Nicole Michele Johnson
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Nicole Michele Johnson (born July 12, 1985) is a beauty queen from Westlake Village, California
Westlake Village, California
Westlake Village is a planned community that straddles the Los Angeles and Ventura county line. The eastern portion is the incorporated city Westlake Village, located on the western edge of Los Angeles County, California. The city, located in the region known as the Conejo Valley, encompasses half...

 who was crowned Miss California USA
Miss California USA
Miss California USA is a pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant.The current titleholder is Katie Blair. She succeeded Alyssa Campanella on June 25, 2011 after Campanella was crowned Miss USA 2011....

 2010. She was first runner-up in 2007.

Early life

When Johnson was 17, she read an advertisement in The Acorn for Miss California USA
Miss California USA
Miss California USA is a pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant.The current titleholder is Katie Blair. She succeeded Alyssa Campanella on June 25, 2011 after Campanella was crowned Miss USA 2011....

. Johnson, a Moorpark College
Moorpark College
Moorpark College is a California state college located on a property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. It was established in 1967 and as of 2006, had an enrollment of 16,580 students and 175 full-time faculty members....

 student at the time, wanted to transfer to the University of Southern California and thought the scholarship would help pay her education. Out of 304 contestants Johnson took first runner-up. She has since competed in seven pagents.

In 2007, Johnson graduated with honors from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. During her time at USC she focused on sports entertainment
Sports entertainment
Sports entertainment is a type of spectacle which presents an ostensibly competitive event using a high level of theatrical flourish and extravagant presentation, with the purpose of entertaining an audience...

.

Miss USA 2010

Nicole placed in the top 10 at the Miss USA 2010
Miss USA 2010
Miss USA 2010, the 59th edition 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 May 16, 2010. Miss USA 2009, Kristen Dalton of North Carolina, crowned her successor, Rima Fakih of Michigan as Miss USA 2010 at the...

 pageant and continued California's sixth consecutive placement. She was sponsored by INTA Gems and Diamonds, Agua Caliente
Agua Caliente
Agua Caliente means "warm waters" or "hot springs" in Spanish. The term may refer to:-People:* Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, a Native American tribe of the U.S...

 and Tony Bowls.

Personal life

Her parents are Rick and Annette Johnson (divorced) and she has a younger brother, Ricky.

Nicole is from Westlake Village, CA formerly worked for Mercedes Benz and before her departure prior to 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 was promoted to Finance Assistant at the dealership.

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