Shauntay Hinton

Shauntay Renae Hinton (born February 26, 1979) is an American actress and beauty queen who won the Miss USA 2002.

Shauntay Hinton
Hinton Miss USA 2002
Born (1979-02-26) February 26, 1979
Starkville, Mississippi, U.S.
TitleMiss District of Columbia USA 2002
Miss USA 2002
Beauty pageant titleholder
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBrown
Major
competition(s)		Miss USA 2002
(Winner)
Miss Universe 2002
(Unplaced)

Biography

Born and reared in her native Starkville, Mississippi, Shauntay Renae Hinton stepped into the national spotlight as Miss USA 2002. After attending Howard University in Washington D.C. with a major in broadcast journalism, she used her communication skills along with the coveted title of Miss USA to work on behalf of charitable organizations like Susan G. Komen For The Cure, Miriam's Kitchen, Gilda's House, the USO and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Shauntay is credited for helping to raise $34 million for all her charitable causes in 2002. A frequent guest co-anchor/panelist debating current events and pop culture on HLN network programs including PRIME NEWS and SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, Shauntay is currently an anchor for the Sunrise Morning Show for North Mississippi's local CBS news affiliate, WCBI. Her other credits include a recurring role on Nickelodeon's "iCarly" as "Jessica Warner", hosting lifestyle and entertainment programming for NBC, Fox Sports, Fox Movie Channel, Lifetime, HGTV, Twentieth Television, BET, TV One, Current TV and The History Channel. Shauntay also serves as an Ambassador for ChildFund International (aka Christian Children's Fund).

Education

Hinton graduated from Starkville High School in 1997. She later studied broadcast communications at Howard University.

Pageants

Hinton won the Miss District of Columbia USA 2002 title in November 2001, the first time she had competed in the competition. Hinton hails from Starkville, Mississippi and she qualified to compete there because she was attending Howard University.

Hinton went on to represent the District of Columbia at the Miss USA 2002 pageant held in Gary, Indiana on 1 March 2002 where she became the fourth African American to win the Miss USA title.[1] The pageant marked the first time that 4 out of the 5 five finalists were African American.

Hinton later competed in the Miss Universe 2002 pageant in Puerto Rico in May that year. As of 2010, she is one of only four Miss USA winners not to have placed among the semi-finalists in the Miss Universe pageant. The other three are Miss USA 1976 Barbara Peterson, Miss USA 1999 Kimberly Pressler, and Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih.

Hinton spoke out on the Miss USA 2010 official photo controversy on Showbiz Tonight on May 5, HLN Prime News on May 10, 2010, and on several other news channels. She believes the photos are not racy, and that they represent "women comfortable in their own skin."[2]

Casting

She plays a live action character, reporter Brittany Bhima, in the video game Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, released in 2007.

In 2009, Hinton played Jessica Warner in 2 episodes of iCarly.

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
2002The 51st Annual Miss USA PageantHerself-Miss District of Columbia USA
Live with Regis and Kathie LeeHerself1 episode
The 16th Annual Soul Train Music AwardsHerselfTV
Miss Universe PageantHerself-Miss USATV
The Early ShowHerself2 episodes-dated March 2 and November 25
2003Miss USAHerself
BET Open Mic: HIV Testing Day HostTV
The Best Damn Sports Show PeriodGuest Correspondent2 episodes-dated December 12, 2002 and August 1
2005Fresh Start WeekendHerself-HostTV
Current TVHostunknown episodes
Tears of a ClownTasha
Nice Guy?Nicole
20062006 Trumpet AwardsHerself - Red Carpet HostTV
Criminal MindsFemale Reporter1 episode
CutsAngel1 episode
2007World PremiereHerself-Host1 episode
We Live HereHerself-Host6 episodes;2007–2008
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium WarsBrittany BhimaVG
2009HeroesAnnouncer1 episode
Un-broke: What You Need To Know About MoneyReporterTV
iCarlyJessica Warner/Reporter2 episodes-iRock the Vote:dated February 7;iFight Shelby Marx:dated August 8

References
  1. Shidler, Lisa. "Dream comes true for queen: Red, white and blue ushers in D.C. winner Shauntay Hinton". Post-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2006-03-22. Retrieved 2006-02-25.
  2. "CNN.com". CNN.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Kandace Krueger		 Miss USA
2002		 Succeeded by
Susie Castillo
Preceded by
Liane Angus		 Miss District of Columbia USA
2002		 Succeeded by
Michelle Dollie Wright
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