Chelsi Smith
Chelsi Smith was born in Redwood City, California, United States on August 23rd, 1973 and is the Pageant Contestant. At the age of 45, Chelsi Smith biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith (September 23, 1973 – September 8, 2018) was an American actor, singer, television presenter, and beauty pageant champion who was crowned Miss USA 1995 and Miss Universe 1995.
Smith was the third Miss USA of African-American origins after Carole Gist (1990) and Kenya Moore (1993), as well as the sixth American woman to win Miss Universe and the first since Shawn Weatherly was named Miss Universe 1980.
She was the first and only African-American Miss Universe.
Early life
Smith was born in Redwood City, California, to 19-year-old parents Craig Smith, an African-American maintenance man, and Mary Denise Trimble, a white American secretary. Smith's maternal grandparents Barnie and Jeanette were divorced before she was two, and her mother, who was an alcoholic at the time, was granted custody of her daughter.
Smith and her grandparents moved to Kingwood, Texas, where they would later get divorced as well, causing Smith to grow up in a divided household when she attended high school in Deer Park. She was a sophomore majoring in education at San Jacinto College before winning Miss USA.
Life after Miss Universe
Smith, a model, has worked with Hawaiian Tropic, Jantzen, Pontiac, Venus Swimwear, and Pure Protein, among other things. She appeared on Martin, Due South, and TLC's documentary The History of the Bathing Suit.
Smith co-wrote and recorded with producer Damon Elliott her first song, "Dom Da Da Da," which stars Cameron Diaz on the soundtrack to "The Sweetest Thing" with the support of Music World Entertainment/Sony. She appeared in Playas Ball, an independent film in which she co-starred Allen Payne and Elise Neal in 2003. Beyonce: Family and Friends Tour on pay-per-view starred Beyonce Knowles and Aisha Tyler, and she appeared on HBO in Saladin Patterson's short film One Flight Stand with Marc Blucas and Aisha Tyler. She was a judge at the 2006 Miss Teen USA pageant and a guest judge for the Miss Peru 2016 beauty pageant.
In 2011, she was given the Influential Multiracial Public Figure award.
Smith married fitness coach Kelly Blair after her time as Miss Universe and then moved to Los Angeles. They divorced later.