1. Lauren Paige Nelson was born on November 26,1986 and is a beauty queen from Lawton, Oklahoma who holds the Miss America 2007 title.
11 Facts About Lauren Nelson
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Lauren Nelson attended MacArthur High School and later graduated from University of Central Oklahoma with a degree in public relations.
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Lauren Nelson was Miss Teen Oklahoma 2004, and in this role, she performed at the 2005 Miss America pageant.
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Lauren Nelson won the Miss Oklahoma State Fair 2006 local title and then competed in the Miss Oklahoma pageant for the first time on June 11,2006.
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Lauren Nelson went on to represent Oklahoma in the Miss America 2007 pageant that was broadcast on CMT from the Theatre for the Performing Arts on January 29,2007.
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Lauren Nelson won a preliminary swimsuit award on Thursday night, becoming her state's first swimsuit preliminary award since 1955.
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Lauren Nelson received a $50,000 scholarship award along with the title.
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Lauren Nelson succeeded Jennifer Berry of Jenks, Oklahoma, this being the second occurrence of consecutive state winners since Mississippi took the Miss America title in both 1959 and 1960.
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Lauren Nelson married Randy Faram, a student minister, on October 24,2009.
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Lauren Nelson gave birth to a son, Mason, in October 2013 and a daughter, Dawson Paige, in March 2016.
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Lauren Nelson teamed up with host John Walsh on the FOX television show America's Most Wanted to assist in the apprehension of potential child predators, posing as a teenager online.