Full Name Melanie Mudry Hair color Brown Name Melanie Mudry | Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Eye color Blue Education University of North Texas | |
Born March 16, 1981 (age 43)
Farmington, Connecticut, U.S. ( 1981-03-16 ) Title(s) Miss Connecticut USA 2007, Mrs. Connecticut America 2009 Major
competition(s) Miss USA 2007, Mrs. America 2009 Competitors Meagan Tandy, Rachel Smith, Amber Seyer, Heather Anderson, Casey Messer | ||
Melanie Mudry Varian (born March 16, 1981) is a beauty queen from Farmington, Connecticut who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007.
Mudry won the Miss Connecticut USA 2007 title in a state pageant held at in Danbury, Connecticut on 12 November 2006. This was her fifth attempt at a Miss USA state title, as she had previously competed in the Miss Connecticut USA and Miss Massachusetts USA pageants since 2002. Mudry placed fourth runner-up at Miss Massachusetts USA 2002, first runner-up to future Miss USA Susie Castillo in the Miss Massachusetts USA 2003 pageant, was a semi-finalist in the 2005 event and placed first runner-up to Jeannine Phillips in Connecticut in 2006.
Mudry represented Connecticut in the Miss USA 2007 pageant that was held at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 23, 2007. Her sister titleholder is Olga Litvinenko, Miss Connecticut Teen USA 2007.
Mudry is a 1999 graduate of St. Paul Catholic High School and later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Child Psychology from the Eastern Connecticut State University in 2001. In 2007 she will complete a Graduate Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis from the University of North Texas's distance learning program.
On Jun. 7, 2009, Mudry won the Mrs. Connecticut America 2009 pageant under her married name, Melanie Varian. She competed in the Mrs. America 2009 pageant, which was held on September 9, 2009 in Tucson, Arizona.