Lisa Forbes

Biography Pageants Forbes was crowned Miss Kansas USA 2004 on November 30, 2003, in Wichita, Kansas. She competed in the pageant for five consecutive years, winning the interview award three times. She was a semi-finalist in 2003 and 2002, third runner-up in 2001 and a non-finalist in 2000. She then represented the "Sunflower State" at the Miss USA 2004 pageant in Los Angeles, California on April 12, 2004, televised live on NBC. Her successor as Miss Kansas USA was Rachel Saunders.

On August 1, 2007 Forbes won the United States Miss Earth title and represented the United States at the Miss Earth 2007 pageant, the third consecutive former Miss USA State titleholder to do so. At Miss Earth 2007 in Philippines, she was the first former Miss USA delegate to be unplaced.

Education and employment Forbes was born in Olathe, Kansas and moved to Overland Park at age five. she attended the University of Kansas where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies. She was working as an IT recruiter at the time.

She and Ashley Litton (Miss Missouri USA 2004) own a pageant shop in Shawnee, Kansas.