Tanya Lehman
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born | Tanya Justine Lehman August 14, 1983 York, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Hazel |
| Title(s) | Miss Pennsylvania USA 2006 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss USA 2006 |
Tanya Justine Lehman (born August 14, 1983) is a beauty queen, model, and actress from York, Pennsylvania who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.
Lehman won the Miss Pennsylvania USA 2006 title in a state pageant held in late 2005. It was her second attempt at this title, as she placed in the semi-finals of the 2003 event. She also placed second runner-up in the Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2001 pageant.[1]
Lehman represented Pennsylvania in the Miss USA 2006 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006. She did not place in the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Tara Conner of Kentucky.
Lehman graduated from York Suburban Senior High School in 2001. She later studied at Duquesne University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Management Systems. At Duquesne, she has been placed on Dean's List, and has received awards for community service and also a Women's Leadership Society Award. In the summer of 2006 she was a participant and awardee in Pittsburgh's 50 Finest, a charity event to benefit those with cystic fibrosis. She is also very active in many charitable organization such as the American Heart Association.
In 2009, Lehman graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a masters of Public Health in Behavioral and Community Health Sciences.
Lehman has been working as a model/actress since 2006 and she has appeared in many national commercials and advertisements such as Sucrets, Transition Lenses, Fisher Price, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dirt Devil, Supermodels Unlimited Magazine, Value City Furniture, Dollar Bank, and more.
Her hobbies and interests include traveling, shopping, working out and reading.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Chengery, Anna (2005). "DU Senior is crowned Miss PA". The Duquesne Duke. http://www.digitalduke.duq.edu/article.asp?id=319. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- ^ "Suburban grad goes for Miss USA title". York Dispatch. 2006-04-21. Archived from the original on 2006-05-04. http://web.archive.org/web/20060504171214/http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_3735494. Retrieved 2007-02-12. (Internet Archive cache).
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| Preceded by Brenda Brabham |
Miss Pennsylvania USA 2006 |
Succeeded by Samantha Johnson |
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