Stormi Henley
{{Short description|Beauty pageant winner (born 1990)}}
{{Redirect|Stormi|other uses|Stormy (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name = Stormi Bree Henley
| birth_name = Stormi Bree Henley
| image = Stormi Henley.jpg
| children = 1
| caption = Henley at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|12|06}}
| birth_place = Crossville, Tennessee, U.S.
| occupation = {{Hlist|Singer|actress|model}}
| eye_color = Blue
| hair_color = Brown
| title = Miss Tennessee Teen USA (2009)
Miss Teen USA 2009
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Stormi Bree Henley (born December 6, 1990), also known simply as Stormi Bree, is an American actress, singer and beauty queen. In 2008 she was crowned Miss Tennessee Teen USA, then became Miss Teen USA 2009.
Early and personal life
Henley grew up in Crossville, Tennessee. She has one sister. Their father was a professional golfer, and the family would often road trip from city to city for tournaments.{{Cite web |title=Stormi Bree: From Miss Tennessee to Careers in Modeling, Acting, Singing, and Motherhood |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO2_yBaiqPo |access-date=April 9, 2025 |website=YouTube }} She is a 2009 graduate of Cumberland County High School where she participated in soccer, golf, and theatre.{{cite news |date=2008-09-25 |title=Lady Trojans win 3-AAA golf title |url=http://www.chattanooganow.com/news/2008/sep/25/lady-trojans-win-3-aaa-golf-title/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829222358/http://www.chattanooganow.com/news/2008/sep/25/lady-trojans-win-3-aaa-golf-title/ |archive-date=August 29, 2009 |access-date=July 23, 2024 |newspaper=Chattanooga Times Free Press}} Prior to modelling, she had planned to become an occupational therapist.
In July 2017, Henley gave birth to a daughter, Gravity Blue Smith, with model Lucky Blue Smith; when she was 26 and he was 19.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BXCVYNKAXdN/ | title=LUCKY BLUE SMITH on Instagram: "She's here😍😍😍 meet Gravity Blue Smith, I've never felt so happy... I love you more than anything in this whole world little princess❤️" }} She briefly dated singer Joe Jonas in 2024.{{Cite web |title=Joe Jonas and Model Stormi Bree SPLIT After Short Romance E! News|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgjbT87DWgg |access-date=April 9, 2025 |website=YouTube }}
Career
=Miss Teen USA=
Henley won the Miss Tennessee Teen USA 2009 title on October 5, 2008, after competing in the pageant for the first time.{{cite news|title=Henley takes home title of Miss Tenn. Teen USA|newspaper=The Leaf-Chronicle|date=2008-10-05|url=http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20081005/NEWS01/810050354|first=Jamie|last=Dexter|access-date=2009-08-01|archive-date=2012-09-13|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913124121/http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20081005/NEWS01/810050354|url-status=dead}}
In July 2009, Henley represented Tennessee in the Miss Teen USA 2009 pageant held in Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas.{{cite press release |title=2009 MISS TEEN USA(R) Pageant To Be Streamed Live on July 31st from Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas on www.missteenusa.com |agency=Rubenstein Public Relations |url=http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-24-2009/0005065744&EDATE= |date=2009-07-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829221604/http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=%2Fwww%2Fstory%2F07-24-2009%2F0005065744&EDATE= |archive-date=2009-08-29}} On July 31, 2009, Henley was crowned Miss Teen USA 2009, becoming the second teen from Tennessee to win Miss Teen USA.{{cite web | url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/stormi-bree-facts | title=12 things you need to know about Stormi Bree | date=8 March 2017 }} During her reign Henley made appearances on the behalf of the Miss Universe Organization.
=Music=
Henley auditioned for season 10 of American Idol, where she appeared in one episode and was eliminated in the first round of Hollywood week.{{cite news |title='American Idol' Judges Split Over Beauty Queen Named Stormi |date=2011-01-28 |work=Fox News |agency=PopNews Wire |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/american-idol-judges-split-over-beauty-queen-named-stormi/}}
In 2012 Henley joined the music group called U.G.L.Y. (abbreviating 'Underneath Greatness Lies You'), which was signed to Chris Brown's recording label, CBE. She had planned to be signed under him as a country artist before getting offered to replace Teyana Taylor when the latter left the group.{{Cite web |title=Chris Brown Performs Acoustic Set with U.G.L.Y. [Video] |url=https://www.rap-up.com/article/2011/09/04/chris-brown-performs-acoustic-set-with-ugly-video |access-date=March 22, 2025 }}
=Acting=
Between 2015 and 2021, Henley appeared in seven minor roles across various short films, music videos, direct-to-video films, and the "Boyle's Hunch" (2015) episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine.{{cite needed|date=January 2024}}
References
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External links
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{{Miss Teen USA titleholders}}
{{Tennessee pageant winners}}
{{Miss Universe Organization titleholders
|Year = 2009
|Miss Universe= {{flagicon|Venezuela}} Stefanía Fernández
|Miss USA= {{flagicon|North Carolina}} Kristen Dalton
|Miss Teen USA= {{flagicon|Tennessee}} Stormi Henley
}}
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Category:People from Crossville, Tennessee
Category:Beauty pageant contestants from Tennessee
Category:American beauty pageant winners
Category:Miss Teen USA winners
Category:21st-century American women singers