Jessica Dereschuk

Who is Jessica Dereschuk?

Jessica Ann Dereschuk is a beauty queen from Stacy, Minnesota, who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.

Dereschuk was born to Gregory & Valarie Vaught Dereschuk. She has two brothers named Nicholas and Mikhail and one sister named Alexandra.

Dereschuk won the Miss Minnesota USA title in her first attempt in late 2003. She represented Minnesota in the Miss USA 2004 pageant broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California, in April 2004. Dereschuk did not place in the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Shandi Finnessey of Missouri.

As Miss Minnesota USA, Dereschuk worked to increase youth voter participation, supporting the Minnesota Secretary of State's "Get Out the Vote" initiatives. For her contributions to Minnesota’s highest-in-the-nation voter turnout in 2004, 20 December 2004 was declared "Jessica Dereschuk Day" in Minnesota. One month previously, 20 November 2004 had been declared "Jessica Dereschuk Day" in Chisago County.

Dereschuk graduated from North Branch High School in 2001 and later completed a degree in Fashion Merchandising and Women's Studies from Century Community College.