Lauren Grissom
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Lauren Blair Grissom is a beauty queen from Shelbyville, Tennessee
who has held the Miss Tennessee USA
title.
Grissom won the Miss Tennessee USA
title in a state pageant held in Clarksville
on 7 October 2005.
Grissom represented Tennessee
in the Miss USA 2006
pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006. She placed as a semi-finalist in the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Tara Conner
of Kentucky
.
Grissom graduated from the The Webb School
in Bell Buckle, Tennessee in 2003, after which she signed with manager Marcia Weissman and lived in New York City
and Los Angeles for several months auditioning and working as a model. Lauren has also modeled in Nashville, Atlanta, Chicago, Shang Hai, China, Mexico, and Las Vegas. She has appeared in 16 music videos, including those for Jake Owen, Keith Urban, Bon Jovi, and Uncle Kracker, to name a few. Lauren has also been in 5 commercials, countless print ads, 2 movies, and fashion shows around the world. She came home to continue her education at Middle Tennessee State University
as an art major before transferring to study Interior Design. She now has a degree in Interior design from O'More College of Design
, and is doing event planning in the Nashville area.
Grissom appeared in the second season of VH1
's reality show You're Cut Off!
2 in 2011, A show that features nine young women who thought they were going to be featured on a show called America's Next It Girl. They are surprised instead to be informed that their families have cut them off from their money due to their spoiled ways, will be required to participate and pass an eight week life coaching program in order to be taken back, and that the series will chronicle this process.
Her other hobbies and interests include painting
, knitting
, traveling, skeet shooting
, snow skiing, and basketball
.
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Shelbyville is a city in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. It had a local population of 16,105 residents at the 2000 census. Shelbyville, the county seat of Bedford County, was laid out in 1810 and incorporated in 1819...
who has held the Miss Tennessee USA
Miss Tennessee USA
The Miss Tennessee USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss USA pageant.Since 2001 the pageant has been held in the auditorium at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee....
title.
Grissom won the Miss Tennessee USA
Miss Tennessee USA
The Miss Tennessee USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Tennessee in the Miss USA pageant.Since 2001 the pageant has been held in the auditorium at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee....
title in a state pageant held in Clarksville
Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States, and the fifth largest city in the state. The population was 132,929 in 2010 United States Census...
on 7 October 2005.
Grissom represented Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
in the Miss USA 2006
Miss USA 2006
Miss USA 2006, the 55th Miss USA pageant, was held at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006. Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title, which was won by Tara Conner of Kentucky...
pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006. She placed as a semi-finalist in the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Tara Conner
Tara Conner
Tara Elizabeth Conner is an American beauty queen and model, who was Miss USA 2006 and has also competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss Universe pageants. Apart from her role as Miss USA, Conner has been employed as a model. She was a featured model on the HDNet series Bikini Fantasies in 2004,...
of Kentucky
Miss Kentucky USA
The Miss Kentucky USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss USA pageant. The current director for the Miss Kentucky USA and Miss Kentucky Teen USA titles is Connie Clark Harrison. Mrs...
.
Grissom graduated from the The Webb School
Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tennessee)
The Webb School is a private coeducational college preparatory boarding and day school in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, founded in 1870. It has been called the oldest, continuously operating boarding school in the South...
in Bell Buckle, Tennessee in 2003, after which she signed with manager Marcia Weissman and lived in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and Los Angeles for several months auditioning and working as a model. Lauren has also modeled in Nashville, Atlanta, Chicago, Shang Hai, China, Mexico, and Las Vegas. She has appeared in 16 music videos, including those for Jake Owen, Keith Urban, Bon Jovi, and Uncle Kracker, to name a few. Lauren has also been in 5 commercials, countless print ads, 2 movies, and fashion shows around the world. She came home to continue her education at Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States....
as an art major before transferring to study Interior Design. She now has a degree in Interior design from O'More College of Design
O'More College of Design
O’More College of Design is a small private college in Franklin, Tennessee, United States.It was founded as O'More School of Interior Architecture and Design in 1970, located in the historic district of Franklin...
, and is doing event planning in the Nashville area.
Grissom appeared in the second season of VH1
VH1
VH1 or Vh1 is an American cable television network based in New York City. Launched on January 1, 1985 in the old space of Turner Broadcasting's short-lived Cable Music Channel, the original purpose of the channel was to build on the success of MTV by playing music videos, but targeting a slightly...
's reality show You're Cut Off!
You're Cut Off!
You're Cut Off! is a VH1 reality show that premiered on June 9, 2010. It features nine spoiled young women who thought they were going to be featured on a show called The Good Life...
2 in 2011, A show that features nine young women who thought they were going to be featured on a show called America's Next It Girl. They are surprised instead to be informed that their families have cut them off from their money due to their spoiled ways, will be required to participate and pass an eight week life coaching program in order to be taken back, and that the series will chronicle this process.
Her other hobbies and interests include painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, knitting
Knitting
Knitting is a method by which thread or yarn may be turned into cloth or other fine crafts. Knitted fabric consists of consecutive rows of loops, called stitches. As each row progresses, a new loop is pulled through an existing loop. The active stitches are held on a needle until another loop can...
, traveling, skeet shooting
Skeet shooting
Skeet shooting is one of the three major types of competitive shotgun target shooting sports . There are several types of skeet, including one with Olympic status , and many with only national recognition.- General principles :Skeet is a recreational and competitive activity where...
, snow skiing, and basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
.