Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Tami Farrell attending "The 6th Annual Hollywood Style Awards" Beverly Hills, California on October 10, 2009
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Born |
Tami Nichole Farrell October 5, 1984 Phoenix, Oregon |
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Title(s) |
Miss Oregon Teen USA 2003 Miss Teen USA 2003 Miss California USA 2009 |
Major competition(s) |
Miss Teen USA 2003 (Winner) |
Tami Nichole Farrell (born October 5, 1984) is a former Miss Oregon Teen USA, Miss Teen USA and Miss California USA from Phoenix, Oregon.
Farrell is the daughter of a freight driver and a special education assistant. She suffers from Vasovagal syncope.
Farrell graduated from Phoenix High School in 2003. She has supported Sparrow Clubs USA and American Heart Association since she was a student, continuing her associationt throughout her reigns as Miss Teen USA and Miss California USA.
After holding the Miss Teen USA title Farrell spent the summer of 2005 in New York City, attending the summer intensive program of the School for Film and Television in New York and then moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
Farrell has judged a number of state pageants, including Miss Washington USA 2006 and Miss California USA 2006.
Tami Farrell won her first title, Miss Oregon Teen USA in 2002 and went on to win the Miss Teen USA 2003 pageant in Palm Springs, California on August 12, 2003. She also won the Miss Congeniality award at the same pageant. Farrell was the third representative of Oregon to win the pageant.
As Miss Teen USA, Farrell represented the Miss Universe Organization. Her "sister" 2003 titleholders were Amelia Vega (Miss Universe, of the Dominican Republic) and Susie Castillo (Miss USA, of Massachusetts). She gave up her title to Shelley Hennig of Louisiana in Palm Springs on August 6, 2004.