Shauna Pender

Shauna Pender
Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Shauna Macon, Georgia, U.S.
Hair color	Dark Brown
Eye color	Green
Title(s)	Miss Florida 2003

Shauna Pender is a Miss America preliminary scholarship winner who was crowned Miss Florida in 2003 after preceding Miss Florida Ericka Dunlap won Miss America. She had previously won Miss St. Petersburg, Florida. She was born in 1979.

Education

Pender graduated from Houston County High School near Warner Robins, Georgia.

In 2003, Pender graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre from Florida State University.^[1]

Media

Pender appeared on several network program broadcasts as an actress and in numerous media reports on her accident and recovery. She acted in the ABC daytime soap opera All My Children and in the Spring of 2003 she finished in the Top Twelve on the short-lived ABC reality television show "All American Girl".^[1]

Accident

Only two weeks after being crowned Miss Florida 2003, Pender was critically injured in an automobile accident on November 7, 2003. Pender was a passenger in a white Lincoln Town Car on her way to a charity event when a refrigerated container tractor-trailer overloaded with avocados overturned on her vehicle in the westbound lanes of the Dolphin Expressway in Miami, Florida. After being rushed to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, Pender momentarily died in the operating room but was resuscitated by medical professionals. Pender underwent months of surgeries and physical therapy to begin her multi-year recovery from the accident. She speaks frequently of the accident and recovery in her motivational speaking engagements.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Public causes

Pender’s main focus for her reign as Miss Florida was to have been "Society Embracing Special Needs People", and she continues to speak on disabilities and special needs issues. Following her accident, she also focused on bringing media attention to the dangers of overweight trucks.^[1]^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 Shauna Pender Official Site
1 2 Special Report: Fighting Back: Former Miss Florida Shauna Pender; CBS 4, Miami, Florida; September 14, 2006
↑ Degregory, Lane; A Second Look: Poised to pass on the tiara, St. Petersburg Times, January 31, 2004
↑ Thompson, Jamie; With her tiara, tears, St. Petersburg Times, June 24, 2004

External links

Shauna Pender’s Official Website

Preceded by Ericka Dunlap	Miss Florida 2003	Succeeded by Jenna Edwards

Florida pageant winners

Miss Florida	Ada Williams (1927) Rose Marie Magrill (1939) Ann Gloria Daniel (1954) Ellen Meade (1973) Delta Burke (1974) Ann K. Schmalzried (1975) Nancy Stafford (1976) Cathy La Belle (1977) Kim Boyce (1983) Molly Pesce (1986) Leanza Cornett (1992) Kristin Ludecke (1995) Katherine Carson (2002) Ericka Dunlap (2003) Shauna Pender (2003) Jenna Edwards (2004) Mari Wilensky (2005) Allison Kreiger (2006) Kylie Williams (2007) Sierra Minott (2008) Rachael Todd (2009) Jaclyn Raulerson (2010) Kristina Janolo (2011) Laura McKeeman (2012) Myrrhanda Jones (2013) Mary Katherine Fechtel (2015)

Miss Florida USA	Cheryl Patton (1967) Mary-Margaret Humes (1975) Barbi Losh (1985) Shannon DePuy (1995) Kristin Ludecke (2000) Julie Donaldson (2001) Carrie Ann Mewha (2003) Kristen Berset (2004) Melissa Witek (2005) Cristin Duren (2006) Jenna Edwards (2007) Jessica Rafalowski (2008) Anastagia Pierre (2009) Megan Clementi (2010) Lissette Garcia (2011) Karina Brez (2012) Brie Gabrielle (2016) Génesis Dávila (2017)

Miss Florida Teen USA	Cristin Duren (1997) Anastagia Pierre (2004) Jillian Wunderlich (2008)

Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen	Sierra Minott (2005) Mary Katherine Fechtel (2010) Elizabeth Fechtel (2011)

Mrs. Florida	Jaclyn Stapp (2008) Kellie Lightbourn (2010)

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