Natalie Ann Pack (born March 30, 1989) is an American fashion model and real estate agent who held the title of Miss California USA 2012. She is also known for competing on ''

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''.

Early life

Pack was born and raised in

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. She currently lives in Newport Beach, California and attended the

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, where she was on the

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. In 2012 Pack interned at

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and hoped to go to medical school to become an OBGYN. In 2005, Pack appeared in an episode of ''

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'' with

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America's Next Top Model

At the age of 19, Pack was the second contestant (after Aminat Ayinde) to be selected to participate on the twelfth cycle of ''

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''. Over her stay, she won three challenges (two individually and one with fellow contestant Fo Porter), received one second call-out and one third call-out. Pack also did not receive a makeover because host

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believed she looked modelesque as she was. After Aminat Ayinde survived her second consecutive bottom two appearance, Pack was the eighth contestant eliminated from the competition and the first to be eliminated abroad in

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after a photo shoot where the contestants emulated the late

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. Judges

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and Fernanda Motta believed that she looked "exhausted" and that "the sparkle was missing" in Pack's photo, despite Pack's insistence that

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was complimentary of her photos. Following her elimination from ''America's Next Top Model'', Pack signed to Ford Models in

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and is currently signed with NEXT Model Management in Miami. She has modeled for Jockey International and BL!SSS magazine. She has also walked for

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and Dona Daneshi. In 2015, she was featured in ads for Guess.

Miss California USA

Pack participated in the Miss California USA pageant as "Miss Hoag Hospital", where she was interning while attending

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, Irvine. Despite never having participated in any previous beauty pageants, Pack won the title and was crowned by outgoing titleholder (and Miss Teen USA 2006)

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. She competed in the Miss USA 2012 competition on June 3, 2012 in

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, and failed to place, ending California's seven-year streak of consecutive placements in Miss USA, from 2005 through 2011.

Personal life

In September 2017, Pack became engaged to boyfriend, actor Aaron O'Connell. On July 21, 2018, Natalie and Aaron O'Connell were married in Italy.

Real estate career

In April 2018 she announced on

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and Instagram that she had passed her real estate exam and was looking forward to working with her father in that field, and by 2019 her biographies on both sites gave prominent mention to their Keller Williams affiliated brokerage,"The Pack Team".http://x644091.yourkwagent.com/

Filmography

References

External links

Natalie Pack
at the Fashion Model Directory *
Natalie Pack
on Twitter
Natalie Pack, Realtor
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