Michelyn Butler

Michelyn Cynthia Butler

Beauty pageant titleholder
Born	Michelyn Cynthia Butler October 9, 1982 (1982-10-09) (age 29) Madison, Wisconsin
Hair color	Dark Brown
Eye color	Green
Title(s)	Miss Wisconsin USA 2008
Major competition(s)	Miss USA 2008

Michelyn Butler is a beauty queen from Tampa, Florida who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2008. She was born in Madison, Wisconsin.

After graduating from the University of Florida, Butler moved to Madison, Wisconsin to pursue a doctorate in educational psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

In June 2007, competing as Miss Fox River Valley (a title she won in Appleton, Wisconsin), Butler placed first runner-up in the 2007 Miss Wisconsin competition in Oshkosh. In September she won the 2008 Miss Wisconsin-USA pageant in Middleton, Wisconsin, and represented Wisconsin in the 2008 Miss USA pageant on April 11, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Butler is the second African-American woman to win the title.^[1] She was crowned by Caitlin Morrall, who also placed first runner-up at Miss Wisconsin months prior to winning the Miss Wisconsin USA 2007 title.

References

1. ^ "Madison Woman Wins State Pageant". The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal. 2007-09-26. 

External links

• Miss Wisconsin-USA official website

Preceded by Caitlin Shea Morrall

Miss Wisconsin-USA 2008

Succeeded by Alexandra Ann Wehrley

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Name	Butler, Michelyn Cynthia
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Date of birth	1982-10-09
Place of birth	Madison, Wisconsin
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