Candice Crawford

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Candice Loren Crawford was born December 16, 1986 in Lubbock, Texas. Candice Crawford  is a reporter for KDAF in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and a former American beauty queen. She won the Miss Missouri USA competition in 2008. She later competed in the Miss USA pageant of which she placed in the top ten.

Candice Crawford is the younger sister of the actor Chace Crawford, from the television show Gossip Girl. Crawford attended Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, TX. She competed in the Miss Texas Teen USA 2003 and 2005 pageants, placing third runner-up in both competitions.

After high school, Candice Crawford enrolled at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, where she studied journalism and business. While at Columbia, Missouri, Candice worked with the local NBC affiliate KOMU-TV as a reporter. During college, Crawford also worked for Dallas, Texas CBS affiliate KTVT, as a reporter covering the Dallas Cowboys on the CBS show, The Blitz. She was also an active member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority for Women. Plus, Crawford served as a volunteer writer for sports blog Midwest Sports Fans.

Candice Crawford has been dating Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo since summer 2009. On December 16, 2010, the KDAF Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas news station where Crawford works, announced she became engaged to Romo while celebrating her 24th birthday with her family at the restaurant Five Sixty.

 She competed in the Miss Texas Teen USA 2003 and 2005 pageants, placing third runner-up in both competitions.

Candice Crawford competed in the Miss Missouri USA 2007 pageant in November 2006 and placed first runner-up to Amber Seyer. She then competed the following year and won the 2008 title. She represented Missouri in the Miss USA 2008 pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada in April 2008.

Candice Crawford now works for KDAF as the 33TV's reporter covering high school sports, as well as the Up All Night segment about nightlife hot spots in Dallas-Fort Worth, mostly bars, clubs, and restaurants, and co-hosts the RC Project with Roni Proter about the latest trends. When not working for The 33, Crawford will host the Dallas Cowboys' weekend sports show, "Special Edition."