Shanna Moakler

Shanna Moakler is modelling megastar. She was the first runner-up in Miss USA 1995 and the winner of the Miss New York USA pageant in the same year. Moakler took over as Miss USA when Chelsi Smith won the Miss Universe contest in 1995.

Moakler began modelling at the age of 15 and won the Miss Teen All American title in 1993. She eventually moved into acting, starring for two seasons on the USA Network television series Pacific Blue in 1998, and as herself on the reality television series Meet the Barkers with her then-husband Travis Barker, drummer in the rock band Blink-182, in 2005. MTV ran the show for two seasons. In 2010/2011, she hosted E!’s Bridalplasty for two months. In January 2014, it was revealed that Moakler had joined the cast of VH1’s Hollywood Exes reality show.

Moakler has been the executive producer of the Miss Nevada USA state pageant since 2012, after first joining as a director in 2011. In 2008, Moakler appeared in a PETA pro-vegetarianism ad, and in 2013, she appeared naked for a PETA anti-fur ad campaign, declaring that as long as she is Miss Nevada’s director, fur coats will not be awarded as prizes. In response to the Miss USA gay marriage issue in 2009, Moakler appeared in a public service announcement supporting efforts to overturn California’s Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriage. In 2018, she became the franchise owner of Miss Utah USA. She keeps up with her fans on Instagram, where she has more than 330,000 followers.