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Candice Loren Crawford (born December 16, 1986) is an American beauty queen. She is best known for winning the Miss Missouri USA competition in 2008. She later competed in the Miss USA pageant of which she did not win.

Private Life

Born in Lubbock, Texas and then raised in Dallas, Texas, Candice is the younger sister of the actor Chace Crawford, from the television show Gossip Girl.ed in the Miss Texas Teen USA 2003 and 2005 pageants, placing third runner-up in both competitions.

After high school, Candice enrolled at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, where she is currently studying journalism and business. While at Columbia, Missouri, Candice worked with the local NBC affiliate KOMU-TV as a reporter. During college, Candice also worked for Dallas, Texas CBS affiliate KTVT, as a reporter covering the Dallas Cowboys on the CBS show, The Blitz. She is also an active member of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women and serves as the chapter's Vice President of Event Planning. Candice currently serves as a volunteer writer for sports blog Midwest Sports Fans.

Career

She competed in the Miss Texas Teen USA 2003 and 2005 pageants, placing third runner-up in both competitions.

Crawford competed in the Miss Missouri USA 2007 pageant in November 2006 and placed first runner-up to Amber Seyer. She then competed the following year and won the 2008 title. She represented Missouri in the Miss USA 2008 pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada in April 2008. She was the first Miss Missouri USA to place in the nationally televised pageant since Shandi Finnessey won the title in 2004.(wiki)