Tami Farrell, Miss Malibu USA, assumed the position of Miss California USA in June of 2009 after Carrie Prejean was stripped of the title. According to pageant officials, Prejean lost her crown due to "contract violations" including failing to show up for pageant events.CNN: Miss California USA Prejean dethroned (June 11, 2009)
Life and Career
Tami Farrell, from Phoenix, Oregon, won her first major beauty pageant in 2002 when she was crowned Miss Oregon Teen USA. A year later, she was named Miss Teen USA. She relocated to New York and enrolled in the New York School for Film and Television. In 2008, Farrell was crowned Miss Malibu USA and finished second in the 2009 Miss California USA Pageant. Farrell assumed the title of Miss California in June of 2009 after Carrie Prejean was stripped of the crown.Right TV: [1] (June 11, 2009)
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Fast Facts
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Born
October 5, 1984
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Birth place
Phoenix, Oregon
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Full name
Tami Nichole Farrell
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First title
Miss Oregon Teen USA in 2002
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Was Miss Teen USA in 2003
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Won the title of Miss Malibu USA in 2009
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Appeared on Let Some Air In in 2006
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Guest appeared on the NBC soap Passions
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Attended the New York School for Film and Television
