- Michelyn Butler
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Michelyn Cynthia Butler Beauty pageant titleholder Born Michelyn Cynthia Butler
October 9, 1982
Madison, WisconsinHair 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
- ^ "Madison Woman Wins State Pageant". The Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal. 2007-09-26.
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Preceded by
Caitlin Shea MorrallMiss Wisconsin-USA
2008Succeeded by
Alexandra Ann WehrleyMiss USA 2008 delegates AK: Courtney Carroll • AZ: Kimberly Joiner • CA: Raquel Beezley • CT: Jacqueline Honulik • DE: Vincenza Carrieri-Russo • FL: Jessica Rafalowski • GA: Amanda Kozak • HI: Jonelle Layfield • IN: Brittany Mason • IA: Abbey Curran • KY: Alysha Harris • MA: Jacqueline Bruno • MS: Leah Laviano • MO: Candice Crawford • NJ: Tiffany Andrade • NM: Raelene Aguilar • NY: Danielle Roundtree • NC: Andrea Duke • OH: Monica Day • PA: LauRen Merola • RI: Amy Diaz • SD: Charlie Buhler • TX: Crystle Stewart • UT: Julia Bachison • VA: Tori Hall • WA: Michelle Font • WV: Skylene Montgomery • WI: Michelyn Butler
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