She represented Oregon at the Miss USA 2004 pageant held in April 2004 in the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Murphy first spoke to Donald Trump about the possibility of appearing on his show when she was competing at the Miss USA pageant.

[2] In October 2016, Murphy told Grazia that Trump had offered her job interviews a day after she had left The Apprentice.

[3] After appearing on The Apprentice in New York, she relocated to Los Angeles, California, and pursued a career in entertainment.

[7] Murphy married Bill Dorfman, a dentist from ABC's reality show Extreme Makeover, on July 7, 2006.