Name |
Katie Blair |
Height |
5 ft 5 in |
Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
29-December-1987 |
Place of Birth |
Billings, Montana, U.S. |
Famous for |
Modeling |
Katie Blair is an American model, beauty queen, and television personality from Billings, Montana, who held the Miss Teen USA 2006 and Miss California USA 2011 title. She was the first person from Montana to win a major pageant title. In 2011, she was crowned Miss California USA after originally placing 1st runner-up to Alyssa Campanella; however, when Campanella won Miss USA 2011, Blair was crowned as successor on June 25.
Blair represented Montana in the Miss Teen USA 2006 pageant held in Palm Springs, California on August 15, 2006, and became the first Montanan to place in the pageant. Outgoing titleholder, Allie LaForce of Ohio, crowned Blair as the new Miss Teen USA. Melissa Lingafelt of North Carolina placed first runner-up. Prior to Blair's win in the nationally televised pageant, Montana had been the only state in the competition's 23 year history never to have had a semi-finalist.
Blair's win was somewhat controversial. During the last phase of the competition, which is the basis for the judges' final ranking of contestants, her answer to the final interview question struck some observers as incorrect. Asked by judge Carl Lewis to describe what integrity meant to her, Blair responded that the term meant an all-out ambition to achieve her goals. Blair's was the only somewhat objective question; other contestants were asked about their opinions on a wide variety of topics, such as the driving age and teen image issues.
Houston designer Gaspar Cruz styled Blair's evening gown, hair and makeup. Previously Cruz designed gowns for Gina Giacinto, Miss Nevada USA 2001, who was top five at Miss USA, and for Shauna Gambill, Miss California USA 1998, who was first runner-up at Miss USA.