Vanessa Lachey Instagram – That moment your daughter realizes you WERE ACTUALLY Miss Teen USA 1998!!! Brooklyn: “Mama, do you still have the crown & sash?” Me: “You mean this?!!!!!” (Takes crown out of the custom protective case and lining and sash out of hanging bag in a special place of my closet) It started because she told me she was doing a dance at school to @nsync “I want You Back”and I told her that was my swimsuit song for Miss Teen USA. Then we watched my parts, she said my voice sounded funny, we smiled while I was getting crowned and we went to bed hours past her bedtime. These moments will never get old to me. ❤️ I had never done pageants or anything like this before in my life. My state (SC) pageant to get to nationals was my first. I will always be grateful to the confidence and self esteem I gained by accomplishing something by just being “me”. This pageant was the beginning for me. And I am forever grateful. ❤️