Her older brother, Brad Joseph Hennig (DOB: April 29, 1983), died in a drunk-driving incident in Destrehan, Louisiana on August 9, 2001 when he was 18. Shelley has since become an advocate against underage drinking.
Miss Teen USA 2004.
Miss Teen Louisiana 2004.
Her father has German, Swiss-German, Scottish, and English ancestry. Her mother is of Italian descent (all four of Shelley's maternal great-grandparents were Italian immigrants).