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Shandi Ren Finnessey (born June 9, 1978) is an American actress, model, TV host and beauty queen. She is best known for winning the Miss USA title, as Miss Missouri USA. She previously held the title of Miss Missouri 2002 and competed in Miss America, where she won a preliminary award. She placed as first runner-up at the Miss Universe 2004 competition.

After completing her reign as Miss USA, Finnessey became a co-host of Lingo and PlayMania on GSN. She hosted Lingo from August 2005 at the start of the show's fourth season until the show went on hiatus in 2008. In April 2006, she began her turn with the interactive series PlayMania, which broke into two shows on February 23, 2007. Finnessey became the co-host of the quiznation spinoff, a revised but similar version of the original PlayMania. She remained a co-host until October 21, 2007, several days before the show's finale. She also was a sideline reporter for the CBS tournament blackjack series Ultimate Blackjack Tour.  She also has appeared in several documentaries produced by GSN. She has also appeared on the NBC reality show The Apprentice (February 15, 2005, episode 3.5), in the November 13, 2004, 20 Sexiest Men and 20 Sexiest Women specials on CMT, and as Grand Marshal in the November 25, 2004, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans of 2006 by the Jaycees. She also appeared alongside Chris Myers as part of the coverage of the New Year's Eve 2007 Festivities for Fox. On March 19, 2007, Finnessey debuted on the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars. Her professional dance partner was Brian Fortuna, and she was the second celebrity voted off the show. On October 31 and November 21, 2007, she appeared as a guest celebrity on NBC's Phenomenon. She also hosted Hollywood Fast Track, a web based show about movies, music, and trends in Hollywood. She is also the host/co-host of several TV Guide Network specials. On September 2, 2008, Finnessey was on the season finale of Wanna Bet? on ABC, where she made a record for the biggest successful bet on the show betting $20,000 in the 1st best. Finnessey lost in the end betting $40,000 and guessing incorrectly. In August, 2010, she appeared on a special "Girls of Summer" week airing of NBC's Minute to Win It on an episode called "Last Beauty Standing." The episode featured 10 beauty pageant winners competing for $100,000 towards their chosen charities along with a chance to win a $1,000,000 challenge. At the Miss USA 2011 competition, she was among the 31 former winners who were part of a photoshoot layout for Time Magazine. She played the role of Stephie in the Roger Corman-produced Sharktopus (2010) which aired on the Syfy Channel three years before the same network made waves with its Sharknado movie franchise.  In January 2012, she became one of the original reporters for ENTV News (a branch of TVLine) on a premium YouTube Channel. In March 2013, she was selected as one of 36 bachelorettes to compete on the reality television show Ready For Love. Finnessey was the winner for bachelor Ernesto Arguello, but the relationship ended briefly after the show.  On August 8, 2013, she was named as one of five correspondents for the entertainment magazine, OK!TV, that was scheduled to debut on September 9. CANNOTANSWER
Shandi Finnessey
Vilket väsen handlar den här texten om? Shandi Ren Finnessey (född 9 juni 1978) är en amerikansk skådespelerska, fotomodell, TV-värd och skönhetsdrottning. Hon är mest känd för att ha vunnit Miss USA-titeln, som Miss Missouri USA. Hon innehade tidigare titeln Miss Missouri 2002 och tävlade i Miss America, där hon vann en preliminär utmärkelse. Hon placerade sig som första tvåa vid Miss Universum 2004-tävlingen. Efter att ha avslutat sin regeringstid som Miss USA blev Finnessey medvärd till Lingo och PlayMania på GSN. Hon var värd för Lingo från augusti 2005 i starten av showens fjärde säsong fram till att showen gick på hiatus 2008. I april 2006 inledde hon sin tur med den interaktiva serien PlayMania, som bröt sig in i två shower den 23 februari 2007. Finnessey blev medvärd för frågesportsspinoffen, en reviderad men liknande version av den ursprungliga PlayMania. Hon förblev co-värd till 21 oktober 2007, flera dagar före showens final. Hon var också en birollsreporter för CBS-turneringen blackjackserien Ultimate Blackjack Tour. Hon har även medverkat i flera dokumentärer producerade av GSN. Hon har även medverkat på NBC:s dokusåpa The Apprentice (15 februari 2005, avsnitt 3.5), i 13 november 2004, 20 Sexigaste män och 20 Sexigaste kvinnor-specialer på CMT, och som stormarskalk i 25 november 2004, Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade. Hon utsågs till en av 2006 års Tio Outstanding Young Americans av Jaycees. Hon framträdde även vid sidan av Chris Myers som en del av reportaget på nyårsafton 2007 Festligheter för Fox. Den 19 mars 2007 debuterade Finnessey på den fjärde säsongen av Dancing with the Stars. Hennes professionella danspartner var Brian Fortuna, och hon var den andra kändisen som röstades bort från showen. Den 31 oktober och 21 november 2007 framträdde hon som gästkändis på NBC:s Fenomenon. Hon var också värd för Hollywood Fast Track, en webbaserad show om filmer, musik och trender i Hollywood. Hon är även programledare/medvärd för flera TV Guide Network-specialer. Den 2 september 2008 var Finnessey på säsongsfinal av Wanna Bet? på ABC, där hon gjorde ett rekord för den största framgångsrika satsningen på showen satsning $ 20.000 i 1: a bästa. Finessey förlorade i slutändan vadslagning $ 40,000 och gissa felaktigt. I augusti 2010 medverkade hon på en speciell "Flickor av sommar" vecka som sändes av NBC:s Minute to Win It på ett avsnitt som hette "Last Beauty Standing." Avsnittet innehöll 10 skönhetstävlingar vinnare tävlande för $ 100.000 mot sina utvalda välgörenhetsorganisationer tillsammans med en chans att vinna en $ 1.000.000 utmaning. Vid tävlingen Miss USA 2011 var hon bland de 31 tidigare vinnarna som ingick i en fotoshoot layout för Time Magazine. Hon spelade rollen som Stephie i den Roger Corman-producerade Sharktopus (2010) som sände på Syfy Channel tre år innan samma nätverk gjorde vågor med sin Sharknado-filmfranchis. I januari 2012 blev hon en av de ursprungliga reportrarna för ENTV News (en gren av TVLine) på en premium YouTube Channel. I mars 2013 blev hon uttagen som en av 36 möhippar att tävla i dokusåpan Ready For Love. Finnessey var segrare för ungkarlen Ernesto Arguello, men förhållandet tog kort slut efter showen. Den 8 augusti 2013 utsågs hon till en av fem korrespondenter för underhållningstidningen, OK!TV, som var planerad att debutera den 9 september. CANNOTANSWER
What essence is this text about? Shandi Ren Finnessey (born June 9, 1978) is an American actress, model, television host and beauty queen. She is best known for winning the Miss USA title, as Miss Missouri USA. She previously held the title of Miss Missouri in 2002 and competed in Miss America, where she won a preliminary award. She placed as the first runner-up at the Miss Universe 2004 pageant. After completing her reign as Miss USA, Finnessey became co-host of Lingo and PlayMania at GSN. She hosted Lingo from August 2005 at the start of the show's fourth season until the show went on hiatus in 2008. In April 2006, she began her turn with the interactive series PlayMania, which broke into two shows on February 23, 2007. Finnessey co-hosted the quiz spinoff, a revised but similar version of the original PlayMania. She remained co-hosted until October 21, 2007, several days before the show's final. She was also a co-star reporter for the CBS tournament blackjack series Ultimate Blackjack Tour. She has also appeared in several documentaries produced by GSN. She has also appeared on NBC's reality show The Apprentice (15 February 2005, episode 3.5), in 13 November 2004, 20 Sexiest Men and 20 Sexiest Women specials on CMT, and as Grand Marshal in 25 November 2004, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She was named one of the 2006 Ten Outstanding Young Americans by Jaycees. She also appeared alongside Chris Myers as part of the reportage on New Year's Eve 2007 Feasts for Fox. On March 19, 2007, Finnessey made his debut on the fourth season of Dancing with the Stars. Her professional dance partner was Brian Fortuna, and she was the second celebrity to be voted off the show. On October 31 and November 21, 2007, she appeared as a guest celebrity on NBC's Phenomenon. She also hosted Hollywood Fast Track, a web-based show about movies, music and trends in Hollywood. She is also the host/co-host of several TV Guide Network specials. On September 2, 2008, Finnessey was on the season finale of Wanna Bet? at ABC, where she scored a record for the biggest successful bet on the show bet $20,000 in the 1st best. Finessey ultimately lost betting $40,000 and guess incorrectly. In August 2010, she appeared on a special "Girls of Summer" week broadcast by NBC's Minute to Win It on an episode called "Last Beauty Standing." The episode featured 10 beauty pageants winners competing for $100,000 against their selected charities along with a chance to win a $1,000,000 challenge. At the 2011 Miss USA competition, she was among the 31 previous winners included in a photoshoot layout for Time Magazine. She played the role of Stephie in the Roger Corman-produced Sharktopus (2010) which aired on Syfy Channel three years before the same network made waves with her Sharknado film franchise. In January 2012, she became one of the original reporters for ENTV News (a branch of TVLine) on a premium YouTube Channel. In March 2013, she was selected as one of 36 bachelorette parties to compete in the reality show Ready For Love. Finnessey was the winner of bachelor Ernesto Arguello, but the relationship ended shortly after the show. On August 8, 2013, she was named one of five correspondents for the entertainment magazine, OK!TV, which was scheduled to debut on September 9. CANNOTANSWER
Shandi Finessey
Shandi Finessey