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Miss USA 2014: Kristy Landers Niedenfuer, Miss Tennessee

Kristy Landers Niedenfuer is a charity event planner, accomplished songwriter, and model.

Hometown: Nashville

Height: 5’ 9”

Age: 22

Kristy Landers Niedenfuer is a charity event planner, accomplished songwriter, and model. Although she has graced the runways for some of today's top designers and has been featured in many highly acclaimed magazines, her career goal is to become a successful event planner specializing in charity functions, designed to raise money for worthy causes in need of support. She attended Pine View School for the Intellectually Gifted and earned her diploma at age 16. Kristy performed with a youth circus where she specialized in flying trapeze! She loves animals and has 3 rescue dogs, 6 birds and 5 foot long iguana named, Spike! When spending time at home she loves cooking and baking. She has been a vegetarian most of her life and an advocate for healthy, holistic, green living. Kristy would like to bring awareness to the causes close to her heart including The Wounded Warrior Project, Operation Troop Aid, Breast & Ovarian Cancer Awareness, The Humane Society and The Boys & Girls Club.

Favorite Things

Movie: Anchorman & Step Brothers
Song: "Peaceful, Easy Feeling" by The Eagles
Sport: Next to flying trapeze...baseball
Food: The secret family recipe for molten chocolate lava cake

Fun Facts

1. The 1st female spokesperson for Operation Troop Aid, an organization designed to honor and provide for American heroes protecting our nation

2. Performed with a youth circus for 5 years, where her specialty was the flying trapeze! (She actually has a mini trapeze in her family's yard!)