Mai Shanley
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Mai Shanley (born c. 1963), Miss New Mexico USA 1984 is a former beauty queen.
Shanley's first pageant experience came when she represented New Mexico in the Miss America pageant in 1983.
Later, Shanley became the first Eurasian delegate to win Miss USA. She was twenty-one at the time she was crowned the 33rd Winner at the pageant held in Lakeland, Florida on May 17, 1984.
She went on to compete at the Miss Universe Pageant in Miami, FL where she was a semi-finalist.
She was the first Miss USA winner to have competed at Miss America, and remained the only one until Shandi Finnessey (Miss Missouri 2001) was crowned Miss USA in 2004.
| Preceded by Julie Hayek |
Miss USA 1984 |
Succeeded by Laura Martinez-Herring |
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