Candice Crawford

Candice Loren Romo (née Crawford; born December 16, 1986)^[1] is a former reporter for KDAF, the CW-affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas^[2] and a former American beauty queen. She won the Miss Missouri USA competition in 2008. She later competed in the Miss USApageant where she placed in the top ten.

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Born in Lubbock, Texas and then raised in Dallas, Texas, Candice Crawford is the younger sister of the actor Chace Crawford, from the television show Gossip Girl.^[3] Crawford graduated from Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Texas in 2005.^[4]

After high school, Crawford enrolled at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, where she studied journalism and business. While inColumbia, Missouri, Candice worked with the local NBC affiliate KOMU-TV as a reporter. During college, Crawford also worked for Dallas, Texas CBS affiliate KTVT, as a reporter covering the Dallas Cowboys on the CBS show, The Blitz. She was also an active member of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for women. Crawford also served as a volunteer writer for sports blog Midwest Sports Fans.^[5]

On March 16, 2007, Crawford was arrested for underage possession of alcohol at the bar Tonic in Columbia, Missouri.^[6][7]

She began dating Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo in the summer of 2009.^[8][9] On December 16, 2010, the KDAF Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas news station where Crawford worked announced that she had become engaged to Romo while celebrating her 24th birthday with her family at the restaurant Five Sixty.^[10] On May 28, 2011, they were married.^[11]

On October 25, 2011, Romo announced that he and Crawford were expecting their first child in 2012.^[12] On April 9, 2012, the couple welcomed a son, Hawkins Crawford Romo.^[13]