Brittany Hogan
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Brittany Elizabeth Hogan Mayer (born 1985) is a beauty queen from Escondido, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 who was Miss Escondido 2005, Miss San Diego 2005, Miss California USA 2005 and Second Place in the Miss USA 2005
Miss USA 2005
Miss USA 2005, the 54th Miss USA pageant, was held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 11, 2005. It was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title of Miss USA in the Hippodrome Theatre on April 11, 2005...

 pageant.

Miss California USA 2005

Mayer won the Miss California USA
Miss California USA
Miss California USA is a pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss USA pageant.The current titleholder is Katie Blair. She succeeded Alyssa Campanella on June 25, 2011 after Campanella was crowned Miss USA 2011....

 title in a state pageant held in Fresno, California
Fresno, California
Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...

 in September 2004. It was her first attempt at this title, although she had previously placed in the top 10 for Miss California Teen USA
Miss California Teen USA
The Miss California Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss Teen USA pageant. This pageant is part of the Miss Universe Organization, owned by Donald Trump....

 2001. She competed as Miss City of San Diego in the pageant, which she won over one hundred contestants.

Miss USA 2005

Mayer represented California in the Miss USA 2005
Miss USA 2005
Miss USA 2005, the 54th Miss USA pageant, was held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 11, 2005. It was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina.Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title of Miss USA in the Hippodrome Theatre on April 11, 2005...

 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005 and placed first runner-up to Chelsea Cooley
Chelsea Cooley
Chelsea Cooley is a beauty queen from Charlotte, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and who has held the Miss USA 2005 title....

 of North Carolina
Miss North Carolina USA
The Miss North Carolina USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state North Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. This state is part of the RPM Productions group....

. Mayer's placement was her state's highest since 1998, when Shauna Gambill
Shauna Gambill
Shauna Gambill is a beauty queen from Acton, California who has held the Miss Teen USA title and competed in the Miss USA and Miss World pageants....

 also placed first runner-up. Her sister titleholder was Stephanie Brink, Miss California Teen USA 2005, who placed fourth runner-up in the Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant. These placements made California the highest placed state for 2005.
Mayer crowned her successor, Tamiko Nash
Tamiko Nash
Tamiko Pleshette Nash is a beauty queen from Los Angeles, California who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Nash won the Miss California USA pageant in 2005, becoming only the third African-American to hold the title...

 of North Los Angeles, in October 2005.

Personal life

Mayer, the oldest of seven children, was a political science student at Palomar College
Palomar College
Palomar College is a community college with one campus and six education sites in San Diego County, California. The main campus is located in San Marcos, while the six education sites are located elsewhere throughout north San Diego County. The largest of these is the education center located in...

 in San Marcos
San Marcos, California
San Marcos is a suburb of San Diego in the North County section of San Diego County, California. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 83,781. Outside the San Diego region, it is best known as the home of California State University, San Marcos...

, San Diego County at the time of her pageant win. Her goal was to earn a degree in journalism from the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...

 and work as a news correspondent and public speaker for humanitarian causes.

In January 2006 she temporarily put her career plans on hold, moving to Entebbe
Entebbe
Entebbe is a major town in Central Uganda. Located on a Lake Victoria peninsula, the town was at one time, the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda, prior to Independence in 1962...

, Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

 to spend roughly a year studying and working with orphans in the bush village with New Hope organisation.

After returning home, Mayer began extensive work with the District Attorney. She married her longtime sweetheart and personal trainer from the Miss USA competition, Wesley Mayer on June 11, 2009. The two reside in San Diego.

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