Kalyn Chapman James is an American model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder from Mobile, Alabama, who was crowned Miss Alabama in 1993, the first African American to win the pageant.
15 Facts About Kalyn Chapman
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Kalyn Chapman competed for the Miss America 1994 title and placed as a top-ten semi-finalist.
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Kalyn Chapman was named was first runner-up to winner Wendy Neuendorf.
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Kalyn Chapman placed second runner-up for the Miss Alabama 1992 crown behind winner Kim Wimmer and first runner-up Heather Whitestone.
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Kalyn Chapman was crowned Miss Leeds Area 1993 which made her eligible to compete at the 1993 Miss Alabama pageant, her third attempt at the state title.
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Kalyn Chapman won the competition on Saturday, June 19,1993, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Alabama titleholder Kim Wimmer.
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Kalyn Chapman became the first African American to be named Miss Alabama.
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Kalyn Chapman was Alabama's representative at the Miss America 1994 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 1993.
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Kalyn Chapman was Top 10 semi-finalist for the national title.
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Kalyn Chapman is a native of Mobile, Alabama, and graduated from Murphy High School in 1988.
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Kalyn Chapman suffered a knee injury and returned to Mobile to complete her degree.
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Kalyn Chapman completed her Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1997.
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Kalyn Chapman married Rico James in 2003 and is known professionally as Kalyn Chapman James.
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Since passing on the Miss Alabama crown, Kalyn Chapman has worked as a model, dancer, choreographer, voiceover talent, television host, event emcee, fitness instructor, actor, a Fox Sports Network reporter, spokeswoman for VisionLand, teaching artist for the non-profit Arts for Learning, and is currently the Corporate Sponsorship Coordinator at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.
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Kalyn Chapman was the featured actor in national and international television commercials for Tia Lusso liqueur and Old Navy Bermuda Shorts, and her family has appeared in television commercials for Sanibel Island Tourism, Hershey's Air Delights, Zurich Insurance, Disney Parks, Crocs, and other clients.