caption predecessor successor birth_place title article_title birth_date term image employer name occupation alma_mater
deidre , 2005 downs at the jimmy carter work project june ericka dunlap jennifer berry alabama , u.s. miss alabama 2004 , miss america 2005 deidre downs
 07 july 1980 september 18 , 2004 - january 21 , 2006 deidre downsjcwp2.jpg university of alabama-birmingham medical center . deidre downs resident physician in obstetrics and gynecology university of medicine of virginia samford university university of alabama school
deidre downs

deidre downs -lrb- born july 7 , 1980 -rrb- is an american physician and former beauty pageant titleholder .
downs was miss america 2005 and miss alabama 2004 .
downs initially attended the university of virginia on a volleyball scholarship .
she later attended samford university and earned scholarship money through pageants .
after her term as miss america , she began medical school at the university of alabama school of medicine in birmingham , alabama .
she changed her name to deidre downs gunn when she married andrew gunn , a high school teacher in 2008 .
`` she is currently a chief resident physician in obstetrics and gynecology at the university of alabama medical center . ''
downs is the only titleholder to reign for part of three calendar years .
the pageant , traditionally held in september , was delayed four months to allow the miss america organization to secure a tv deal .
her successor , jennifer berry of oklahoma , was crowned as miss america 2006 , on january 21 , 2006 .
