Olivia Jordan Hector is an American actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss USA 2015.
13 Facts About Olivia Jordan
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Olivia Jordan represented the United States at Miss Universe 2015, where she placed as a second runner-up.
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Olivia Jordan is the first known woman from Oklahoma to be crowned as Miss USA.
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Olivia Jordan Thomas was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Bob and Jill Thomas.
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Olivia Jordan is a fourth generation Tulsan, and attended Bishop Kelley High School.
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Olivia Jordan graduated in May 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in health sciences, and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in modeling and acting.
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Olivia Jordan represented Beverly Hills in the Miss California USA 2013 on January 13,2013, where she finished as first runner-up to Miss California USA 2013, Mabelynn Capeluj.
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Later that year, Olivia Jordan was appointed as Miss World America 2013 and competed at Miss World 2013 pageant, where she finished in the top 20 and was first runner-up for Top Model.
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On December 21,2014, Jordan won the title of Miss Oklahoma USA 2015 by outgoing titleholder Brooklynne Young and later won the title of Miss USA 2015 on July 12,2015, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, making her the first entrant from Oklahoma to win and the first winner from the South since Kristen Dalton who won representing North Carolina in 2009.
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Olivia Jordan represented the United States in the Miss Universe 2015 pageant held on December 20,2015, where she was named the second runner-up.
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Olivia Jordan wore a custom Berta Bridal dress to the evening gown portion of the competition, and was chosen among the top ten dressed in the competition.
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Olivia Jordan was the third person from the United States to compete at two major international beauty pageants after Brucene Smith, who competed in Miss World 1971 and won Miss International 1974, and Andrea Neu, who previously competed at Miss International 2013 and Miss Earth 2014.
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Olivia Jordan is one of only ten former Miss World semifinalists to place in the Miss Universe semifinals, the others being Michelle McLean of Namibia in 1992, Christine Straw of Jamaica in 2004, Ada de la Cruz of the Dominican Republic in 2009, Yendi Phillipps of Jamaica in 2010, Patricia Yurena Rodriguez of Spain in 2013, Catriona Gray of the Philippines in 2018, Maeva Coucke of France in 2019, Julia Gama of Brazil and Andrea Meza of Mexico both in 2020.