Olivia Jordan

Jordan was the third person from the United States to compete at two major international beauty pageants after Brucene Smith, who competed in Miss World 1971 and won Miss International 1974, and Andrea Neu, who previously competed at Miss International 2013 and Miss Earth 2014.

However, she had the distinction of being the first woman to represent the United States at two of the largest and oldest international pageants in the world: Miss World and Miss Universe.

Olivia Jordan Thomas (born September 28, 1988 ) is an American actress, model, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss USA 2015.

She graduated in May 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in health sciences, and then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in modeling and acting.

Jordan also represented the United States at Miss World 2013 where she finished in the top 20.

She is the first woman from Oklahoma to be crowned as Miss USA.

Olivia Jordan Thomas was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Bob and Jill Thomas.

She is a fourth generation Tulsan, and attended Bishop Kelley High School.

After graduating, Jordan moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend Boston University.

While a college student, Jordan became SAG-eligible through featured extra work in the movies Ted and Here Comes the Boom.

While becoming a SAG member, Jordan learned that someone had already used the name "Olivia Thomas", and began using Jordan as her professional surname.

Jordan represented Beverly Hills in the Miss California USA 2013 on January 13, 2013, where she finished as first runner-up to Miss California USA 2013, Mabelynn Capeluj.

Later that year, Jordan was appointed as Miss World America 2013 and competed at Miss World 2013, where she finished in the top 20 and was also first runner-up for Top Model.

On December 21, 2014, Jordan won the title of Miss Oklahoma USA 2015 by outgoing titleholder Brooklynne Young and later won the title of Miss USA 2015 on July 12, 2015, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, making her the first entrant from Oklahoma to win and the first winner from the South since Kristen Dalton who won representing North Carolina in 2009 (though Nana Meriwether of Maryland was appointed as Miss USA following Olivia Culpo’s Miss Universe win in 2012).

Her question as a Miss USA finalist asked who she would choose as an American woman to put on the next new bill design.

She named Harriet Tubman.

She represented the United States at Miss Universe 2015, where she placed as the second runner-up.

Jordan represented the United States in the Miss Universe 2015 pageant held on December 20, 2015, where she was named the second runner-up.

Jordan wore a custom Berta Bridal dress to the evening gown portion of the competition, and was chosen among the top ten dressed in the competition.

After finishing her reign as Miss USA 2015, Jordan was vocal about her political beliefs.

On April 20, 2016, the U.S. Treasury officially announced that it had chosen Tubman to be featured on the new $20 bill.

During her reign, Donald Trump sold his stake in the Miss Universe Organization ending his affiliation with the beauty pageant.

During the 2016 United States presidential election, Jordan was an outspoken critic of Republican candidate Donald Trump, and supported Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.

In August 2018, Jordan became engaged to British actor Jay Hector, and they later married in November 2019.

They have one child.

Following the 2019 passage of the Human Life Protection Act in Alabama and the Georgia heartbeat bill, Jordan publicly stated that she was molested as a child and raped as a teenager, and since "decisions were made for [her] body without [her] consent", she saw the passage of heartbeat bills as no different from her experience.