Hilary Cruz

Hilary Cruz
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hilary Cruz in 2008
Born	(1988-12-04) December 4, 1988 Louisville, Colorado
Hair color	Brunette
Eye color	Brown
Title(s)	Miss Colorado Teen USA 2007 Miss Teen USA 2007
Major competition(s)	Miss Teen USA 2007 (Winner)

Hilary Cruz (born December 4, 1988) is an American actress, model and beauty queen who won Miss Teen USA 2007.

Biography

Cruz graduated from Centaurus High School in 2007 and was going to attend the University of Northern Colorado but chose to put those plans on hold after winning the national title.^[1] Cruz's passion has always been acting, and hopes one day to create a career from it. She is currently attending the New York Film Academy.

Miss Colorado Teen USA

Hilary Cruz was crowned Miss Colorado Teen USA 2007 in 2006, gaining the right to represent the state of Colorado in the national televised pageant of Miss Teen USA 2007

Miss Teen USA

In 2007, Cruz represented Colorado in the Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant held in Pasadena, California in August 2007. During the live television broadcast on August 24, 2007, Cruz was crowned Miss Teen USA 2007 by outgoing titleholder Katie Blair. She was the first titleholder from Colorado in the history of Miss Teen USA and Miss USA. She was the first titleholder from Colorado to place since 1998, and only the fourth to record a placement.

Television

Cruz starred in Donald Trump's new MTV reality show Pageant Place along with Rachel Smith, Riyo Mori and Katie Blair (former Miss Teen USA 2006). The show began airing on October 10, 2007. In 2012 Cruz was cast as the female lead in Michael Addison's music video "Come Back to Me". In 2014 Cruz was cast as the lead in Jesse McCartney's music video "Superbad". In 2010 she was on Hell's Kitchen as guest chef.

In 2016, she was a guest judge at the Miss Teen USA 2016 Pageant in The Venetian Theatre, Las Vegas, Nevada.

References

↑ McGhee, Tom (2007-08-26). "Louisville teen is USA's crown jewel". Denver Post. Retrieved 2007-08-27.

External links

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Katie Blair	Miss Teen USA 2007	Succeeded by Stevi Perry
Preceded by Blair Griffith	Miss Colorado Teen USA 2007	Succeeded by Danielle Scimeca

Miss Teen USA titleholders

Ruth Zakarian (1983)
Cherise Haugen (1984)
Kelly Hu (1985)
Allison Brown (1986)
Kristi Addis (1987)
Mindy Duncan (1988)
Brandi Sherwood (1989)
Bridgette Wilson (1990)
Janel Bishop (1991)
Jamie Solinger (1992)
Charlotte Lopez (1993)
Shauna Gambill (1994)
Keylee Sue Sanders (1995)
Christie Lee Woods (1996)
Shelly Moore (1997)
Vanessa Minnillo (1998)
Ashley Coleman (1999)
Jillian Parry (2000)
Marissa Whitley (2001)
Vanessa Semrow (2002)
Tami Farrell (2003)
Shelley Hennig (2004)
Allie LaForce (2005)
Katie Blair (2006)
Hilary Cruz (2007)
Stevi Perry (2008)
Stormi Henley (2009)
Kamie Crawford (2010)
Danielle Doty (2011)
Logan West (2012)
Cassidy Wolf (2013)
K. Lee Graham (2014)
Katherine Haik (2015)
Karlie Hay (2016)

Miss Universe Organization titleholders (2007)

Miss Universe
Riyo Mori

Miss USA
Rachel Smith

Miss Teen USA
Hilary Cruz

Colorado pageant winners

Miss Colorado	Sharon Ritchie (1955) Marilyn Van Derbur (1957) Rebecca Ann King (1973) Katee Doland (2003) Melaina Shipwash (2010) Diana Dreman (2011) Kelley Johnson (2015)

Miss Colorado USA	Katee Doland (2001) Blair Griffith (2011) Hilary Cruz (2014)

Miss Colorado Teen USA	Amanda Aardsma (1997) Katee Doland (1998) Blair Griffith (2006) Hilary Cruz (2007)

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