# Jennifer Berry

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{{Short description|American beauty pageant titleholder}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2010}}
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|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1983|7|18}}
|birth_place   = [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas), U.S.
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|alma_mater   = [University of Oklahoma](/source/University_of_Oklahoma)
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|title         = Miss Grand Lake 2005<br/>[Miss Oklahoma](/source/Miss_Oklahoma) 2005<br/>[Miss America](/source/Miss_America) 2006
|term          = January 21, 2006 - <br/>January 29, 2007
|predecessor   =[Deidre Downs](/source/Deidre_Downs)
|successor     =[Lauren Nelson](/source/Lauren_Nelson)
|spouse = {{marriage|Nathan Gooden|2007}}
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'''Jennifer Berry-Gooden''' (born July 18, 1983) is an American [beauty pageant](/source/beauty_pageant) titleholder<ref name="missok">{{cite web |date=September 1, 2005 |title=Jennifer Berry |publisher=Comcast |url=http://www.cmt.com/asm/events/miss_america/2006/comcast/contestant.jhtml?data=/shows/events/miss_america/2006/xml/contestants/oklahoma.jhtml |access-date=2015-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929150531/http://www.cmt.com/asm/events/miss_america/2006/comcast/contestant.jhtml?data=/shows/events/miss_america/2006/xml/contestants/oklahoma.jhtml |archive-date=September 29, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> who was crowned [Miss America](/source/Miss_America) on January 21, 2006.  A resident of [Tulsa, Oklahoma](/source/Tulsa%2C_Oklahoma), at the time of her investment to sovereignty of [beauty](/source/beauty), she became the fifth Miss America from Oklahoma to have held the title.

==Early life and education==
Berry was born in [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston%2C_Texas). She graduated from [Jenks High School](/source/Jenks_Public_Schools) in 2001, and attended the [University of Oklahoma](/source/University_of_Oklahoma) with a major in [elementary education](/source/elementary_education). She expressed hopes to attain a Master's in education and become an elementary school teacher after her reign as Miss America.

==Pageants==
===Miss Oklahoma 2005===
She won the [Miss Oklahoma](/source/Miss_Oklahoma) 2005 title in a state pageant held at [Tulsa](/source/Tulsa%2C_Oklahoma) on June 11, 2005.  She competed as Miss Grand Lake 2005 and was a double preliminary winner, winning awards for both talent and swimsuit.  This was Berry's fifth attempt at the state title, as she placed third runner-up in 2004 and 2003, made the top 10 in 2002 and was unplaced in 2001.

===Miss America 2006===
[[File:Jennifer berry USO5cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Jennifer Berry and [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) [Admiral](/source/Admiral_(United_States)) [Edmund Giambastiani](/source/Edmund_Giambastiani), [vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff](/source/vice_chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff) at the [United Service Organizations](/source/United_Service_Organizations) of Metropolitan Washington annual awards dinner March 22, 2006]]
Berry represented [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma) in the [Miss America 2006](/source/Miss_America_2006) pageant broadcast from the [Theatre for the Performing Arts](/source/Theatre_for_the_Performing_Arts) on the [Las Vegas Strip](/source/Las_Vegas_Strip) during January 21, 2006, the first occasion the pageant was held outside of [Atlantic City, New Jersey](/source/Atlantic_City%2C_New_Jersey).  During the preliminary competitions Berry won a preliminary talent award for her [ballet](/source/ballet) [en pointe](/source/en_pointe) performance.  At the end of the final night of competition, which involved interview, swimsuit, evening gown and talent competitions, Berry won the Miss America 2006 title, the first titleholder to be crowned outside Atlantic City.

Her platform issue as Miss Oklahoma and Miss America was "Building Intolerance to Drunk Driving and Underage Drinking."  She acted as a national spokesperson for [Mothers Against Drunk Driving](/source/Mothers_Against_Drunk_Driving) during her reign, and also worked on behalf of numerous other charities.  Berry also had the opportunity to host the second annual [Miss America's Outstanding Teen](/source/Miss_America's_Outstanding_Teen) pageant held in [Orlando, Florida](/source/Orlando%2C_Florida).thumb|150px| Berry signing autographs at a Miss America 2008 event

==Personal life==
She is a member of the [Churches of Christ](/source/Churches_of_Christ).<ref>Bobby Ross Jr., [http://www.christianchronicle.org/article183~Months_after_baptism,_Jennifer_Berry_wins_Miss_America_pageant "Months after baptism, Jennifer Berry wins Miss American pageant"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526101449/http://www.christianchronicle.org/article183~Months_after_baptism,_Jennifer_Berry_wins_Miss_America_pageant |date=2010-05-26 }} in ''Christian Chronicle'', 2006 January 25.</ref> She currently lives in [Seattle, Washington](/source/Seattle%2C_Washington). On April 28, 2007, she married Nathan Gooden in her hometown of Tulsa.<ref>Robin Leach, [http://www.vegaspopular.com/2007/01/29/jennifer-berry-her-final-interview-as-miss-america/ "Jennifer Berry -- Her Final Interview as Miss America"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717095953/http://www.vegaspopular.com/2007/01/29/jennifer-berry-her-final-interview-as-miss-america/ |date=2018-07-17 }} on VegasPop, 2007 January 29.</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060204165109/http://www.missamerica.org/compete2006/ Miss America 2006]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060411132112/http://www.missoklahoma.org/new/missok2005.htm Miss Oklahoma 2005]

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{{S-start}}
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{{succession box
| before=[Deidre Downs](/source/Deidre_Downs)
| title=[Miss America](/source/Miss_America)
| years=2006
| after=[Lauren Nelson](/source/Lauren_Nelson)
}}
{{Succession box
| before=Elizabeth Kinney
| title=[Miss Oklahoma](/source/Miss_Oklahoma)
| years=2005
| after=Jennifer Warren
}}
{{S-end}}
{{MissAmericas 2000–2019}}
{{Miss America}}
{{Miss America 2006 Delegates}}
{{Oklahoma Pageant Winners}}

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Category:Living people
Category:American members of the Churches of Christ
Category:Miss America winners
Category:Miss America 2006 delegates
Category:Models from Houston
Category:People from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Category:University of Oklahoma alumni
Category:Miss America Preliminary Talent winners

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