Shanna Moakler
A Providence, Rhode Island native, Shanna Elisabeth Moakler was born on March 28th, 1975. She led an everyday girl's existence in high school until, as a late "bloomer," guys started to notice something special about her. She blossomed into a full-bodied, 5'8" beauty and started to model.
She began modeling in Miami after graduation, and, at 18, set her sights on the Miss USA Pageant. In 1995, she competed in the popular event and came in second to Chelsi Smith. A few months later, Smith won the Miss Universe crown and thus turned over her USA title to Moakler.
During her reign as Miss USA, she got a taste of the spotlight, but did not enjoy the constant chaperoning that went hand in hand with the tiara.
Moakler was too much of a free spirit to be harnessed like that and was glad when her one-year reign was over.Moakler proceeded to get involved in television, landing her first role in Friends 'Til the End with Shannon Doherty, and film, doing the raunchy Poison Ivy: The New Seduction, both in 1997.