Larissa Meek

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Larissa Meek Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name:	Larissa Meek
Birthdate:	August 29, 1978 (age 28)
Birth location:	St. Louis, Missouri
Height:	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Eye color:	Green
Hair color:	Brown
Title(s):	Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997 Miss Missouri USA 2001
Major Competition(s):	Miss Teen USA 1997 Miss USA 2001 (4th runner-up)
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Larissa Meek (born August 29, 1978 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former beauty queen who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants and a model who was the star of the television show Average Joe: Hawaii.

In 1996 Meek won the Miss Missouri Teen USA 1997 title and competed in the Miss Teen USA 1997 pageant held at South Padre Island, Texas. She did not place but did earn an Honorable Mention. In 2000 she competed in the Miss Missouri USA pageant for the first time and won the title. Meek represented Missouri at the nationally televised Miss USA 2001 pageant broadcast live from Gary, Indiana in March 2001, and made the semi-finals. She went on to win both the swimsuit and evening gown competitions with scores of 9.45 and 9.39 respectively, and made the top five in first place. After this, Meek gave a mediocre performance in the interview portion where she failed to answer the question asked of her. She received the lowest score for this competition (8.02, the next highest being Nevada with 9.16), and thus failed to make the final three. The pageant was ultimately won by Texas' Kandace Krueger.

In 2003 she appeared as the star of the reality television show Average Joes, succeeding fellow Miss Missouri Teen USA and Miss Missouri USA titleholder Melana Scantlin for this role (Scantlin had been Meek's first runner-up at the Miss Missouri USA 2001 pageant). When the show started she went on dates with "Average Joes". Partway through the show, however, a bunch of "hunks" were brought in to compete against the Joes. She finally narrowed her choices down and chose Gil Hyatt over average Joe Brian Worth.

Meek is an accomplished artist and web designer. She now resides in Florida with Gil Hyatt as they both made up after the show finished airing.