Shawntel Smith

{{short description|American beauty pageant contestant (born 1971)}} {{Infobox person |name = Shawntel Smith |image = Shawntel Smith 2008.png |image_size = 150px |caption= Shawntel Smith signing autographs at the Miss America 2008 pageant |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1971|09|16}} |birth_place = Muldrow, Oklahoma |death_date = |death_place = |education = Muldrow High School<br />Northeastern State University<br />Oklahoma City University<br />Oral Roberts University |alma_mater = |title = Miss Oklahoma 1995<br />Miss America 1996 |predecessor = Heather Whitestone |successor = Tara Dawn Holland |spouse = Ryan Wuerch |children = 4 |website = |footnotes = }}

'''Shawntel Smith Wuerch''' (born September 16, 1971) is an American beauty pageant contestant, who was Miss America in 1996. She was born in Muldrow, Oklahoma. She attended Oklahoma City University.<ref name="education">{{cite news |first=Sarah |last=Boswell |newspaper=The Oklahoman |publisher=OPUBCO |location=Oklahoma City, OK |title=Nine Oklahoma City University students to compete for Miss Oklahoma title |url=http://newsok.com/nine-oklahoma-city-university-students-to-compete-for-miss-oklahoma-title/article/3681519 |date=June 5, 2012 |accessdate=June 30, 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life== Smith is married to tech executive, Ryan Wuerch. Together, Smith and her husband have 4 sons; Braden, Barrett, Brennan, and Bryson; 2 of which are from Wuerch's previous marriage.<ref>{{cite news |first=Shaun |last=Epperson |newspaper=Tulsa World |title=Oklahoma's former Misses still hits in life after pageant |url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/oklahoma-s-former-misses-still-hits-in-life-after-pageant/article_53012524-abef-513f-ac98-5a77d8de3a8c.html |date=February 23, 2006}}</ref> Wuerch was previously a board member for the Miss America Organization and is the co-founder and current CEO of DOSH, an, "app that puts money back into the pockets of consumers and businesses alike using breakthrough technology to eliminate wasted spending."<ref>{{cite web |publisher=ryanwuerch.com |title=About Ryan |url=http://ryanwuerch.com/about/ }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |publisher=Silicon Hills |title=Ryan Wuerch Plans to Build Dosh into a Billion Dollar Company Disrupting the Ad-Tech Market |url=http://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2018/02/23/ryan-wuerch-plans-build-dosh-billion-dollar-company-disrupting-ad-tech-market/ |date=February 23, 2018}}</ref> In May 2017, DOSH and the Miss America Organization announced a sponsorship agreement.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://missamerica.org/2017/05/25/miss-america-organization-proudly-announces-newest-sponsor-dosh/ |title=The Miss America Organization Proudly Announces Its Newest Sponsor – DOSH - Miss America |website=missamerica.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604143749/http://missamerica.org/2017/05/25/miss-america-organization-proudly-announces-newest-sponsor-dosh |archive-date=2017-06-04}} </ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ryanwuerch.com/the-miss-america-organization-partners-with-dosh/|title = The Miss America Organization Partners with Dosh}}</ref>

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==External links== *[https://archive.today/20060901072303/http://thecampus.okcu.edu/Pages/History/beauties/shawntelsmith.html Oklahoma City University report] {{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before=Heather Whitestone | title=Miss America | years=1996 | after=Tara Dawn Holland }} {{succession box | before=Tiffany Craig | title=Miss Oklahoma | years=1995 | after=Meighen Bradfield }} {{s-end}} {{MissAmericas 1980–1999}} {{Miss America}} {{Miss America 1996 Delegates}} {{Oklahoma Pageant Winners}} {{Authority control}}

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