Monica Louwerens
Encyclopedia
Monica Louwerens is a beauty queen from Canada
who has competed in the Miss America
pageant and has appeared on numerous episodes of Power Rangers
.
Louwerens, at the time an American citizen and resident of Greenville, Mississippi
, won the Miss Mississippi
1995 title in the summer of 1995. She went on to represent her state at the Miss America
1996 pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey
in September of 1995. Louwerens placed in the top ten of the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Shawntel Smith
of Oklahoma
. Her talent was a vocal performance of Vanilla Ice Cream from the musical She Loves Me.
Louwerens graduated from Wesleyan University
in May, 1995 with honors with a BA in English and Theater. She was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi
society's Middletown
chapter.
Louwerens has appeared as Angela Fairweather in the Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue
series and has most recently appeared in the hit TV show Heroes
. In the episode "Distractions
", she plays a woman that gets her purse stolen by Peter
(played by Milo Ventimiglia
) in the first 10 minutes of the episode.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
who has competed in the Miss America
Miss America
The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
pageant and has appeared on numerous episodes of Power Rangers
Power Rangers
Power Rangers is a long-running American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live action children's television series featuring teams of costumed heroes...
.
Louwerens, at the time an American citizen and resident of Greenville, Mississippi
Greenville, Mississippi
Greenville is a city in Washington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 48,633 at the 2000 census, but according to the 2009 census bureau estimates, it has since declined to 42,764, making it the eighth-largest city in the state. It is the county seat of Washington...
, won the Miss Mississippi
Miss Mississippi
:For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Mississippi USAMiss Mississippi is a scholarship pageant and a preliminary of Miss America. The contest began in 1934, has been held in Vicksburg since 1958, and provides more money than any other scholarship pageant in the Miss America...
1995 title in the summer of 1995. She went on to represent her state at the Miss America
Miss America
The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
1996 pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
in September of 1995. Louwerens placed in the top ten of the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Shawntel Smith
Shawntel Smith
Shawntel Smith is an American beauty pageant contestant, who was Miss America in 1996. She was born in Muldrow, Oklahoma.-External links:*...
of Oklahoma
Miss Oklahoma
The Miss Oklahoma competition selects a winner to compete on behalf of Oklahoma in the Miss America pageant. Miss Oklahoma has won the crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common, Norma Smallwood won, competing as Miss Tulsa, giving the state of Oklahoma a...
. Her talent was a vocal performance of Vanilla Ice Cream from the musical She Loves Me.
Louwerens graduated from Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
in May, 1995 with honors with a BA in English and Theater. She was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi
Alpha Delta Phi
Alpha Delta Phi is a Greek-letter social college fraternity and the fourth-oldest continuous Greek-letter fraternity in the United States and Canada. Alpha Delta Phi was founded on October 29, 1832 by Samuel Eells at Hamilton College and includes former U.S. Presidents, Chief Justices of the U.S....
society's Middletown
Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles south of Hartford. In 1650, it was incorporated as a town under its original Indian name, Mattabeseck. It received its present name in 1653. In 1784, the central...
chapter.
Louwerens has appeared as Angela Fairweather in the Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue
Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue is the 2000 incarnation of the Power Rangers TV franchise, based on the Super Sentai series Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive....
series and has most recently appeared in the hit TV show Heroes
Heroes (TV series)
Heroes is an American science fiction television drama series created by Tim Kring that appeared on NBC for four seasons from September 25, 2006 through February 8, 2010. The series tells the stories of ordinary people who discover superhuman abilities, and how these abilities take effect in the...
. In the episode "Distractions
Distractions (Heroes)
"Distractions" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes.-Plot:Claude and Peter walk invisibly through a busy New York street, where Claude tells Peter that he absorbs other powers as a reflex and that he is going to help him gain some control over...
", she plays a woman that gets her purse stolen by Peter
Peter Petrelli
Peter Petrelli, portrayed by Milo Ventimiglia, is a fictional character on the NBC science fiction drama series Heroes. He is a hospice nurse-turned-paramedic in his mid-20s with the power to absorb and mimic the powers of other people with special abilities, or powers...
(played by Milo Ventimiglia
Milo Ventimiglia
Milo Anthony Ventimiglia is an American television actor best known for his role of Peter Petrelli on the TV series Heroes...
) in the first 10 minutes of the episode.
Live-action/television roles
- The Joe and Buzz Show - Amy Ann
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- Jane - Pacific BluePacific Blue (TV series)Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on bicycles. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network, from March 2, 1996 to April 9, 2000, with a total of one hundred and one episodes...
- Claire Trewitt - Power Rangers: Lightspeed RescuePower Rangers: Lightspeed RescuePower Rangers Lightspeed Rescue is the 2000 incarnation of the Power Rangers TV franchise, based on the Super Sentai series Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive....
- Ms. Angela Fairweather - Power Rangers: Time ForcePower Rangers: Time ForcePower Rangers Time Force is the 2001 incarnation of the Power Rangers series, based on the Super Sentai series Mirai Sentai Timeranger, running for 40 half-hour episodes from February to November 2001. It was the 9th season of Power Rangers...
- Mainframe Computer (voice, uncredited), Timeship Computer (voice, uncredited), Ms. Angela Fairweather-Rawlings - Power Rangers: Wild ForcePower Rangers: Wild ForcePower Rangers Wild Force is the tenth anniversary of the Power Rangers franchise, based on the Super Sentai series Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger, which itself was the 25th anniversary of Super Sentai.Power Rangers Wild Force takes place in 2002...
- Karaoke Org, Flute Org (voices)