Amber Seyer

About Amber Seyer

Amber Seyer (born April 14, 1986) is an American actress and model. She has participated in many beauty contests and has even won some. In the year 2007, she became Miss Missouri. She is participating in these competitions since she was 17 years old. She is also the wife of former major league baseball player Barry Zito, who played for the Oakland A's and San Franciso Giants; the two have been married since 2011.

Seyer won the Miss Missouri Teen USA title in November 2002, on her first attempt and also won the Miss Photogenic award. She had previously been crowned the 2002 Cotton Carnival queen in Sikeston, Missouri, in September 2002. She later represented Missouri in the Miss Teen USA 2003 pageant broadcast live from Palm Springs, California in August 2003, but did not place. The pageant was won by Tami Farrell of Oregon.

In October 2006 Seyer returned to pageantry and won the Miss Missouri USA title, also on her first attempt. She also won the Miss Congeniality and interview awards. Seyer is the sixth former Miss Teen USA delegate to win the Miss Missouri USA title, and the fifth former Missouri teen to do so. She became the fourth delegate from Miss Teen USA 2003 to win a Miss USA state crown, and the fifth former Teen USA delegate to win a Miss USA 2007 state title. Seyer represented Missouri in the Miss USA 2007 pageant broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 23, 2007 and placed in the top 10. Her score of 8.400 in the swimsuit competition and 8.032 in the evening gown competition placed her 9th and 10th in the competitions respectively. She placed 10th overall. She was also one of three delegates chosen to participate in a special episode of the NBC game show Identity to be broadcast prior to the pageant on March 23. It was revealed that Seyer was once a pig farmer. Seyer is an International Management and Marketing student at Lindenwood University.[ She received a scholarship to that university as part of her Miss Missouri Teen USA 2003 prize package.