 a month for medications, on her own. Her father died when she was fourteen years old of prostate cancer
. In early April fashion designer Mac Duggal revealed he had agreed to design all the gowns that Griffith will need to be in the pageant free of charge.
Miss Colorado USA
The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant. The event was held in Loveland from 2006 to 2008 and moved to Greeley in 2010....
2010 and represented Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
in Miss USA 2011
Miss USA 2011
Miss USA 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss USA pageant, was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, June 19, 2011. Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakih of Michigan crowned her successor, Alyssa Campanella of California, at the end...
. Griffith reached national and international headlines when she revealed she and her mother were homeless and that Griffith was out of a job after winning the title in November 2010. Griffith has earlier won the Miss Congeniality part of Miss Teen USA 2006
Miss Teen USA 2006
Miss Teen USA 2006, the 24th Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California on August 15, 2006. The pageant was won by Katie Blair of Montana....
without placing in the Top 15. According to Griffith, her mother Bonita's sudden heart attack, and major surgery led to the family's economic situation and bankcruptcy. Griffith's mother also lost her insurance when her insurer declared that the heart attack was the result of a pre-existing condition. That meant that she had to pay her medical expenses, including $800 a month for medications, on her own. Her father died when she was fourteen years old of prostate cancer
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. Most prostate cancers are slow growing; however, there are cases of aggressive prostate cancers. The cancer cells may metastasize from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly...
. In early April fashion designer Mac Duggal revealed he had agreed to design all the gowns that Griffith will need to be in the pageant free of charge.