thecrowncompetitors

Results
1 SC - Frances Louise “Lu” Parker
2 VA - Patricia Southall
3 NC - Lynn Jenkins

Finalists
LA - Shirelle Lea Hebert
NY - Jennifer Lynne Gareis
TX - Christine Friedel

After winning Miss South Carolina USA, Parker was crowned Miss USA in 1994, becoming the third South Carolinian to be awarded the honor. She continued on to compete in the Miss Universe Pageant in Manila, Philippines, and finished 4th overall.

Parker began a relationship with Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, in March of 2009. Her employer KTLA was reportedly unaware of this fact until May 2009. Ms. Parker reported several stories on Villaraigosa's political future before being reassigned, as had Mirthala Salinas, a television reporter the Mayor had a romantic relationship with two years previously.