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BALTIMORE - Fashion marketing student Chelsea Cooley, 21, from Charlotte, got into pageants for the scholarships.
"I fell in love with them and it snowballed," she said. "And here I am, Miss USA."
Cooley, the reigning Miss North Carolina, was crowned Miss USA in the 54th annual pageant Monday night. The new titleholder will compete May 30 in the Miss Universe competition in Bangkok, Thailand.
Cooley becomes the first Miss North Carolina to wear the Miss USA crown. She succeeds Shandi Finnessey of Missouri, Miss USA 2004.
A graduate of Independence High School who now attends the Art Institute of Charlotte, Cooley told the Observer in a recent interview that she grew up a tree-climbing, dirt-loving, baseball-card-collecting tomboy.
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/US/04/12/miss.usa.ap/story.miss.usa.ap.jpg
"I fell in love with them and it snowballed," she said. "And here I am, Miss USA."
Cooley, the reigning Miss North Carolina, was crowned Miss USA in the 54th annual pageant Monday night. The new titleholder will compete May 30 in the Miss Universe competition in Bangkok, Thailand.
Cooley becomes the first Miss North Carolina to wear the Miss USA crown. She succeeds Shandi Finnessey of Missouri, Miss USA 2004.
A graduate of Independence High School who now attends the Art Institute of Charlotte, Cooley told the Observer in a recent interview that she grew up a tree-climbing, dirt-loving, baseball-card-collecting tomboy.
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/US/04/12/miss.usa.ap/story.miss.usa.ap.jpg
