melissa mandak

Melissa Mandak (born 1982) is a beauty queen who won the title Miss Connecticut USA 2005.

Mandak, who hails from Hamden represented Connecticut in the Miss USA 2005 pageant held in Baltimore, Maryland in April 2005, but failed to make the cut. The pageant was won by Chelsea Cooley of North Carolina. Mandak had placed second runner-up to Sheila Wiatr in the Miss Connecticut USA 2004 pageant a year prior to winning her state crown.

Mandak graduated from Rutgers University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and mass media. At the time of her pageant win she was working as a real estate ageant. She has also appeared as an extra in the recent “Stepford Wives” motion picture. Her long-term plan was to attend graduate college and study meteorology.

Mandak crowned her successor, Jeannine Phillips, in November 2005.

Mandak is currently a traffic reporter for Metro Networks in Hartford, Ct.

On Feb, 9th 2009 She started doing traffic reports for WNYW FOX5's Good Day New York

on Feb, 23rd 2009 She was declared the official traffic reporter for the Opie and Anthony Show on XM Radio as well as Sirius Satellite Radio

References Biography of Mandak on the Miss Connecticut USA website. Retrieved 2007-02-12 (Internet Archive cache)

External links Official Miss Connecticut USA website TFTJ Profile Preceded by

Sheila Wiatr Miss Connecticut USA

2005 Succeeded by

Jeannine Phillips [hide] v • d • eMiss USA 2005, state delegates

AL: Jessica Tinney • AK: Aleah Scheick • AZ: Mariana Loya • AR: Jessica Furrer • CA: Brittany Hogan • CO: Lauren Cisneros • CT: Melissa Mandak • DE: Sheena Benton • DC: Sarah-Elizabeth Langford • FL: Melissa Witek • GA: Tanisha Brito • HI: Jennifer Fairbank • ID: Sade Aiyeku • IL: Jill Gulseth • IN: Kaitlyn Christopher • IA: Joy Robinson • KS: Rachel Saunders • KY: Kristen Johnson • LA: Candice Stewart • ME: Erica Commeau • MD: Marina Harrison • MA: Cristina Nardozzi • MI: Crystal Hayes • MN: Carrie Lee • MS: Jennifer Adcock • MO: Andrea Ciliberti • MT: Amanda Kimmel • NE: Jana Murrell • NV: Shivonn Geeb • NH: Candace Glickman • NJ: Sylvia Pogorzelski • NM: Jacqueline Deaner • NY: Meaghan Jarensky • NC: Chelsea Cooley • ND: Chrissa Miller • OH: Aisha Berry • OK: Laci Scott • OR: Jessica Carlson • PA: Brenda Brabham • RI: Allison Paganetti • SC: Sarah Medley • SD: Jessica Fjerstad • TN: Amy Colley • TX: Tyler Willis • UT: Marin Poole • VT: Amanda Mitteer • VA: Jennifer Pitts • WA: Amy Crawford • WV: Kristin Morrison • WI: Melissa Ann Young • WY: Abby Norman Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Mandak" Categories: Living people | 1982 births | Miss USA 2005 delegates