Shandi Finnessey Higgins was born in St Louis, Missouri as the youngest and only girl with three older brothers. She iis an honors graduate from Lindenwood University where she received a BS in Psychology, which she completed in three and a half years.. There, Finnessey conducted research on androgyny that proved significant and was published in the SEPA Journal.

She then moved to South Beach Miami to pursue her modeling career before becoming Miss USA and 1st runner up to Miss Universe in 2004. She spent her time as Miss USA championing the causes of breast and ovarian cancer education, research and legislation. To date, she has helped to raise over 30 million dollars for breast and ovarian cancer research.

Dedicated to helping people with disabilities, Shandi works to promote inclusion of individuals with mental challenges. One of her proudest achievements was publishing a children's book on this very subject, titled "The Furrtails," which can be found through amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com. Infinity Publishing awarded the distinguished AWMAD for Authors Who Make a Difference to her children's book.

Shortly after Shandi crowned her successor, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. She became a host on GSN’s highest rated game show, Lingo, as well as the late-night live game show, Playmania. She also hosted The Ultimate Blackjack Tour on CBS. Her talents got the attention of the Miss Universe Organization and NBC as they called upon her to color-commentate during the 2006 and 2011 Miss Universe Pageants. In addition to hosting, Shandi was on the 4th season of ABC’s hit show Dancing With The Stars as well as NBC's reality dating series, Ready For Love, where she won the bachelor's heart in the end. Most recently, she was an entertainment host on the nationally syndicated entertainment news show, OK! TV.

Health and fitness have always been a priority to Shandi and she moved to become a pescatarian in 2008, eating mostly a plant based diet with limited amounts of fish. She launched her own special formula of a “green drink” called Greens of Gratitude that helps to promote a healthy diet. You can find out more at GreensofGratitude.com. She currently lives in Tennessee with her husband, their three sons, Finn, Bodhi and Charlie, their Maltese fur-baby, Cricket, rescue cat, Bugsy, and a farm filled with animals!

Donna King graduated with a Recreation and Leisure studies/social work degree from the University of North Texas. She has been a “Recreation Specialist” for the City of Lewisville, Tx. Where she was in charge of all the Children’s programming, classes and special events. She has worked and volunteered at numerous camps for the city, for boy scouts and girl scouts, and for the Mother’s day out and Parent’s day out programs. She also created her own “King Camp” at her house where, along with 3 of her sons, programed and implemented an outdoor, nature based summer camp. In 2001, Donna opened a new Mother’s Day Out program at First Presbyterian Church, where she was the director for 21 years. She now teaches preschool at Southpointe Church. She enjoys being outside in nature, hiking, exploring new places, traveling, gardening, learning about all kinds of animals, healthy cooking, baking sourdough bread, yoga, and spending as much time as she can with her husband and 4 boys (who range from age 17-26).

Ben likes fish