Chelsea Cooley, (born October 30, 1983), is a beauty queen from Mint Hill, North Carolina who has competed in the Miss Teen USA, Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants and who has held the Miss USA 2005 title.
Cooley was crowned Miss USA during the Miss USA 2005 pageant in Baltimore, Maryland on April 11, 2005. She was the first Miss North Carolina USA to win the Miss USA crown.
Chelsea attended the Art Institute of Charlotte and hopes to become a buyer for the fashion industry. Her hobbies and interests include jet skiing, snorkeling and following Major League Baseball (fan of the Atlanta Braves), which she talked about during a pageant interview. Cooley is rumoured to have taken her love of baseball to a new level, as she has been seen several times with Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer. Joe, however, ended the relationship in November of the same year. Her love of shag dancing led her to compete in the Grand National Shag Dancing Competition where she was declared Grand National Shag Dance Champion. Cooley has also worked for a number of non-profit organizations, including Toys for Tots and the Special Olympics.
As Miss USA, Cooley represented the Miss Universe Organization. Her "sister" 2005 titleholders were Natalie Glebova (Miss Universe, of Canada) and Allie LaForce (Miss Teen USA, of Ohio). She raised $22.8 million for breast- and ovarian-cancer research during her reign.
