Lynnette Cole

Lynnette Cole
Born
Lynnette Marie Cole

1978 or 1979 (age 45–46)[1]
Columbia, Tennessee, US
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Major
competition(s)
  • Miss Tennessee Teen USA 1995
  • (Winner)
  • Miss Teen USA 1995
  • (Top 6)
  • Miss Teen All American 1997
  • (Winner)
  • Miss Tennessee USA 2000
  • (Winner)
  • Miss USA 2000
  • (Winner)
  • Miss Universe 2000
  • (Top 5)

Lynnette Marie O'Nan (née Cole) is an American director, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won the title Miss Tennessee USA 2000. She went on to become the first woman from that state to win the Miss USA pageant,[2] which was held in Branson, Missouri on February 4, 2000.

Cole is from Columbia, Tennessee and was twenty-one years old when she won the national crown.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference win1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ (April 1, 2004). Chattanooga’s Stephanie Culberson Representing Tennessee At Miss USA Archived July 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, chattanoogan.com ("In 2000, Columbia’s Lynnette Cole was the first from the state to win the coveted title.")
  3. ^ (February 27, 2000). [1], Fayetteville Observer ("Lynnette Cole says she is half Puerto Rican and half white The 21yearold who was Miss Tennessee won the Miss USA crown on Feb 4")[dead link]