Monica Day is a Columbus, Ohio

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...

 broadcaster 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 in 2008.

Day won the Miss Ohio USA

Miss Ohio USA

The Miss Ohio USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss USA pageant.Ohio achieved success in the first decades of the Miss USA competition but has not done as well in recent years...

 title after previously placing as a semi-finalist in the pageant in 2003, 2004 and 2006 and making the top five at Miss Ohio Teen USA

Miss Ohio Teen USA

The Miss Ohio Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Ohio in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Ohio is one of the least successful states at Miss Teen USA, and has only placed three times. Most importantly, Allie LaForce won the Miss Teen USA crown in 2005,...

 2000. Day went on to represent Ohio

Ohio

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 in the Miss USA 2008

Miss 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...

 pageant held in Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

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, Nevada

Nevada

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 on April 11, 2008. Although she did not place in the national pageant, she did win the Miss Congenality award, the first for her state.

Day appears on WCMH 4, an NBC

NBC

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 affiliate based in Columbus Ohio where she covers morning traffic for the stations early morning news broadcast. Day's grandfather was Bill Sapp, a central Ohio restaurateur who established the famed Kahiki Supper Club on Columbus' eastside.

External links

• Miss Ohio USA official website
• Miss USA official website
• Day's Miss USA Pageant blog
• Monica Day on Facebook
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• NBC4's Monica Day