Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Born |
Christie Lee Woods October 21, 1977 Huntsville, Texas, U.S. |
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Residence | Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | pageant titleholder, actress, model |
Title(s) |
Miss Texas Teen USA 1996 Miss Teen USA 1996 |
Major competition(s) |
Miss Texas Teen USA 1996 (Winner) Miss Teen USA 1996 (Winner) Miss Texas USA 2002 (3rd Runner-Up) Miss Texas USA 2003 (Top 12) Miss Texas USA 2004 (Top 12) |
Christie Lee Woods (born October 21, 1977 is an American model, actress and the first Texan to capture the Miss Teen USA crown.
Woods first came to prominence as a beauty queen, winning the titles of Miss Texas Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 1996. She later appeared as an actress and as a participant on reality television show, the Amazing Race.
Woods won the Miss Houston Teen USA title in 1995, then competed in Miss Texas Teen USA 1996, winning the title. She represented Texas in the 1996 Miss Teen USA pageant broadcast live from Las Cruces, New Mexico on August 1996, and became the first woman from her state to win the Miss Teen USA title.
As Miss Teen USA, her sister titleholders were, Alicia Machado, Miss Universe 1996, of Venezuela, and Ali Landry, Miss USA 1996, of Louisiana.
She also reigned alongside Brook Lee, who briefly held the title of Miss USA 1997 before winning the 1997 Miss Universe pageant; and Miss Teen USA 1989 and 1st runner-up to Miss USA 1997, Brandi Sherwood, who succeeded Lee as Miss USA.
During her reign, Woods traveled extensively throughout the United States and made appearances for charity, giving up her title in August 1997, when she crowned Shelly Moore of Tennessee as Miss Teen USA 1997 in her home state, Texas.