Candice Crawford
Encyclopedia
Candice Loren Romo is a former reporter for KDAF
, the CW
-affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and a former American
beauty queen
. She won the Miss Missouri USA
competition in 2008. She later competed in the Miss USA
pageant where she placed in the top ten.
and then raised in Dallas, Texas
, Candice Crawford is the younger sister of the actor Chace Crawford
, from the television show Gossip Girl
. Crawford graduated from Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Texas
in 2005.
After high school, Crawford enrolled at the University of Missouri
in Columbia, Missouri
, where she studied journalism and business. While at Columbia, Missouri
, Candice worked with the local NBC
affiliate KOMU-TV
as a reporter. During college, Crawford also worked for Dallas, Texas
CBS
affiliate KTVT
, as a reporter covering the Dallas Cowboys
on the CBS show, The Blitz. She was also an active member of Pi Beta Phi
Fraternity for women. Plus, Crawford served as a volunteer writer for sports blog Midwest Sports Fans
.
On March 16, 2007, Crawford was arrested for underaged possession of alcohol at the bar
Tonic in Columbia, Missouri.
She dated Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo
since summer 2009. On December 16, 2010, the KDAF
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas news station where Crawford works announced she became engaged to Romo while celebrating her 24th birthday with her family at the restaurant Five Sixty. On May 28, 2011, they were married.
On October 25, 2011, Romo announced that he and Crawford are expecting their first child in 2012.
2003 and 2005 pageants, placing third runner-up in both competitions.
Crawford competed in the Miss Missouri USA
2007 pageant in November 2006 and placed first runner-up to Amber Seyer
. She then competed the following year and won the 2008 title and the Special Achievement recognition in the Swimsuit category. She represented Missouri
in the Miss USA 2008
pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada
in April 2008.
Crawford did work for KDAF
as the 33TV's reporter covering high school sports, as well as the Up All Night segment about nightlife
hot spots in Dallas-Fort Worth, mostly drinking establishments, and co-hosts The RC Project with Roni Proter about the latest trends. Crawford hosted the Dallas Cowboys' weekend sports show, Special Edition.
KDAF
KDAF, virtual channel 33 , is a CW-affiliated television station serving the Dallas-Fort Worth television market area. The station is licensed to Dallas and owned by the Tribune Company with its studios located off the John W. Carpenter Freeway in northwest Dallas. The station's transmitter is...
, the CW
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
-affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and a former American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
beauty queen
Beauty Queen
"Beauty Queen" is the second song from Roxy Music's second album, For Your Pleasure. The lyrics refer to Ferry's girlfriend, Valerie Leon, one-time UK beauty queen, B-movie actress and model working in the Newcastle area, circa 1973.-Musicians:...
. She won the Miss Missouri USA
Miss Missouri USA
The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system....
competition in 2008. She later competed in the Miss USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...
pageant where she placed in the top ten.
Personal life
Born in Lubbock, TexasLubbock, Texas
Lubbock is a city in and the county seat of Lubbock County, Texas, United States. The city is located in the northwestern part of the state, a region known historically as the Llano Estacado, and the home of Texas Tech University and Lubbock Christian University...
and then raised in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, Candice Crawford is the younger sister of the actor Chace Crawford
Chace Crawford
Christopher Chace Crawford , better known as Chace Crawford, is an American actor. He currently portrays Nate Archibald on the CW television drama Gossip Girl.-Early life:...
, from the television show Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...
. Crawford graduated from Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Texas
Addison, Texas
Addison is a city in Dallas County, Texas . The population was 14,166 at the 2000 census, and 15,737 according to a 2009 estimate. Addison is a northern suburb of Dallas...
in 2005.
After high school, Crawford enrolled at the University of Missouri
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri System is a state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses...
in Columbia, Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is the fifth-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With a population of 108,500 as of the 2010 Census, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the...
, where she studied journalism and business. While at Columbia, Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is the fifth-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With a population of 108,500 as of the 2010 Census, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the...
, Candice worked with the local NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate KOMU-TV
KOMU-TV
KOMU-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Mid-Missouri licensed to Columbia. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter at studios on US 63 southeast of downtown. The station can also be seen on Mediacom, Suddenlink, and Charter channel 7 as well...
as a reporter. During college, Crawford also worked for Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate KTVT
KTVT
KTVT, virtual channel 11, is a CBS owned-and-operated television station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth designated market area. The station is co-owned with independent station KTXA , and the two stations share facilities in Dallas and Fort Worth...
, as a reporter covering the Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
on the CBS show, The Blitz. She was also an active member of Pi Beta Phi
Pi Beta Phi
Pi Beta Phi is an international fraternity for women founded as I.C. Sorosis on April 28, 1867, at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Its headquarters are located in Town and Country, Missouri, and there are 134 active chapters and over 330 alumnae organizations across the United States and...
Fraternity for women. Plus, Crawford served as a volunteer writer for sports blog Midwest Sports Fans
Midwest Sports Fans
Midwest Sports Fans is a weblog, which was launched by Jerod Morris in August 2008. The site primarily focuses on professional and college teams and athletes relevant to the Midwest....
.
On March 16, 2007, Crawford was arrested for underaged possession of alcohol at the bar
Bar (establishment)
A bar is a business establishment that serves alcoholic drinks — beer, wine, liquor, and cocktails — for consumption on the premises.Bars provide stools or chairs that are placed at tables or counters for their patrons. Some bars have entertainment on a stage, such as a live band, comedians, go-go...
Tonic in Columbia, Missouri.
She dated Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo
Tony Romo
Antonio Ramiro "Tony" Romo is a professional American football quarterback in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. Romo's career passer rating - at 95.8 - ranks third-best all time. Tony Romo didn't play in the regular season in 2003, 2004, or 2005...
since summer 2009. On December 16, 2010, the KDAF
KDAF
KDAF, virtual channel 33 , is a CW-affiliated television station serving the Dallas-Fort Worth television market area. The station is licensed to Dallas and owned by the Tribune Company with its studios located off the John W. Carpenter Freeway in northwest Dallas. The station's transmitter is...
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas news station where Crawford works announced she became engaged to Romo while celebrating her 24th birthday with her family at the restaurant Five Sixty. On May 28, 2011, they were married.
On October 25, 2011, Romo announced that he and Crawford are expecting their first child in 2012.
Career
She competed in the Miss Texas Teen USAMiss Texas Teen USA
The Miss Texas Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Texas in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Texas is one of the most successful states across all twenty-seven years of competition at Miss Teen USA. They have had fifteen semi-finalists, three more than any...
2003 and 2005 pageants, placing third runner-up in both competitions.
Crawford competed in the Miss Missouri USA
Miss Missouri USA
The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system....
2007 pageant in November 2006 and placed first runner-up to Amber Seyer
Amber Seyer
Amber Marie Seyer is a beauty queen from Oran, Missouri who has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant and competed for the Miss USA title in 2007....
. She then competed the following year and won the 2008 title and the Special Achievement recognition in the Swimsuit category. She represented Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
in the Miss USA 2008
Miss USA 2008
Miss USA 2008, the 57th Miss USA beauty pageant, was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA, was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Rachel Smith of Tennessee...
pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
in April 2008.
Crawford did work for KDAF
KDAF
KDAF, virtual channel 33 , is a CW-affiliated television station serving the Dallas-Fort Worth television market area. The station is licensed to Dallas and owned by the Tribune Company with its studios located off the John W. Carpenter Freeway in northwest Dallas. The station's transmitter is...
as the 33TV's reporter covering high school sports, as well as the Up All Night segment about nightlife
Nightlife
Nightlife is the collective term for any entertainment that is available and more popular from the late evening into the early hours of the morning...
hot spots in Dallas-Fort Worth, mostly drinking establishments, and co-hosts The RC Project with Roni Proter about the latest trends. Crawford hosted the Dallas Cowboys' weekend sports show, Special Edition.