Olivia Jordan

Olivia Jordan Thomas (born September 28, 1988) is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented the USA at Miss Universe 2015 and finished as 2nd runner up after being crowned Miss USA on July 12, 2015 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She also represented the United States at Miss World 2013 in Bali, Indonesia where she finished in the top 20. Jordan is the first woman from Oklahoma to be crowned Miss USA.

Early life

Olivia was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Bob and Jill Thomas. She is a 4th generation Tulsan and a graduate of Bishop Kelley High School.^[1] She attended college in Boston, Massachusetts. While at Boston University, she lived on the 9th floor of Sleeper Hall and became SAG-eligible through featured extra work in the movies Ted and Here Comes the Boom.^[1] She graduated from Boston University in May 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in health sciences. She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in modeling and acting. She has appeared in multiple feature films and appeared in Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as well as the Lifetime television pilot Unreal.^[2]

Pageantry

Miss California USA 2013

Jordan represented Beverly Hills in the Miss California USA 2013 on January 13, 2013 where she finished as 1st runner-up to Miss California USA 2013, Mabelynn Capeluj.

Miss World America 2013

Jordan was appointed as Miss World America 2013 and competed at Miss World 2013 pageant.

Miss World 2013

Jordan later represented the United States in the 2013 Miss World, in Bali Indonesia on September 28, 2013 where she finished in the top 20^[3] and was also 1st runner-up for Top Model.^[4]

Miss USA 2015

On December 21, 2014, Jordan won the title of Miss Oklahoma USA 2015 and later won the title of Miss USA 2015 on July 12, 2015 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.^[5] Her question as a Miss USA finalist asked who she would choose as an American woman to put on the next new bill design. She named Harriet Tubman.^[6] On April 20, 2016, the US Treasury officially announced that it had chosen Tubman to be featured on the new $20 bill.^[7] During her reign, Donald Trump sold his stake in the Miss Universe Organization ending his affiliation with the beauty pageant.

Miss Universe 2015

Jordan represented the USA in the Miss Universe 2015 pageant held on December 20, 2015 in her home nation where she was named the second runner up.^[8] Jordan wore a custom Berta Bridal dress to the evening gowns part of the competition, and was chosen among the top 10 dressed in the competition.^[9]

Having previously competed at Miss World 2013, she was the third person from the United States to compete at two major international beauty pageants after Andrea Neu who previously competed at Miss International 2013 and Miss Earth 2014 and Brucene Smith who previously competed in Miss World 1971 and won Miss International 1974. However, she had the distinction of being the first woman to represent the United States at two of the largest and oldest international pageants in the world: Miss World and Miss Universe (coincidentally both of her international pageant participations were won by the Philippines.)

Filmography

References

External links

• Miss World Official Website
• Olivia Jordan is Miss Oklahoma USA 2015
• Olivia Jordan at the Internet Movie Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Diana Harkusha	Miss Universe 2nd Runner-Up 2015	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Nia Sanchez	Miss USA 2015	Succeeded by Deshauna Barber
Preceded by Brooklynne Young	Miss Oklahoma USA 2015	Succeeded by Taylor Gorton
Preceded by Claudine Book	Miss World America 2013	Succeeded by Elizabeth Safrit