Tanisha Brito

Tanisha Nicole Brito (born September 11, 1980) is a beauty queen who has competed at both Miss America and Miss USA. Her home town is Waterford, Connecticut. Brito graduated from Waterford High School in 1998. She attended Clark Atlanta University in Georgia which gave her the residency permission to compete in that state's pageant.

Tanisha Brito
Born	Tanisha Nicole Brito (1980-09-11) September 11, 1980 (age 44) Waterford, Connecticut, U.S.
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Connecticut 2002 Miss Georgia USA 2005
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Brown
Major competition(s)	Miss America 2003 (Semi-finalist) Miss USA 2005

Brito's first major pageant was the 2000 Miss Connecticut state pageant, where she finished second runner-up. The following year she competed in Georgia, where she won a non-finalist interview award. She returned to Connecticut in 2002, where she won the swimsuit award and Miss Connecticut crown. Brito was a top ten finalist in the Miss America 2003 pageant.

On November 6, 2004, Brito was crowned Miss Georgia USA.

She competed in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland on 11 April 2005, but failed to make the cut at the nationally televised pageant. While preparing for the Miss America pageant, Brito attended the University of Connecticut at Avery Point so as not to disadvantage her studies.^[1]