Career
Pageants
Forbes was crowned Mission Kansas United States of America 2004 on November 30, 2003, in Wichita, Kansas. She had previously competed in the pageant for five consecutive years, winning the interview award three times. She was a semi-finalist in 2003 and 2002, third runner-up in 2001 and a non-finalist in 2000.
The Mission United States of America 2004 Pageant was televised live on National Broadcasting Company. The previous two titleholders made the cut.
Education and employment
Forbes was born in Olathe, Kansas and moved to Overland Park at age five. After graduating from Blue Valley Northwest High School attended the University of Kansas where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Studies.
Forbes plans to pursue a career in either public relations or marketing, and claims her dream job would be on television as a television host. Forbes is passionate about American Quarter Horses, which she grew up riding, showing and training.
In October 2000, she represented the Northeast Kansas Quarter Horse Association in the All American Quarter Horse Congress Queen"s Contest in Columbus, Ohio.
In 2006 Forbes appeared on the Paris edition of reality television show The Bachelor, but was eliminated in the first round. She was working as an Information Technology recruiter at the time of her participation on the show. She and Ashley Litton, Mission Missouri United States of America 2004 own a pageant shop in Shawnee, Kansas.