Ericka Dunlap

Ericka Dunlap
Ericka Dunlap, Miss America 2004
Born	(1982-02-17) February 17, 1982 Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	William R. Boone High School University of Central Florida
Title	Miss Orlando 2001 Miss Heart of Florida 2002 Miss City Beautiful 2003 Miss Florida 2003 Miss America 2004
Term	September 20, 2003 - September 18, 2004
Predecessor	Erika Harold
Successor	Deidre Downs
Spouse(s)	Brian Kleinschmidt (divorced)
Website	http://www.erickadunlap.com/

Ericka Dunlap (born February 17, 1982) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Orlando, Florida who was named Miss Florida 2003 and subsequently crowned Miss America 2004. Dunlap was the first African American woman to be crowned Miss Florida.

Personal

Dunlap is a native of Orlando, attended William R. Boone High School, and is a graduate of the University of Central Florida. While attending college at the University of Central Florida, she became a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.

She and then-husband Brian Kleinschmidt appeared on The Amazing Race 15, where they placed third overall.

Career

In 2004, she was crowned Miss America becoming the seventh African American woman to hold the title. Dunlap's platform was "United We Stand, Divided We Fall Behind: Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion." Dunlap appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Hollywood Squares, Live With Regis and Kelly, and Fox News’ The O'Reilly Factor. She also served as Grand Marshal of the Talladega 500 NASCAR race. She has also appeared in a number of movies, including District 9.

Ms. Dunlap’s international appeal began with her travels to the Middle-East during her reign as Miss America to entertain and serve the American troops for Thanksgiving. Most recently, Ericka traveled to Afghanistan to once again boost morale.

Currently, Ericka is a Public Relations Specialist and has formed Crown Jewel Consulting. Her charitable organization, The Crown Jewel Foundation, promotes social development skills and image awareness in young girls, and is set to re-launch in the summer of 2011 with the Princess Power Project. She continues to travel as a special guest speaker as well as developing her entrepreneurial interests in her hometown of Orlando, Florida.^[1]

Since the fall of 2013, Ericka has been seen as a judge at The American Idol Experience at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World.

References

↑ Dunlap Website

External links

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Official Site

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Erika Harold	Miss America 2004	Succeeded by Deidre Downs
Preceded by Katherine Carson	Miss Florida 2003	Succeeded by Shauna Pender

Miss America 2004, state titleholders

AL: Catherine Crosby AK: Blair Chenoweth CA: Nicole Lamarche CO: Katee Doland DE: Erin Elizabeth Williams FL: Ericka Dunlap IN: Bryn Chapman MD: Marina Harrison NH: Candace Glickman NJ: Jennifer Farrell NY: Jessica Lynch PA: Candace Otto VA: Nancy Redd WV: Allison Williams

Miss America titleholders (2000–2019)

Miss America

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Titleholders Award winners Outstanding Teen MAOT State pageants

Florida pageant winners

Miss Florida	Ada Williams (1927) Rose Marie Magrill (1939) Ann Gloria Daniel (1954) Ellen Meade (1973) Delta Burke (1974) Ann K. Schmalzried (1975) Nancy Stafford (1976) Cathy La Belle (1977) Kim Boyce (1983) Molly Pesce (1986) Leanza Cornett (1992) Kristin Ludecke (1995) Katherine Carson (2002) Ericka Dunlap (2003) Shauna Pender (2003) Jenna Edwards (2004) Mari Wilensky (2005) Allison Kreiger (2006) Kylie Williams (2007) Sierra Minott (2008) Rachael Todd (2009) Jaclyn Raulerson (2010) Kristina Janolo (2011) Laura McKeeman (2012) Myrrhanda Jones (2013) Mary Katherine Fechtel (2015)

Miss Florida USA	Cheryl Patton (1967) Mary-Margaret Humes (1975) Barbi Losh (1985) Shannon DePuy (1995) Kristin Ludecke (2000) Julie Donaldson (2001) Carrie Ann Mewha (2003) Kristen Berset (2004) Melissa Witek (2005) Cristin Duren (2006) Jenna Edwards (2007) Jessica Rafalowski (2008) Anastagia Pierre (2009) Megan Clementi (2010) Lissette Garcia (2011) Karina Brez (2012) Brie Gabrielle (2016) Génesis Dávila (2017)

Miss Florida Teen USA	Cristin Duren (1997) Anastagia Pierre (2004) Jillian Wunderlich (2008)

Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen	Sierra Minott (2005) Mary Katherine Fechtel (2010) Elizabeth Fechtel (2011)

Mrs. Florida	Jaclyn Stapp (2008) Kellie Lightbourn (2010)

The Amazing Race

Original U.S. version

Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8: Family Edition 9 10 11: All-Stars 12 13 14 15 16 17 18: Unfinished Business 19 20 21 22 23 24: All-Stars 25 26 27 28

Contestants

Versions outside the U.S.

Asia
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Australia
A Corrida Milionária
Canada
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- Canada contestants
China Rush
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- China Rush contestants
2nd Chinese version
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French version
HaMerotz LaMillion
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- HaMerotz LaMillion contestants
Latin American version
Norge
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Philippines
Velyki perehony
Vietnam

Shanghai Rush
The Ridonculous Race

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