Is Kari Ann Peniche a beauty queen from Gresham, Oregon?
Yes, Kari Ann is indeed a beauty queen from Gresham, Oregon. She also competed at Miss Teen USA and held the Miss United States Teen title. You can see her in all her glory in the November 2004 Playboy issue. Peniche won the Miss Oregon Teen USA 2002 title in November 2001 and competed in the Miss Teen USA 2002 pageant broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas, in August 2002, which was won by Vanessa Semrow of Wisconsin. At the end of her reign she crowned Tami Farrell as the new Miss Oregon Teen USA. The following year she represented Oregon in the Miss United States Teen pageant, which she won. She was later stripped of her title after appearing nude in Playboy magazine. Peniche claimed that there was nothing in her contract about not doing nude shoots, and since the issue did not hit stands until after her reign had ended, she did not think there would be an issue. Peniche attended Portland Lutheran High School in Gresham, Oregon. The school is a private Christian school of app
