Who is Candice Loren Crawford? The entertainment and Beauty pageant world knows her as Candice Crawford. Crawford was a reporter for
KDAF,
the CW-affiliate in
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas[2] and a former
American beauty queen. She won the
Miss Missouri USA competition in 2008. She later competed in the
Miss USA pageant when she placed in the top ten.
Personal life
Candice was born December 16, 1986
in
Lubbock, Texas and then raised in
Dallas, Texas, Crawford is the younger sister of the actor
Chace Crawford, from the television show
Gossip Girl.
[3] Crawford graduated from
Trinity Christian Academy in
Addison, Texas in 2005.
[4]

After high school, Crawford enrolled at the
University of Missouri in
Columbia, Missouri, where she studied journalism and business. While at
Columbia, Missouri, Candice worked with the local
NBC affiliate
KOMU-TV as a reporter. During college, Crawford also worked for
Dallas, Texas CBS affiliate
KTVT, as a reporter covering the
Dallas Cowboys on the CBS show,
The Blitz. She was also an active member of
Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for women. Plus, Crawford served as a volunteer writer for sports blog
Midwest Sports Fans.[5]

On March 16, 2007, Crawford was arrested for underaged possession of alcohol at the
bar Tonic in Columbia, Missouri.
[6][7]
She dated Cowboys quarterback
Tony Romo since summer 2009.
[8][9] On December 16, 2010, the
KDAF Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas news station where Crawford works, announced she became engaged to Romo while celebrating her 24th birthday with her family at the restaurant Five Sixty.
[10] On May 28, 2011, the couple were married.
[11]
Career
She competed in the
Miss Texas Teen USA 2003 and 2005 pageants, placing third runner-up in both competitions.

Crawford competed in the
Miss Missouri USA 2007 pageant in November 2006 and placed first runner-up to
Amber Seyer. She then competed the following year and won the 2008 title and the Special Achievement recognition in the Swimsuit category.
[4][3][12] She represented
Missouri in the
Miss USA 2008 pageant held in
Las Vegas, Nevada in April 2008.
[13]
Crawford did work for
KDAF as the 33TV's reporter covering high school sports, as well as the
Up All Night segment about
nightlife hot spots in Dallas-Fort Worth, mostly
drinking establishments,
[14] and co-hosts
The RC Project with Roni Proter about the latest trends.
[15] Crawford hosted the Dallas Cowboys' weekend sports show,
Special Edition.
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