About Janel Bishop
Born 1974. Janel Bishop is an American model and beauty pageant contestant.
Janel Bishop (born 1974) is an American model and beauty queen who won the 1991 Miss Teen USA title. She is the first African-American winner of this pageant.
Background Bishop won the Miss New Hampshire Teen USA title and represented New Hampshire in the Miss Teen USA 1991 pageant held in Biloxi, Mississippi on 19 August 1991. She became the first contestant from New Hampshire to win the Miss Teen USA title and was crowned by outgoing titleholder Bridgette Wilson of Oregon. Bishop received more than $150,000 in cash and prizes as part of her prize package.
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Who is Janel Bishop?
American beauty pageant contestant
When was Janel Bishop born?
Janel Bishop was born in 1974 in Manchester.
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Janel Bishop is a model and beauty pageant contestant.
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Janel Bishop is American.
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