Courtney Carroll
Encyclopedia
Courtney Erin Carroll is a model and pageant titleholder who has competed in the Miss USA
pageant.
In December 2007, Carroll won the Miss Alaska USA
2008 pageant, in her first attempt at that title. She had previously won the Miss World Eskimo Indian Olympics
2001 and Miss Fairbanks Native Association 2001 pageants.
Carroll represented Alaska
in the Miss USA 2008
pageant held 11 April 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada
. She became the first Miss Alaska USA to win the Miss Photogenic award, but did not make the semi-finals.
Caroll is a Political Science student at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks.
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.
In December 2007, Carroll won the Miss Alaska USA
Miss Alaska USA
The Miss Alaska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Alaska in the Miss USA pageant.Alaska's highest placement was in 1964, with Patricia Marlin as the second runner up. Alaska's most recent placement was in 1990 when Karin Meyer placed in the top 6...
2008 pageant, in her first attempt at that title. She had previously won the Miss World Eskimo Indian Olympics
World Eskimo Indian Olympics
The World Eskimo-Indian Olympics is an annual event held over a four-day period in July or August, designed to preserve cultural practices and traditional survival skills essential to life in circumpolar areas of the world...
2001 and Miss Fairbanks Native Association 2001 pageants.
Carroll represented Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
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 11 April 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
. She became the first Miss Alaska USA to win the Miss Photogenic award, but did not make the semi-finals.
Caroll is a Political Science student at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks.