Candace Allen
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Candace Allen is a beauty queen from Washington, DC who has competed in the Miss USA
Miss USA
The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...

 pageant.

Allen won the Miss District of Columbia USA
Miss District of Columbia USA
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 2006 title in a state pageant held in late 2005. On April 21, 2006 she competed for the title of Miss USA 2006
Miss USA 2006
Miss USA 2006, the 55th Miss USA pageant, was held at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on April 21, 2006. Fifty-one state titleholders competed for the title, which was won by Tara Conner of Kentucky...

 in Baltimore, Maryland. Allen was a semi-finalist, placing in the competition's Top Ten. Furthermore, Allen was also one of twenty six Miss USA
Miss USA
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 Delegates who appeared on Deal or No Deal in April 2006.

Allen graduated from Cheltenham High School
Cheltenham High School
Cheltenham High School is a public high school in Wyncote, Pennsylvania serving grades 9 through 12. Cheltenham is the Senior High School in the School District of Cheltenham Township...

 in Wyncote, Pennsylvania
Wyncote, Pennsylvania
Wyncote is a census-designated place in Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,044 at the 2010 census...

 in 2001 and completed her Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
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 degree in Legal Communications at Howard University
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...

 in 2006. She aspires to be an attorney with the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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 (FCC) .

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