FIRST BREAK:Halle first came into the spotlight at seventeen years when she won the Miss Teen All-American Pageant, representing the state of Ohio in 1985 and, a year later in 1986, when she was the first runner-up in the Miss U.S.A. Pageant. After participating in the pageant, Halle became a full-time model.
As fame aspirants would realize in the ensuing decades with reality shows like “American Idol” and its predecessor, “Star Search,” that this type of fame is fleeting and Berry would have quickly faded into obscurity like most pageant entrants had she not taken her game to the next level. By this time, however, Berry had set her sights on the next phase of her burgeoning career: acting.
