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{{Short description|American model (born 1984)}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name                = Vanessa Semrow
| photo               = 
| title               = [[Miss Wisconsin Teen USA]] 2002<br>[[Miss Teen USA]] 2002
| nationalcompetition = [[Miss Teen USA 2002]] (winner)
| birth_place         = [[Rhinelander, Wisconsin]], U.S.
| birth_name          = Vanessa Marie Semrow
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1984|11|13}}
| height              = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}
| eye_color           = Hazel
| hair_color          = Brown
}}
'''Vanessa Marie Semrow''' (born November 17, 1984) is an American model and beauty queen who won [[Miss Teen USA 2002]].<ref name=AP>{{cite news|title=Miss Teen USA 2002 crown goes to Wisconsin native |agency=Associated Press|date=August 29, 2002}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Semrow was born as Vanessa Marie Semrow in [[Rhinelander, Wisconsin]]. Her mother is Thai, her father American.

==Pageantry==
Semrow won the [[Miss Wisconsin Teen USA]] title on October 15, 2001, in a pageant paying tribute to the events of [[September 11 attacks|September 11 that year]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Beauty Pageants Provide Some Respite Here|date=October 15, 2001|newspaper=The Capital Times|first=Aaron|last=Nelson}}</ref> In August 2002, she represented Wisconsin in the [[Miss Teen USA 2002]] pageant and won the competition.<ref name=AP/>

As Miss Teen USA, Semrow represented the [[Miss Universe Organization]] and lived in a Trump apartment in [[New York City]], the first Miss Teen USA titleholder to live there full-time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Life's a Whirlwind for Teen Queen; Rhinelander Takes on Big City after Earning Crown|newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |first=Chris|last=Martell|date=October 12, 2002}}</ref> During her reign, Semrow traveled to [[Kuwait]] and [[Saudi Arabia]] on a [[United Service Organizations|USO]] tour,<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA Bring a Touch of Home To Troops in Southwest Asia|date=November 18, 2002|newspaper=PR Newswire}}</ref> raised money for charities, and attended celebrity events. Her reign ended on August 13, 2003, when she crowned [[Tami Farrell]] [[Miss Teen USA 2003]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Miss Teen USA 2003 crown goes to 18-year-old from Oregon|publisher=Associated Press|date=August 13, 2003}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Miss Teen USA titleholders}}
{{Wisconsin Pageant Winners}}
{{Miss Universe Organization titleholders
|Year = 2002
|Miss Universe= {{flagicon|Panama}} [[Justine Pasek]]
|Miss USA= {{flagicon|District of Columbia}} [[Shauntay Hinton]]
|Miss Teen USA= {{flagicon|Wisconsin}} '''Vanessa Semrow'''
}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2002 beauty pageant contestants]]
[[Category:21st-century Miss Teen USA delegates]]
[[Category:Miss Teen USA winners]]
[[Category:People from Rhinelander, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:American people of Thai descent]]

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