Lisa Forbes
Encyclopedia
Lisa Marie Forbes is a beauty queen from Overland Park, Kansas
who competed in the Miss USA
pageant and went on to compete at Miss Earth 2007
.
2004 on November 30, 2003, in Wichita, Kansas
. She had previously competed in the pageant for five consecutive years, winning the interview award three times. She was a semi-finalist in 2003 and 2002, third runner-up in 2001 and a non-finalist in 2000.
Forbes represented the "Sunflower State" at the Miss USA 2004
pageant in Los Angeles
, California
on April 12, 2004. The Miss USA 2004
Pageant was televised live on NBC
. In late 2004 she gave up her crown to the 2005 Miss Kansas USA
winner Rachel Saunders
.
On August 1, 2007 Forbes won the United States Miss Earth title and will represent the United States at the Miss Earth 2007
pageant. She is the third consecutive former Miss USA State titleholder to hold this position. She competed at Miss Earth 2007 in Philippines but was the first former Miss USA delegate to be unplaced. The previous two titleholders made the cut.
and moved to Overland Park at age five. After graduating from Blue Valley Northwest High School attended the University of Kansas
where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts
degree
in Communication
Studies. Forbes plans to pursue a career in either public relations
or marketing
, and claims her dream job would be on television
as a television host.
Forbes is passionate about American Quarter Horse
s, which she grew up riding, showing and training. In October 2000, she represented the Northeast Kansas Quarter Horse Association in the All American Quarter Horse Congress Queen's Contest in Columbus
, Ohio
.
In 2006 Forbes appeared on the Paris edition of reality television show The Bachelor, but was eliminated in the first round. She was working as an IT recruiter at the time of her participation on the show.
She and Ashley Litton
, Miss Missouri USA
2004 own a pageant shop in Shawnee, Kansas
.
Overland Park, Kansas
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 149,080 people, 59,703 households, and 39,702 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,627.0 people per square mile . There were 62,586 housing units at an average density of 1,102.9 per square mile...
who 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 and went on to compete at Miss Earth 2007
Miss Earth 2007
Miss Earth 2007, the seventh Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 11, 2007 at the UP Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. The delegates also visited Nha Trang, Vietnam. 88 delegates competed for the title, making 2007 the largest edition of delegates for Miss Earth. The pageant was...
.
Pageants
Forbes was crowned Miss Kansas USAMiss Kansas USA
The Miss Kansas USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss USA pageant.Kansas did not place at Miss USA until 1973, the third-to-last state to make their first placement. From then, no delegate from Kansas made the cut until 1991, when Kelli...
2004 on November 30, 2003, in Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
. She had previously competed in the pageant for five consecutive years, winning the interview award three times. She was a semi-finalist in 2003 and 2002, third runner-up in 2001 and a non-finalist in 2000.
Forbes represented the "Sunflower State" at the Miss USA 2004
Miss USA 2004
The Miss USA 2004 pageant was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on April 12, 2004. The winner of the beauty pageant was Shandi Finnessey, who became the first winner from the state of Missouri...
pageant in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
on April 12, 2004. The Miss USA 2004
Miss USA 2004
The Miss USA 2004 pageant was held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on April 12, 2004. The winner of the beauty pageant was Shandi Finnessey, who became the first winner from the state of Missouri...
Pageant was televised live on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. In late 2004 she gave up her crown to the 2005 Miss Kansas USA
Miss Kansas USA
The Miss Kansas USA pageant is a competition that selects the representative for the state of Kansas in the Miss USA pageant.Kansas did not place at Miss USA until 1973, the third-to-last state to make their first placement. From then, no delegate from Kansas made the cut until 1991, when Kelli...
winner Rachel Saunders
Rachel Saunders
Rachel Saunders is a beauty queen who has held the title Miss Kansas USA 2005 and competed at Miss USA. She is also known as 'Bissy' or 'Mwissy' but her official title is now Mrs Sunshine....
.
On August 1, 2007 Forbes won the United States Miss Earth title and will represent the United States at the Miss Earth 2007
Miss Earth 2007
Miss Earth 2007, the seventh Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 11, 2007 at the UP Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. The delegates also visited Nha Trang, Vietnam. 88 delegates competed for the title, making 2007 the largest edition of delegates for Miss Earth. The pageant was...
pageant. She is the third consecutive former Miss USA State titleholder to hold this position. She competed at Miss Earth 2007 in Philippines but was the first former Miss USA delegate to be unplaced. The previous two titleholders made the cut.
Education and employment
Forbes was born in Olathe, KansasOlathe, Kansas
Olathe is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Kansas, United States. Located in northeastern Kansas, it is also the fifth most populous city in the state, with a population of 125,872 at the 2010 census. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, Olathe is the fourth-largest city in the...
and moved to Overland Park at age five. After graduating from Blue Valley Northwest High School attended the University of Kansas
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...
where she obtained 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...
degree
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
in Communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
Studies. Forbes plans to pursue a career in either public relations
Public relations
Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....
or marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
, and claims her dream job would be on television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
as a television host.
Forbes is passionate about American Quarter Horse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
s, which she grew up riding, showing and training. In October 2000, she represented the Northeast Kansas Quarter Horse Association in the All American Quarter Horse Congress Queen's Contest in Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
.
In 2006 Forbes appeared on the Paris edition of reality television show The Bachelor, but was eliminated in the first round. She was working as an IT recruiter at the time of her participation on the show.
She and Ashley Litton
Ashley Litton
Ashley Renee Litton is a beauty queen from Missouri who held the Miss Missouri USA title in 2004. -Miss Kansas Teen USA:Litton grew up in Olathe, Kansas and started competing in pageants in that state...
, Miss Missouri USA
Miss Missouri USA
The Miss Missouri USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Missouri in the Miss USA pageant. In 1993, Missouri joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system....
2004 own a pageant shop in Shawnee, Kansas
Shawnee, Kansas
Shawnee is a city located in northwest Johnson County, Kansas, United States and is a western suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 62,209. Shawnee's fur trading and pioneering heritage blends histories of these Kansas Territory townships: Monticello and...
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