| Miss USA 2003 Susie Castillo was born Jan. 6, 1980 in Methuen, Massachusetts. Her modeling career began at the young age of 16 when she appeared in many teen magazines and TV commercials. She graduated from Endicott College in 2001 earning a bachelors degree in Interior Architecture and Design. Her beauty pageant career began in 1997 when she was crowned Miss Massachusetts Teen USA. She beat forty other contestants to win this title. Castillo represented Massachusetts in the Miss Teen USA pageant in 1998, but only placed 13th that year. Later in 2002, Castillo competed in the Miss Massachusetts USA pageant and won. She was her state's first Puerto Rican titleholder. Then in 2003, she competed in the Miss USA pageant in San Antonio, Texas and was crowned the first Dominican-Puerto Rican woman to win Miss USA. During her reign as Miss USA, Castillo traveled around the United States with the Miss Universe pageant, making appearances for charities throughout the country. Since Miss USA, Castillo has made herself a career in the entertainment industry. She has appeared on several television shows such as On-Air with Ryan Seacrest and My Wife and Kids. She also co-hosted the Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant with Passions actor Galen Gering. She regularly appears in MTV's Total Request Live and Video Jockey (VJ) with another beauty queen, Miss Teen USA 1988, Vanessa Minillo. Castillo is also an active volunteer for an organization called "Help for Abused Women and Children" and also a spokeswoman for Neutrogena. |
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Beauty Queen Profile: Susie Castillo
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Susie Castillo is so cute! I love her as a VJ on TRL. She looks great in Sherri Hill