Candice Crawford
Candice Crawford | |
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| Born | Candice Loren Crawford December 16, 1986 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss Missouri USA 2008 |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Major competition(s) | Miss USA 2008 (top 10) |
| Website | http://www.candice-crawford.com |
Candice Loren Crawford (born December 16, 1986)[1] is a reporter for KDAF, the CW-affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas[2] and a former American beauty queen. She won the Miss Missouri USA competition in 2008. She later competed in the Miss USA pageant when she placed in the top ten. She is currently engaged to Tony Romo (quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys).
Personal life
Born in Lubbock, Texas and then raised in Dallas, Texas, Crawford is the younger sister of the actor Chace Crawford, from the television show Gossip Girl.[3] Crawford attended Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Texas.
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 Sorority for Women. Plus, Crawford served as a volunteer writer for sports blog Midwest Sports Fans.[4]
On March 16, 2007, Crawford was arrested for underage possession of alcohol and marijuana at the bar Tonic in Columbia, Missouri.[5][6]
She has been dating 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.[7]
Career
She competed in the Miss Texas Teen USA 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.[3][8] She represented Missouri in the Miss USA 2008 pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada in April 2008.[9]
Crawford now works 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,[10] and co-hosts The RC Project with Roni Proter about the latest trends.[11] When not working for The 33, Crawford will host the Dallas Cowboys' weekend sports show, Special Edition.
References
- ^ "Miss USA 2008 - Candice Crawford biography". Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ^ "Candice Crawford biography". The 33 News.
- ^ a b Raubolt, Jordan (2007-11-16). "Crowning achievement: MU student sets sights on career". Columbia Daily Tribune.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Candice Crawford - From the Sideline". Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- ^ "March 16, 2007: Minor in Possession". Columbia Missourian. March 16, 2007. Archived from the original on January 14, 2008.
- ^ "Chace Crawford's Sister Arrested". Crushable. December 30, 2007.
- ^ "Candice Crawford Received a VERY Special Birthday Present Today..." The 33 News. December 16, 2010.
- ^ "MU student wins Miss Missouri tiara". Columbia Daily Tribune. 2007-11-12.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Miss USA Marks a Scandal-Light Year". Associated Press. 2008-04-12.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Up All Night". The 33 CW.
- ^ "The RC Project". The 33 CW.