| Shauntay Hinton was born in Starkville, Mississippi in 1979. After graduating from Starkville High School in 1997, she moved to Washington D.C. to study broadcast communications at Howard University. She joined and won the Miss District of Columbia USA pageant in November 2001, the first time she had competed in the competition. Shauntay went on to represent the District of Columbia at the Miss USA 2002 pageant held in Gary, Indiana on 28 February, 2002 where she captured the Miss USA title and the honor of representing USA at the 2002 Miss Universe Pageant in Puerto Rico in May that year. ( Wikipedia ) |
