Kari Ann Peniche (born March 20, 1984) is a beauty queen from Gresham, Oregon, who has competed at Miss Teen USA and held the Miss United States Teen title. She was stripped of her title after appearing nude in the November 2004 issue of Playboy Magazine. Peniche won the Miss Oregon Teen USA 2002 title in November 2001 and competed in the Miss Teen USA 2002 pageant broadcast live from South Padre Island, Texas, in August 2002. She failed to place in the pageant, which was won by Vanessa Semrow of Wisconsin. At the end of her reign she crowned Tami Farrell as the new Miss Oregon Teen USA; Farrell went on to win the Miss Teen USA title.

The following year she represented Oregon in the Miss United States Teen pageant, which she won. She was later stripped of her title after appearing nude in Playboy magazine. Peniche claimed that there was nothing in her contract about not doing nude shoots, and since the issue did not hit stands until after her reign had ended, she did not think it would be a big deal.

Peniche attended Portland Lutheran High School in Gresham, Oregon. The school is a private Christian school of approximately 120 people. Since relinquishing her title, Peniche appeared on The Howard Stern Show and The Playhouse, a morning talk show in her hometown. She has a minor part in a movie called Grilled starring Ray Romano, Kevin James, and Burt Reynolds. The movie came out in 2006.

In September 2006, it was reported that Peniche was engaged to singer Aaron Carter. The engagement was broken off only 10 days later. Peniche had previously dated Aaron's older brother, Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter.

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