Meagan Tandy

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Meagan Tandy Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name:	Meagan Yvonne Tandy
Birthdate:	May 3, 1985 (age 21)
Birth location:	Fremont, California
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Eye color:	Brown
Hair color:	Brown
Ethnicity:	African-American
Title(s):	Miss California USA 2007
Major Competition(s):	Miss USA 2007 (3rd runner-up)

Meagan Yvonne Tandy (born May 3, 1985 in Fremont, California) is a beauty queen from Fontana, California who was one of 5 finalists competing for the Miss USA title in 2007.

Tandy won the Miss California USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in San Rafael, California on 15 October 2006.^[1] It was her second attempt at the title, as she has placed fourth runner-up to Tamiko Nash the year previously. Her sister titleholder, Kylee Lin of San Rafael also placed fourth runner-up in last years competition.

Tandy competed in the Miss USA 2007 pageant which was broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 23, 2007 and placed 3rd runner-up. She succeeds two Californian titleholders who placed first runner-up in the nationally televised competition - Brittany Hogan, Miss California USA 2005 and Nash, Miss California USA 2006. She is only the fourth African-American Miss California USA and the first African-American to succeed another African-American titleholder.

Tandy, born in Fremont, California and raised in Fontana, graduated from Etiwanda High School in Rancho Cucamonga in 2003. She is a student at Chaffey College, and is the first student from this school to win the Miss California USA title.^[2] She works for Sephora and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild.^[3]