25 celebrities that you didn't realize competed in beauty pageants
By Arielle Tschinkel
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Eva Longoria was Miss Corpus Christi.
Before her breakout role on "Desperate Housewives," Longoria competed in beauty pageants in her home state of Texas, winning the title of Miss Corpus Christi in 1998.
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