Jacqueline Madera
Encyclopedia
Jacqueline Madera is a beauty queen from Denver, Colorado
who has competed in the Miss USA
pageant..
Madera won the Miss Colorado USA
2006 title in a state pageant held in late 2005. This was her second attempt at the title, as she had placed second runner-up the previous year. Madera represented Colorado
in the nationally televised Miss USA 2006
pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006. She did not place in the pageant, which was won by Tara Conner
of Kentucky
.
Having graduated from George Washington High School in 1998, Madera completed a Bachelor of Arts
in Hospitality, Meeting, & Travel Administration from the Metropolitan State College of Denver
in 2004. She is currently managing one of her family's restaurants, 'La Fogata' in Denver and hopes to open her own restaurant in the future. Madera also works as a model and has been represented by Donna Baldwin Modeling and Talent Agency since 1998.
Madera honours her Latino heritage. English is her second language and she is proud to be bilingual. Her hobbies and interests include crocheting, knitting
, reading, salsa dancing and kickboxing
.
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
who has 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..
Madera won the Miss Colorado USA
Miss Colorado USA
The Miss Colorado USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss USA pageant. The event was held in Loveland from 2006 to 2008 and moved to Greeley in 2010....
2006 title in a state pageant held in late 2005. This was her second attempt at the title, as she had placed second runner-up the previous year. Madera represented Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
in the nationally televised 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 did not place in the 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...
.
Having graduated from George Washington High School in 1998, Madera completed a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in Hospitality, Meeting, & Travel Administration from the Metropolitan State College of Denver
Metropolitan State College of Denver
The Metropolitan State College of Denver is a four-year college and now offers certain Graduate programs located in Denver, Colorado, United States. As of 2009, Metro State had the second-largest enrollment of undergraduates of any college in Colorado...
in 2004. She is currently managing one of her family's restaurants, 'La Fogata' in Denver and hopes to open her own restaurant in the future. Madera also works as a model and has been represented by Donna Baldwin Modeling and Talent Agency since 1998.
Madera honours her Latino heritage. English is her second language and she is proud to be bilingual. Her hobbies and interests include crocheting, 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...
, reading, salsa dancing and kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
.