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Tami Farrell Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name:	Tami Nichole Farrell
Title(s):	Miss Oregon Teen USA 2003 Miss Teen USA 2003
Major Competition(s):	Miss Teen USA 2003

Tami Nichole Farrell (born October 5, 1984) was Miss Teen USA 2003, representing her home city of Phoenix and the state of Oregon. She's also the third representative from Oregon to be crowned Miss Teen USA.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Miss Teen USA 3 References 4 External links

Tami Farrell won her first title, Miss Oregon Teen USA in 2002 and reigned until she won the Miss Teen USA 2003 title in Palm Springs, California on August 12, 2003. She also won the "Miss Congeniality" award at the same pageant. Farrell was one of four members of the top five to wear white, and continued a tradition that saw all the winners from 1998 wear either white or pale pink. She was the second Miss Teen USA to wear the new Mikimoto crown, which features over $100,000 of diamonds and South Sea pearls.^[1]

By winning the pageant, she had the opportunity of making television and modeling appearances for Donald Trump and NBC. Some of the other prizes included sharing a luxurious Manhattan apartment with the reigning Miss Universe and Miss USA, the Mikimoto crown and tiara, a six-week "Summer in the City" scholarship to The School for Film and television in New York City and a yearlong salary for appearances at charity events and movie premieres

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). In addition, during her reign as Miss Teen USA, Farrell raised just over $21 million dollars for American Heart Association, The Sparrow Club and much more. She gave up her title to Shelley Hennig of Louisiana in Palm Springs on August 6, 2004.

Farrell later moved to Los Angeles, CA to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. She spent the summer of 2005 in New York City, attending the summer intensive program of the New York School for Film and Television.

Since giving up the crown, Farrell has also judged a number of state pageants, including Miss Washington USA 2006 and Miss California USA 2006. She has also made a guest appearance on the NBC soap Passions as part of one her many prizes for winning the 2003 Miss Teen USA pageant.

• KidzWorld interview with Farrell
• Abel, Fred, "A Most Congenial Miss Teen USA, Pageantry Magazine

• Tami Farrell at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Kari Ann Peniche	Miss Oregon Teen USA 2003	Succeeded by Lorie Thompson
Preceded by Vanessa Semrow	Miss Teen USA 2003	Succeeded by Shelley Hennig

Miss Universe Organization Titleholders 2003
Miss Universe Amelia Vega	Miss USA Susie Castillo	Miss Teen USA Tami Farrell