Introduction
Jaclyn Nesheiwat Stapp (born July 29, 1980) is a beauty queen, philanthropist and fashion model with pageant roots in Florida and New York. She is married to Scott Stapp, frontman of the band Creed. Her most notable titles include Mrs. Florida America 2008 and Miss New York USA 2004. She is executive director of The Scott Stapp With Arms Wide Open Foundation.
Pageants
In 1995, Stapp entered the pageant for Miss Florida Teen 1995. She entered the pageant system again seven years later with the Miss Florida USA 2002 where she placed third runner-up. The following year she competed for the second time and was first runner-up to Shannon Ford.
Having moved to New York, Nesheiwat competed in the Miss New York USA pageant for the first time in 2003, where she won the 2004 title. During her reign, Stapp was invited by the White House Provisional Coalition Authority in March 2004 to visit U.S. troops in Iraq including her sister Army Capt. Julia Nesheiwat (then serving in Baghdad, now Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Implementation, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S. State Department).
Stapp represented New York in the Miss USA 2004 pageant broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California in April 2004. On May 31, 2008, Stapp won the Mrs. Florida America pageant, and was named Mrs. America 2008 First-Runner Up and awarded the title of Most Photogenic.
Magazine covers
- Stork
- PBG Lifestyle
- Boca Life Magazine
- "Expecting Models very own Jaclyn Stapp Expecting again! Congratulations*". The Stork Magazine.
- "August 2009". pbglifestyle.com.
- "Mirabel's Digital Editions". mirabelsmagazinecentral.com.
Personal life
Stapp is of Jordanian heritage, one of five children raised in Umatilla, Florida. After graduating from Umatilla High School in 1998, she attended Stetson University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing and
Communications in 2002. Stapp married Scott Stapp at Viscaya Gardens, Florida in 2006. The two met during her reign as Miss New York at a Muscular Dystrophy charity gala in New York in January 2005. The couple have two children.