Shandi Finnessey Biography

Fast Facts

• Through her affiliation with Miss USA, she has advocated for such organizations as the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, the Susan G․ Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and Gilda's Club
• According to her official online bio, she has helped with raising more than $30 million in funds for breast and ovarian cancer research
• Alongside performer Wayne Newton and the USO, she toured with US forces and visited military troops, hospitals and get-togethers
• While attending Lindenwood, she conducted reserach on androgyny that was published in the SEPA Journal
• In 1999, she graduated from Lindenwood University in Saint Charles, Mo․, with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology
• Graduated from Incarnate Word Academy in 1996
• She is best known for winning both the Miss Missouri and Miss USA titles, and finished as the first runner-up in the Miss Universe competition
• Is most recently on the hosts of CW's "OK! TV," an entertainment industry and pop-culture news series
• Has worked as a host for "PlayMania," "quiznation" and CBS's "Ultimate Blackjack Tour․"
• Wrote "The Furrtails," an award-winning children's book on individuality and disabilities
• She is a natural bonde with blue eyes