Jennifer Murphy

Jennifer Murphy (born March 19, 1979) is an American actress, YouTube personality, entrepreneur, and motivational speaker. Murphy has competed in beauty pageants, winning Miss Oregon USA in 2004 and having been a top-ten finalist at Miss USA 2004.

Jennifer Murphy was born on March 19, 1979 in Medford, Oregon. Murphy grew up as the second oldest of 11 children in Rogue River, southern Oregon,. She was partially home schooled but also attended Seton High School, from which she graduated in 1996.

Murphy is Founder and CEO of Go Girl Worldwide, an organization to empower girls and women globally through multi-media and live events. Jennifer is also the Founder of GoGirl Worldwide Magazine, a digital magazine to empower women. Murphy is also the co-owner of Viral Video Media Group. She is the producer of GoGirl SuperHero Series, GoGirl Entrepreneur and many other projects and with the emphasis on showcasing the "Joy In Giving" and with a focus on empowerment.

Philanthropy

Murphy is the Founder of GoGirl Worldwide Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)3 which funds the "GoGirl SuperHero Series" showcasing the "Joy In Giving".In this series "GoGirl Jennifer Murphy" is a real-life Superhero who surprises various individuals in need, and showcases a charity or cause in each episode to help bring more awareness, exposure and donations to that charity or cause.

Pageants

Murphy won the Miss Oregon USA title in late 2003, having previously competed in the Miss Oregon system for Miss America. She represented Oregon at the Miss USA 2004 pageant held in April 2004 in the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. Murphy placed in the top 10 in the pageant, which was won by Shandi Finnessey of Missouri, only the second placement by a delegate from Oregon in over ten years.

Murphy has remained involved in pageants, hosting the Miss Oregon USA 2006 pageant, and judging the Miss South Carolina Teen USA 2006 pageant.She has also been a judge for a Miss Washington, the Miss Oregon 2009 and the Miss Malibu 2010 pageants.

Television projects

Murphy appeared on the fourth season of The Apprentice. Murphy was "fired" in week 6, along with three others, for being involved in one of the worst defeats in the show's history. Murphy first spoke to Trump about the possibility of appearing on his show when she was competing at the Miss USA pageant. The pageant is part of the Miss Universe Organization which is owned by Trump. In the New York Times, Trump referred to Jennifer Murphy as "one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen."

In October 2016, Murphy told Grazia that Trump had offered her job interviews a day after she had left The Apprentice As she was leaving after an interview, a newly-married Trump kissed her on the lips, which took her by surprise. Murphy said she ultimately declined his job offer, and that she would still vote for Trump in the 2016 election.

After appearing on The Apprentice in New York, she relocated to Los Angeles, California and pursued a career in entertainment. Murphy appeared in her first feature film Killer Movie, playing the role of Mrs. Falls.

In April 2016, Murphy uploaded a video on her YouTube channel performing her song 'I want to be NEENJA!' at a private party promoting her line of Murphy beds. In July 2016, Murphy removed the YouTube video and released an apology on Facebook after the video was widely shared on social media criticising Murphy for her behaviour in the video.

Dear Everyone,

I did a song in front of a group of friends that was meant to be silly and self-deprecating, and I posted it last April and received comments from friends and strangers that it was funny.

It is obvious that I had bad judgment and didn’t understand that my attempt at humor would be seen as insensitive or mean-spirited, and I have removed the video from my channels.

I want to be a person who is positive and uplifting to others. Clearly in this instance, this has not been the case, and I have learned a valuable lesson.

I sincerely apologize to every person that has felt pain and offence because of me, and I ask their forgiveness.

Sincerely, Jennifer Murphy

Despite the removal of the video and apology, the song and references to the song can still be found in other videos uploaded to her YouTube channel.

Murphy married Bill Dorfman, a dentist from ABC's reality show Extreme Makeover, on July 7, 2006. They were married at the Trump National Golf Club in Los Angeles. She filed for divorce on July 9, 2007 after one year of marriage.