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Cheryl Patton Beauty pageant titleholder Born Cheryl Patton
North Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.Hair color Brown Eye color Brown Title(s) Miss Florida USA 1967, Miss USA 1967 Major
competition(s)Miss USA 1967 (2nd runner-up) Cheryl Patton is a pageant titleholder from North Miami Beach, Florida who has held the Miss USA title.[1]
In 1966 Patton was a runner-up in the Miss Florida World pageant.[2] The following year she won the Miss Florida USA 1967 title and represented Florida in the Miss USA 1967 pageant held in Miami Beach in her home state. She placed as second runner-up in the pageant, which was won by Sylvia Hitchcock of Alabama.[3]
In July that year, Hitchcock became the fourth woman from the United States to win the Miss Universe title, and for the first time, one of her runners-up was to be chosen to complete her reign as Miss USA. The first runner-up Susan Ellen Bradley of California, refused to take over the Miss USA title and Patton became Miss USA 1967.[1] This is the only time that the first runner-up has not inherited the reign of the original titleholder. In February 1968 Patton filed a lawsuit alleging that the pageant directors refused to pay her a bonus of $5000 for assuming the title as stipulated in the contract.[4] A judge ruled in her favour in June, stating that it made no difference that the sum had already been paid to Hitchcock.[5]
Patton's reign as Miss USA was the first time that a Floridian has held the title.
Patton later married and had a son. In the 1980s she was still living in North Miami.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Miss Florida Handed Miss USA Crown". St Petersburg Times. 1967-07-17. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=Qh4MAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dFwDAAAAIBAJ&dq=cheryl-patton%20miss-usa&pg=4267%2C4029482.
- ^ "Palm Beach Student Wins Miss Florida World". 1966-08-08. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=lcMNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IHQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6976,4102695&dq=cheryl-patton+miss-florida&hl=en.
- ^ UPI (1967-05-21). "Miss Alabama: Miss USA". St Petersburg Times. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=8SUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nVoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6916,121014&dq=miss-florida+cheryl-patton&hl=en.
- ^ "Miss USA Files Suit". The Evening Independent. 1968-02-13. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=_PYLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UFcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3636,2317539&dq=miss-usa+sylvia-hitchcock&hl=en.
- ^ "Substitute Miss USA Wins Case". The Miami News. 1968-06-12. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=aZYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xukFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4693,2294232&dq=miss-usa+sylvia-hitchcock&hl=en.
- ^ Wolff, Christine (1986-05-19). "Beauty Queens recall time of their lives". The Miami News. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=g8wlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TPMFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4886,5248374&dq=sue-ann-downey&hl=en.
External links
Miss USA titleholders (1960–1979) Linda Bement (1960) · Sharon Brown (1961) · Macel Leilani Wilson (1962) · Mārīte Ozere (1963) · Bobbi Johnson (1964) · Sue Ann Downey (1965) · Maria Remenyi (1966) · Sylvia Hitchcock/Cheryl Patton (1967) · Dorothy Anstett (1968) · Wendy Dascomb (1969) · Deborah Shelton (1970) · Michele McDonald (1971) · Tanya Wilson (1972) · Amanda Jones (1973) · Karen Morrison (1974) · Summer Bartholomew (1975) · Barbara Peterson (1976) · Kimberly Tomes (1977) · Judi Andersen (1978) · Mary Therese Friel (1979)
Complete list · (1952–1959) · (1960–1979) · (1980–1999) · (2000–2019) Florida Pageant Winners Miss Florida Ada Williams (1927) · Rose Marie Magrill (1939) · Ann Gloria Daniel (1954) · Ellen Meade (1973) · Delta Burke (1974) · Ann K. Schmalzried (1975) · Nancy Stafford (1976) · Molly Pesce (1986) · Leanza Cornett (1992) · Kristin Ludecke (1995) · Lissette Gonzalez (1998) · Katherine Carson (2002) · Ericka Dunlap (2003) · Shauna Pender (2003) · Jenna Edwards (2004) · Mari Wilensky (2005) · Allison Kreiger (2006) · Kylie Williams (2007) · Sierra Minott (2008) · Rachael Todd (2009) · Jaclyn Raulerson (2010) · Kristina Janolo (2011)Miss Florida USA Cheryl Patton (1967) · Mary-Margaret Humes (1975) · Shannon DePuy (1995) · Kristin Ludecke (2000) · Julie Donaldson (2001) · Carrie Ann Mewha (2003) · Kristen Berset (2004) · Melissa Witek (2005) · Cristin Duren (2006) · Jenna Edwards (2007) · Jessica Rafalowski (2008) · Megan Clementi (2010) · Lissette Garcia (2011)Miss Florida Teen USA Cristin Duren (1997) · Jillian Wunderlich (2008)Miss Florida's Outstanding Teen Sierra Minott (2005)Mrs. Florida Jaclyn Stapp (2008) · Kellie Lightbourn (2010)AL • AK • AZ • AR • CA • CO • CT • DE • FL • GA • HI • ID • IL • IN • IA • KS • KY • LA • ME • MD • MA • MI • MN • MS • MO • MT • NE • NV • NH • NJ • NM • NY • NC • ND • OH • OK • OR • PA • RI • SC • SD • TN • TX • UT • VT • VA • WA • WV • WI • WYCategories:- People from Florida
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