Courtney Ann Gibbs-Mokarow (
née
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Gibbs; born August 20, 1966) is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won
Miss USA 1988 and Top 10 semifinalist at
Miss Universe 1988.
Miss USA
Born to Charles Gaylord Gibbs and Susan Eckardt-Gibbs,
Mokarow participated in the 1988
Miss USA
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pageant as
Miss Texas USA
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, winning the title and becoming the fourth of five consecutive winners from
Texas
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during the 1980s.
At the 1988
Miss Universe
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pageant, she placed first in the
preliminary competition,
ninth
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in semifinal interview,
eighth in
swimsuit
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and
sixth in
evening gown
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, finishing her participation in eighth place.
Life after Miss USA
Following her pageantry career, Mokarow married former ''
Another World'' star
Tom Eplin and went into acting, portraying
Assistant District Attorney
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Galen Henderson on ''
All My Children
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'' for a brief time in 1992.
In 1999, she married husband Kevin,
a
Dallas
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businessman,
with whom she has one son, Grayson,
[ and one daughter, Evelyn.
]
Filmography
References
External links
Official Miss USA website - Past titleholders
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1966 births
Living people
Miss Universe 1988 contestants
Miss USA winners
People from Frisco, Texas