Christy Fichtner

{{short description|American actress and beauty queen|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name=Christy Fichtner

| title = Miss Texas USA 1986
Miss USA 1986

| image = ChristyFichtner.jpg

| competitions = {{ubl|Miss Texas USA 1986|(Winner)|Miss USA 1986|(Winner)|Miss Universe 1986|(1st Runner-Up)}}

| birth_name=

| birth_place= Dallas, Texas, U.S.

| alias = Christy Fichtner-Alhadef
Christy Alhadef

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| hair_color= Blonde

| eye_color = Green

| height= {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Gary E. Alhadef|1988|1998}}

| children = 3

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Christy Fichtner (born October 28, 1962) is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1986. As Miss USA, Fichtner represented the United States at Miss Universe 1986 and finished as the first runner-up.

Early life and education

She attended Greenwich High School in Connecticut where she was the girlfriend of future Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young. She moved to Dallas, enrolling at Southern Methodist University.

Career

=Pageants=

As a beauty queen, she was crowned Miss Texas USA and Miss USA 1986, becoming the second of five consecutive winners from Texas during the 1980s. Her main competition and eventual first runner-up at Miss USA was actress Halle Berry.

At the 1986 Miss Universe pageant held in July 1986 in Panama City, Panama, Fichtner placed first in the preliminary competition, third in semifinal interview, first in swimsuit and second in evening gown, which allowed her to advance as one of the Top 5 finalists of the competition, finishing her participation in Miss Universe 1986 as first runner-up to eventual winner, Bárbara Palacios Teyde of Venezuela.

=After Miss USA=

In 2003, she starred in the reality television show Who Wants to Marry My Dad?, where she was the runner-up.

After Hurricane Wilma damaged Cancún and its infrastructure in 2005, Fichtner, a frequent traveler to the area, revisited the tourist location in an effort to promote tourism: "The Cancún we love needs to be visited by Texans in order to return to what it once was."

Personal life

A longtime Dallasite, Fichtner married Dallas dentist Gary E. Alhadef in October 1988, with whom she has 3 sons. They later divorced.

References

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{{cite news|last= Peppard|first=Alan|title=Dad has long-distance disconnection|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=1000170480EBC87B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=17 October 2010|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=January 9, 2004|quote=How revealing it is when reality television gives way to actual reality. Take the case of Dallasite and former Miss USA Christy Fichtner, who appeared in last summer's Who Wants to Marry My Dad? on NBC.}}

{{cite news|title=Cancún, Cozumel tourism on the mend after hurricane|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10DEEE0EC90D71A0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=17 October 2010|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=November 16, 2005|author=Laurence Ilff|author2=Lennox Samuels|quote=The Cancún we love needs to be visited by Texans in order to return to what it once was," said Christy Fichtner, a former Miss USA and longtime Dallasite.}}

{{cite news|last=Iliff|first=Laurence|title=Cancun calm after Hurricane Wilma|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10E28D82F0E1DAE0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=17 October 2010|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=November 27, 2005|quote=Dallasite Christy Fichtner, a former Miss USA, calculated that she had been to Cancun 18 times, including once earlier this year. No, it was not the same.}}

{{cite news|last=Bark|first=Ed|title=More Texas Connections|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=105130579B2B1435&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=17 October 2010|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=September 12, 2004|quote=Christy Fichtner, Ex-Miss Texas and Miss USA was runner-up on the first edition of NBC's Who Wants to Marry My Dad.}}

{{cite news|title=Celebrity Central|url=http://www.people.com/people/halle_berry/biography|access-date=17 October 2010|newspaper=People|quote=In 1986, after being crowned Miss Ohio USA, Berry comes in second place in the Miss USA contest and sixth in Miss World.}}

{{cite news|title=A humble trek to stardom|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=DSNB&d_place=DSNB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F360E8F6C0673F8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=18 October 2010|newspaper=Deseret News|date=January 23, 1995 |quote=He dated the prettiest girl in school, Christy Fichtner, who would later become Miss USA.}}

{{cite news|last=Murphy|first=Brian|title=Barton dressed down by the boys|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EAFEC94B680A573&p_docnum=1&s_dlid=DL0110101809383210648&s_ecproduct=SUB-FREE&s_ecprodtype=INSTANT&s_trackval=GooglePM&s_siteloc=&s_referrer=&s_subterm=Subscription%20until:%2012/14/2015%2011:59%20PM&s_docsbal=%20&s_subexpires=12/14/2015%2011:59%20PM&s_docstart=&s_docsleft=&s_docsread=&s_username=santarosa&s_accountid=AC0105061516020614723&s_upgradeable=no|access-date=18 October 2010|newspaper=The Press Democrat|date=January 7, 1995|quote=Turns out Young's girlfriend all the way through junior high and high school was one Christy Fichtner, who eventually became Miss U.S.A. The Young family back in Connecticut donated the prom photo, which shows Young and Fichtner in full dance garb.}}

{{cite news|title=Faces in the Yearbook|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=GCZB&p_theme=gczb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FA81C267896F0F8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=18 October 2010|newspaper=Greenwich Citizen|date=April 18, 2003|quote=A beaming senior named Christy Fichtner.}}

{{cite news|title=Miss Texas USA crowned|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CD878EF93D3A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=18 October 2010|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=July 30, 1985|quote=The blonde-haired, green-eyed beauty who recently completed her freshman year at Southern Methodist University is 5-foot-8 and weighs 118 pounds.}}

{{cite news|title=Venezuelan Miss Universe|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=FB&p_theme=fb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE7F5A168A2BAD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=18 October 2010|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|date=July 22, 1986|quote=Miss Venezuela, Barbara Palacios Teyde, was crowned Miss Universe Monday night in Panama City, Panama, in a tropical finale viewed on television by more than half a billion people. Miss USA, Christy Fichtner of Dallas, finished first runner-up.}}

{{cite news|last=Peppard|first=Alan |title=Brides to celebrate in triplet|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CFFB1811BC66&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=18 October 2010|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=June 18, 1988|quote=The fabulous Ms Fichtner and Gary Alhadef are waiting until October.}}

{{cite news|title=Dance Fever|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141371,00.html|access-date=18 October 2010|newspaper=People|date=May 27, 1996|quote=Fichtner-Alhadef, until recently the host of a TV sports show, now lives in Dallas with her husband, Gary, a dentist, and their three sons. }}

{{cite news|title=Casting call for golf movie comes to town|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FCE142A00E24B08&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=18 October 2010|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|date=August 11, 2003|quote=Now it looks as if Christy, a divorced mother of three...}}

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External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20101118134919/http://www.missuniverse.com/missusa/contestant_profiles/past Official Miss USA website - Past titleholders]
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| before={{flagicon|Spain}} Teresa Sánchez López

| title=Miss Universe 1st runner-up

| years=1986

| after={{flagicon|Italy}} Roberta Capua

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| before= Laura Martinez-Herring

| title=Miss USA

| years=1986

| after= Michelle Royer

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