CC Barber

In 2006, Barber won the Miss Columbia County 2006 title. She competed in the 2006 Miss Oregon pageant with the platform "Aiding Children and Families of Foster Care/Improving the Foster Care System" and a dance performance in the talent portion of the competition. She was named runner-up to winner Donilee McGinnis.

Barber did not compete in the 2007 Miss Oregon pageant.

In 2008, Barber won the Miss Three Rivers 2008 title. She competed in the 2008 Miss Oregon pageant with the platform "Friends of the Children – Revolutionary Mentoring for High-Risk Youth" and a dance performance in the talent portion of the competition.

In 2009, Barber was crowned Miss Tri Valley 2009.

She entered the Miss Oregon pageant in early July 2009 as one of 24 qualifiers for the state title. Barber's competition talent was a dance performance to "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis. Her platform was "Friends of the Children – Revolutionary Mentoring for High-Risk Youth".

Barber won the competition on Saturday, July 11, 2009, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Oregon titleholder Danijela Krstić. She earned more than $12,500 in scholarship money and other prizes from the state pageant. As Miss Oregon, her activities included public appearances across the state of Oregon. Barber's reign continued until she crowned her successor, Stephenie Steers, Miss Oregon 2010 on July 10, 2010.

Barber was Oregon's representative at the Miss America 2010 pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, in January 2010. Barber was placed in the Top 15 semi-finalists by a vote among the pageant contestants in addition to those semi-finalists selected by the judges. She was eliminated from the pageant after the swimsuit competition. Barber earned a $4,000 scholarship award as a Top 15 semi-finalist plus an additional $1,000 award for winning the Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness in Swimsuit competition.

Barber is a native of Scappoose, Oregon, and a 2005 graduate of Scappoose High School. From the time she was five months old, Barber was raised by her grandmother, Dona Hadley.

After high school, Barber enrolled at Mills College in Oakland, California, to pursue a degree in nursing. She transferred to Samuel Merritt University where she earned a bachelor's degree in nursing, graduating in 2010.

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{{cite news |newspaper=The Daily Astorian |publisher=EO Media Group |location=Astoria, OR |title=Miss Oregon Pageant comes to Seaside |url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/20060622/miss-oregon-pageant-comes-to-seaside |date=June 22, 2006 |accessdate=August 24, 2015}}

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{{cite web |publisher=Miss Three Rivers Scholarship Program |title=Past Miss Title-Holders |url=http://www.missthreerivers.org/past_miss_titleholders.html |accessdate=August 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150428003905/http://www.missthreerivers.org/past_miss_titleholders.html |archive-date=April 28, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

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{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KATU |location=Portland, OR |title=New Miss Oregon hails from Scappoose |url=http://www.katu.com/news/local/50589297.html |date=July 12, 2009 |accessdate=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=July 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717023150/http://www.katu.com/news/local/50589297.html |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |first=Joany |last=Carlin |newspaper=The Oregonian |publisher=Advance Publications |location=Portland, OR |title=New Miss Oregon is C C Barber of Scappoose |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/new_miss_oregon_is_c_c_barber.html |date=July 12, 2009 |accessdate=August 28, 2015}}

{{cite news |first=David |last=Holley |newspaper=Portland Tribune |publisher=Pamplin Media Group |location=Portland, OR |title=Scappooses CC Barber wins Miss Oregon crown |url=http://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=52429 |date=July 14, 2009 |accessdate=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112859/http://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=52429 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite press release |publisher=Oregon Military Department |via=HighBeam Research |title=Miss Oregon Will Tour Portland Air National Guard Base |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1819898711.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924203255/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1819898711.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |date=August 6, 2009 |accessdate=August 28, 2015}}

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{{cite web |publisher=Miss America |title=2010 Miss America Pageant Scholarship Winners |url=http://www.missamerica.org/scholarships/recipients-2010.aspx |date=2010 |accessdate=August 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909223417/http://www.missamerica.org/scholarships/recipients-2010.aspx |archive-date=September 9, 2015 }}

{{cite news |first=Stover E. III |last=Harger |newspaper=Portland Tribune |publisher=Pamplin Media Group |location=Portland, OR |title=CC Barber vies for Miss America crown |url=http://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=24331 |date=January 26, 2010 |accessdate=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083333/http://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=24331 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |newspaper=Portland Tribune |publisher=Pamplin Media Group |location=Portland, OR |title=Miss Oregon's CC Barber gets Miss America swimsuit win |url=http://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=24550 |date=January 28, 2010 |accessdate=August 28, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112201/http://pamplinmedia.com/component/content/article?id=24550 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Oregonian |publisher=Advance Publications |location=Portland, OR |title=Miss Oregon cut from Miss America after swimsuit competition |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/post_92.html |date=January 30, 2010 |accessdate=August 26, 2015}}

{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The Oregonian |publisher=Advance Publications |location=Portland, OR |title=Hillsboro woman is named Miss Oregon |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2010/07/hillsboro_woman_is_named_miss_oregon.html |date=July 12, 2010 |accessdate=August 27, 2015}}

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