This former beauty queen has just the right number of celebrities in her family to make her ideal fodder for the media’s insatiable hunger. Candice Crawford is a former Miss Missouri and Miss USA, who decided to pursue a career in journalism. She won the Miss Missouri pageant in 2008.
She is married to former NFL quarterback Tony Romo, who has arguably one of the most prominent relationship portfolios in NFL history. As strange as it may seem, Romo and Candice’s brother have one thing in common: they both have a singer in a relationship with Carrie Underwood.
Who is Candice Crawford? Tony Romo’s wife, Age
This Texas beauty was born in Lubbock, Texas on December 16, 1986, spending her childhood in nearby Dallas, Texas. For her education, she attended Trinity Christian Academy in Addison, Texas, from where she graduated in 2005. At the Academy, she began participating in beauty pageants. From 2003 to 2005, she participated in the Miss Texas Teen USA pageants.
She then studied broadcast journalism at the University of Missouri, Colombia. She spent four years there and graduated in 2009. In 2008, she competed for the Miss Missouri title and emerged victorious. This allowed her to automatically qualify for the Miss USA pageant where she finished in the top 10.
Crawford also has a rap sheet, but with only one entry. A year before entering the Miss USA pageant, she was having her rights read to suspects of underage possession.
While in college, Candice also worked for KOMU-TV, a local channel. She was a journalist and sports presenter. Candice Crawford anchors The Closers, a weekly sports show. At KOMU, she also interned with the Dallas Cowboys for two summers, where she worked for the team on their CBS segment. The blitz. She has also worked behind the camera for programs such as KOMU Friday Night Lights.
After her time at KOMU-TV, she joined CW33(KDAF), a television network serving the Dallas, Texas area. Here, his responsibilities included sports competitions, festivals, and high school events.
Crawford also had its own Up All Night segment , which gave information on different places for night owls to hang out around the Dallas-Fort Worth area. She was also a co-host of the network show The RC Project and another covering the Dallas Cowboys called Special Edition, a weekend sports show.
Candice Crawford is also the co-owner of a company known as “Hawk + Sloane,” an essential oil spray business aimed at parents. She founded the company with her longtime friend, Holly Siglin. The name of the company is identical to that of the first two sons of the woman. They came up with the company name after finding out they had the same scheduled delivery date for the boys.
Family: parents and siblings
Candice was born into a small family like herone brother, an older brother. Her father, Chris Crawford, worked as a dermatologist, while her mother, Dana Crawford, taught high school and ended up focusing more on household chores.
Her brother, Chase Crawford initially took the same route that Candice would later take. He enrolled at Pepperdine University to pursue a career in broadcast journalism and marketing. He would drop out a few semesters later to focus on his acting career. Chase is the main character known as Nate Archibald in the CW’s hit drama series Gossip Girl. He has also starred in many other movies and TV series.
Husband (Tony Romo), children
Candice is married to Tony Romo, an undisputed star in Dallas football history and the NFL at large. Romo was a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys during his playing days. He retired in 2016, having played his entire career for the Dallas Cowboys. Subsequently, he became a sports pundit for CBS Sports’ NFL television shows.
Tony Romo had just gotten out of a relationship with singer and actress Jessica Simpson when he started dating Candice Crawford in 2009. He proposed to her on December 16, 2010, her 24th birthday. She then left CW33 to focus on her relationship and prepare for marriage.
They found time to get married five months later, thanks to the 2011 NFL lockout. The couple have three sons: Hawkins (2012); Rivers (2014); and Jones (2017).
