{{Short description|American model}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | photo = | name=Allison Brown | other_names= Alli Brown<br>Allison Brown Young | residence= | title=Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 1986<br>Miss Teen USA 1986 | nationalcompetition=Miss Teen USA 1986<br>Miss USA 1987 | birth_name= Allison Elaine Brown | birth_place= Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. | birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1968|08|23}} | eye_color= Green | hair_color= Blonde | height= 5 ft 6 in }} '''Allison Elaine Brown''' (born August 23, 1968) is an American actress and beauty queen who was Miss Teen USA 1986.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/burlington-daily-times-news-jan-22-1986-p-6/|title=Burlington Daily Times News Newspaper Archives, Jan 22, 1986, p. 6|date=1986-01-22|work=NewspaperArchive.com|access-date=2018-02-13|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/clovis-news-journal-jul-19-1987-p-80/|title=Clovis News Journal Newspaper Archives, Jul 19, 1987, p. 80|date=1987-07-19|work=NewspaperArchive.com|access-date=2018-02-13|language=en}}</ref> Brown also competed in the Miss USA pageant.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14389706/philadelphia_daily_news/|title=She'd Sooner be Miss USA|last=Associated Press|date=22 January 1986|work=Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=14 October 2017}}</ref>
==Biography== Brown grew up in Edmond, Oklahoma, and attended Edmond Memorial High School.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1986/01/19/miss-oklahoma-teen-never-quit/62738806007/|title=Miss Oklahoma Teen never quit|last=Phillips|first=Glen|date=19 January 1986|work=The Oklahoman|access-date=11 February 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> She was born to Susanne and H. Jack Brown.<ref name="dream" /> Her mother, who had Native American roots, was a feminist who once picketed beauty pageants.<ref name=dream>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17337523/|title=California Dream Came True for Teen Queen|last=Hughes|first=Mike|date=19 July 1987|work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17337329/|title=Don't tell Mrs Brown she has a lovely daughter|date=23 January 1986|work=The Daily Record}}</ref> Her Irish father was a vascular surgeon who died in the spring of 1987.<ref name="dream" />
Brown won the Miss Oklahoma Teen USA 1986 title after finishing first runner-up the previous year.<ref name=":1" /> She then competed at Miss Teen USA 1986 pageant, where she became the first titleholder from Oklahoma to win the Miss Teen USA title.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1986/01/22/edmond-girl-wins-teen-crown/62738450007/|title=Edmond Girl Wins Teen Crown|last=Marks|first=Alyce Kim|date=22 January 1986|work=The Oklahoman}}</ref> She reigned as Miss Teen USA for 18 months, longer than any titleholder at the time. This was later surpassed by Kaliegh Garris in October 2020.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Goudes|first1=John|title=Brown's reign ending|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14388836/|access-date=13 October 2017|publisher=The Town Talk|date=18 July 1987}}</ref> As Miss Teen USA, she traveled to Bermuda, Guatemala, Chile, and Singapore.<ref name=dream/><ref name=":0" /> During her year as Miss Teen USA, she moved to California to study acting.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17337220/|title=Miss Teen USA has big plans|last=Bobbin|first=Jay|date=19 July 1987|work=The Home News}}</ref>
Brown competed in the Miss USA 1987 pageant held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, but did not place. She later judged the Miss Teen USA 1988 and 1995 pageants.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17337404/|title=Now the pageant begins|date=19 July 1988|work=The San Bernardino County Sun}}</ref><ref name="95TeenUSA">{{cite web |last=The Associated Press |author-link=The Associated Press | title= Kansas farm girl wins Miss Teen USA |date = August 16, 1995 |work = The Salina Journal|via=newspapersarchive.com | quote = The nine judges for the pageant included: Allison Brown Young, Miss Teen USA in 1986... |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/salina-journal-aug-16-1995-p-2/|access-date = February 13, 2018}}</ref>
Following her year as Miss Teen USA, Brown appeared in episodes of ''Free Spirit'' and ''Sister Kate''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1990/02/04/there-she-is-but-whered-she-go/62576289007/|title=There She Is... But Where'd She Go?|last=Miller|first=Linda|date=4 February 1990|work=The Oklahoman}}</ref>
In 1991, Brown played the role of Sarah Horton on the NBC Daytime soap opera ''Days of Our Lives''.
She has been mentioned as a figure from Edmond <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6miAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Allison+Brown%22+miss+teen&pg=PA57|title=Legendary Locals of Edmond|last=Fisk|first=David Randall|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781467101233|pages=57|language=en}}</ref> and named in a travel guide.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y34B0sb3ZmoC&dq=%22Allison+Brown%22+miss+teen&pg=PA11|title=Exploring Oklahoma Highways: Trip Trivia|last=Heim|first=Michael|date=2007|publisher=Exploring America's Highway|isbn=9780977730124|pages=11|language=en}}</ref>
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{{Miss Teen USA titleholders}} {{Miss Universe Organization titleholders |Year = 1986 |Miss Universe= {{flagicon|Venezuela}} Bárbara Palacios |Miss USA= {{flagicon|Texas}} Christy Fichtner |Miss Teen USA= {{flagicon|Oklahoma}} '''Allison Brown''' }} {{Oklahoma Pageant Winners}} {{Authority control}}
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