Meghan Miller
Meghan Miller (born June 21, 1988) is an American stage actress, beauty queen and ventriloquist from Beaumont, Texas, who has held the Miss America's Outstanding Teen title, and was a competitor on the second season of America's Got Talent.
Meghan Miller | |
|---|---|
| Born | Meghan Miller |
| Title | Miss Farmer's Branch Outstanding Teen 2005 Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2005 Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Hair color | Blonde |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Major competition(s) | Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006 (winner) |
| Website | http://www.meghan-miller.com |
Theatre Work
Miller played the Queen of the Sugar Plum Fairies in Dallas Children's Theater's production of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas in 2013. The next year she portrayed Madeline Astor in Lyric Stage's Titanic. She was a lead puppeteer in the national tour of John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean. Her first Off-Broadway role was Sister Bear in The Berenstain Bears LIVE! at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center.
Beauty pageant work
Miller won the first ever Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen title in 2005, after competing in the state pageant as Miss Farmers Branch's Outstanding Teen pageant. She had placed as a semi-finalist in the Miss Teen Texas pageant the year before, the pageant which became Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen.
Miller went on to represent Texas in the inaugural Miss America's Outstanding Teen pageant held in Orlando, Florida in August, 2005. In the national pageant, Miller won preliminary awards for evening gown and for her talent performance, a ventriloquism act featuring two talking puppets.[1] After making the initial cut at the final competition, Miller competed in evening gown, sportswear, talent and interview, and at the conclusion of the event was crowned Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2005.[2] Being the first titleholder, she was crowned by reigning Miss America, Deidre Downs.
Ventriloquism
Miller competed in the second season of America's Got Talent, with her ventriloquist act, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious with her two puppets, Abner and Shannon, but was eliminated at the first cut of the second round for her act, And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going with her puppet, Kat. She has performed her multiple characters at the House of Blues in Hollywood, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, Universal Studios Orlando, Universal Studios Hollywood, numerous theatres and oprys across America, and the VentHaven Ventriloquist Convention.
She has appeared on a USA Network "Characters Welcome" segment, NBC's The Today Show, CMT Insider, Inside Edition, WB Kid Caster, etc.
Personal life
Miller graduated with honors in 2006 from West Brook High School in Beaumont.[3] She was a member of the school choir and cheerleading squad. Miller attended the University of Texas at Austin and was a member of Alpha Phi.[4] Meghan also is involved in theatre, she played the role of Amber Von Tussle in the musical, Hairspray, at the Collin Theatre Center(Collin College) in 2012.[5]
References
- Reed, Travis (August 19, 2005). "52 teen girls dress, sing to impress Miss America officials". Associated Press.
- Reed, Travis (August 21, 2005). "Texas teen ventriloquist wins Orlando Miss America youth pageant". Plainview Herald. Plainview, TX. Associated Press.
- The Beaumont Enterprise - West Brook grad on 'America's Got Talent' Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Celect Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- 2011-2012 Season Archived 2012-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
External links
| Preceded by None |
Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2006 |
Succeeded by Maria DeSantis |
| Preceded by Holly Gonzalez |
Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen 2005 |
Succeeded by Heather Harris |