Cristin Duren

Who is Cristin Duren?

Cristin Leigh Duren is a beauty queen from Panama City, Florida who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants.

Duren won her first pageant title in 1997 when she became Miss Florida Teen USA 1997. She competed in the Miss Teen USA 1997 pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas, where she was awarded the title of Miss Photogenic. The pageant was won by Shelly Moore of Tennessee

Duren first competed for a Miss USA state title in 2002, where she placed in the top fifteen of the Miss Florida USA pageant. She later competed at Miss Alabama USA 2005, where she placed second runner-up. She was eligible to compete because she attended college in the state. Six months later, in July 2005, Duren won the Miss Florida USA 2006 title, becoming the first Miss Florida Teen USA to win the Miss Florida USA title.

Duren represented Florida in the Miss USA 2006 pageant televised live from Baltimore, Maryland in April 2006. Of the six former Miss Teen USA delegates competing, Duren competed in the earliest Teen pageant. Duren placed fourth runner-up in the nationally broadcast pageant, equalling Floridas placement of the year before when Melissa Witek also placed fourth runner-up. She was one of three former Miss Teen USA deelgates to make the top five, the others being Tara Conner, Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002 who won the Miss USA 2006 title, and Stacy Offenberger, who was Miss Ohio Teen USA 1998. In the Miss USA 2006 pageant she also won the Miss Photogenic award, becoming the first woman to win this award at both Miss Teen USA and Miss USA.