Meagan Winings
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Meagan Winings is a beauty queen from Atkinson, Nebraska
who has held the Miss Nebraska Teen USA
2004 title and the Miss Nebraska USA
2009 title.
2004 title on January 1, 2004 over runner-up Canice Coan (Miss Platte County Teen USA). She had competed in 2003, placing 1st runner-up to Leighann Thagard, Miss Douglas County Teen USA. Thagard did not place at Miss Teen USA 2003
. The pageant was won by Tami Farrell
of Oregon
. At Miss Teen USA 2004
, Winings placed in the top ten. She was the first teen from Nebraska to ever place at Miss Teen USA. That pageant was eventually won by Shelley Hennig
of Louisiana
. Her 2004 sister titleholder (Miss Nebraska USA) was Guerin Austin, Miss Regency USA.
, and it was won by Crystle Stewart
of Texas
on her fifth try. In 2009, Winings again competed as Miss Sandhills USA and won the title of Miss Nebraska USA over runner-up Belinda Wright(Miss Nebraska 2010), Miss Greeley County USA, which was held in Norfolk, Nebraska at the Johnny Carson Theater. Winings failed to place at Miss USA 2009
. That pageant was eventually won by Kristen Dalton
of North Carolina
. Wining's teen sister titleholder was Sarah Hollins, Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2009. At Miss Teen USA 2009
, Hollins did not place in the top fifteen. The pageant was eventually won by Stormi Henley
of Tennessee
. In 2010, Belinda Wright, the first-runner up to Winings from 2009, won the title of Miss Nebraska USA 2010 and placed in the top fifteen at Miss USA 2010
, which was eventually won by Rima Fakih
of Michigan
.
, is currently working for her J.D. so that she can work with Law and human rights issues. She is a member of Chicago Advocates and Women In Law, is an editor on the Journal of International and Comparative Law, and she spent the summer of 2009 at Cooney and Conway, a personal injury law firm in Chicago. Winings is also the Clerk of the Phi Alpha Delta Blackstone Chapter. She regularly volunteers at the Open Door Mission and The Susan G. Komen Foundation, because of her mother being a survivor of breast cancer. In her spare time, she enjoys jet skiing, snowboarding, working out, trying new restaurants, shopping, traveling, and being with her family and friends.
Atkinson, Nebraska
Atkinson, Nebraska is a city in Holt County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,244 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Atkinson is located at ....
who has held the Miss Nebraska Teen USA
Miss Nebraska Teen USA
The Miss Nebraska Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nebraska in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant has been directed by Vanbros since 2002.Nebraska has had only two placements at Miss Teen USA...
2004 title and the Miss Nebraska USA
Miss Nebraska USA
The Miss Nebraska USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Nebraska in the Miss USA pageant.In 2002, Nebraska joined the Vanbros group of state pageants for the Miss USA and Teen USA system....
2009 title.
Miss Teen USA 2004
Winings (Miss Sandhills Teen USA) won the Miss Nebraska Teen USAMiss Nebraska Teen USA
The Miss Nebraska Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nebraska in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant has been directed by Vanbros since 2002.Nebraska has had only two placements at Miss Teen USA...
2004 title on January 1, 2004 over runner-up Canice Coan (Miss Platte County Teen USA). She had competed in 2003, placing 1st runner-up to Leighann Thagard, Miss Douglas County Teen USA. Thagard did not place at Miss Teen USA 2003
Miss Teen USA 2003
Miss Teen USA 2003, the 21st Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Palm Springs on 12 August 2003. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Oregon Teen USA Tami Farrell was crowned by outgoing queen Vanessa Semrow of Wisconsin....
. The pageant was won by Tami Farrell
Tami Farrell
Tami Nichole Farrell is a former Miss Teen USA from Phoenix, Oregon who placed first runner-up in Miss California 2009 and was crowned Miss California USA after Carrie Prejean was dethroned by pageant officials in 2009....
of Oregon
Miss Oregon Teen USA
The Miss Oregon Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Oregon in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Until Tennessee's victory in 2009, Oregon was the only state to win more than one Miss Teen USA title - they have produced three winners...
. At Miss Teen USA 2004
Miss Teen USA 2004
Miss Teen USA 2004, the 22nd Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Palm Springs on 6 August 2004. At the conclusion of the final competition, Miss Louisiana Teen USA Shelley Hennig was crowned by outgoing queen Tami Farrell of Oregon....
, Winings placed in the top ten. She was the first teen from Nebraska to ever place at Miss Teen USA. That pageant was eventually won by Shelley Hennig
Shelley Hennig
Shelley Catherine "Shell" Hennig is a beauty pageant titleholder from Destrehan, Louisiana who held the Miss Teen USA 2004 title. She is also an actress who played Stephanie Johnson on Days of our Lives...
of Louisiana
Miss Louisiana Teen USA
The Miss Louisiana Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss Teen USA pageant....
. Her 2004 sister titleholder (Miss Nebraska USA) was Guerin Austin, Miss Regency USA.
Miss USA 2009
In 2008, Winings competed at Miss Nebraska USA as Miss Sandhills USA, and placed 2nd runner-up to Micaela Johnson, Miss Douglas County USA. Johnson did not place at Miss USA 2008Miss USA 2008
Miss USA 2008, the 57th Miss USA beauty pageant, was held in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 11, 2008. At the conclusion of the final night of competition, Crystle Stewart, Miss Texas USA, was crowned the winner by outgoing titleholder, Rachel Smith of Tennessee...
, and it was won by Crystle Stewart
Crystle Stewart
Crystle Danae Stewart , from Missouri City, Texas, is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2008. She was born to Robert & Cynthia Franklin Stewart...
of Texas
Miss Texas USA
The Miss Texas USA competition is the pageant who selects the representative for the state Texas in the Miss USA pageant. In turn, the winner of Miss USA competes for the title of Miss Universe....
on her fifth try. In 2009, Winings again competed as Miss Sandhills USA and won the title of Miss Nebraska USA over runner-up Belinda Wright(Miss Nebraska 2010), Miss Greeley County USA, which was held in Norfolk, Nebraska at the Johnny Carson Theater. Winings failed to place at Miss USA 2009
Miss USA 2009
Miss USA 2009, the 58th Miss USA pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 19, 2009...
. That pageant was eventually won by Kristen Dalton
Kristen Dalton (Miss USA)
Kristen Jeannine Dalton , from Wilmington, North Carolina, is an American beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 2009.-Biography:Dalton is the daughter of Jeannine Dalton who was Miss North Carolina USA 1982...
of North Carolina
Miss North Carolina USA
The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group....
. Wining's teen sister titleholder was Sarah Hollins, Miss Nebraska Teen USA 2009. At Miss Teen USA 2009
Miss Teen USA 2009
Miss Teen USA 2009, the 27th Miss Teen USA pageant, was held at the Imperial Ballroom, Atlantis Paradise Island, in Nassau, Bahamas on July 31, 2009. For the first time since 1986 the Miss Teen USA pageant was held earlier than the Miss Universe pageant...
, Hollins did not place in the top fifteen. The pageant was eventually won by Stormi Henley
Stormi Henley
Stormi Bree Henley is a beauty queen from Crossville, Tennessee who won the Miss Teen USA 2009 title.-Background:Henley is the daughter of Kip & Sissi Henley and sister of Darbi Henley. Her father was the winner of The Golf Channel's The Big Break II reality television competition...
of Tennessee
Miss Tennessee Teen USA
The Miss Tennessee Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA pageant....
. In 2010, Belinda Wright, the first-runner up to Winings from 2009, won the title of Miss Nebraska USA 2010 and placed in the top fifteen at 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...
, which was eventually won by Rima Fakih
Rima Fakih
Rima Fakih is an American beauty pageant contestant, and winner of the 2010 Miss USA title, and is also training to be a professional wrestler in WWE as a WWE Diva. She represented the state of Michigan in the Miss USA 2010 pageant, having previously won the 2010 Miss Michigan USA competition...
of Michigan
Miss Michigan USA
The Miss Michigan USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Michigan in the Miss USA pageant.Michigan is recognized by as being within the top 15 states in terms of Miss USA success. Their first Miss USA victory was in 1990, and notable because Carole Gist...
.
Personal Life
Winings in the only child of Gerald and Michelle Winings. She graduated from Pepperdine UniversityPepperdine University
Pepperdine University is an independent, private, medium-sized university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The university's campus overlooking the Pacific Ocean in unincorporated Los Angeles County, California, United States, near Malibu, is the location for Seaver College, the School of...
, is currently working for her J.D. so that she can work with Law and human rights issues. She is a member of Chicago Advocates and Women In Law, is an editor on the Journal of International and Comparative Law, and she spent the summer of 2009 at Cooney and Conway, a personal injury law firm in Chicago. Winings is also the Clerk of the Phi Alpha Delta Blackstone Chapter. She regularly volunteers at the Open Door Mission and The Susan G. Komen Foundation, because of her mother being a survivor of breast cancer. In her spare time, she enjoys jet skiing, snowboarding, working out, trying new restaurants, shopping, traveling, and being with her family and friends.