Jacquelynne Fontaine is an opera singer and beauty queen from Oxnard, California

California

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. She held the title of Miss California

Miss California

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss California USAThe Miss California competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss America pageant. Delegates from the states of California, Ohio and Oklahoma have each won the title of Miss...

 2006, finished in the top 10 and won a preliminary talent award at Miss America

Miss America

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 in 2007.

Biography

Fontaine completed her undergraduate studies at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks and then continued on to graduate from University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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in 2008 with a Master's Degree in Vocal Arts and is currently working there on her Doctorate of Musical and Vocal Art.