Maria Fletcher
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Maria Fletcher
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born | Maria Beale Fletcher[1] June 23, 1942 [1] Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m)[2] |
| Weight | 118 lb (54 kg)[2] |
| Measurements | Bust - 35, Waist - 24, Hips - 35[2] |
| Title(s) | Miss Asheville 1961 Miss North Carolina 1961, Miss America 1962 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss America 1962 (winner) |
Maria Beale Fletcher (born June 23, 1942) was Miss America 1962.
Fletcher was born to Charles "Beale" and Margaret Gatley Fletcher, who were the founders of the Asheville-area Fletcher School of Dance and the Land of the Sky Civic Ballet. She has one brother named Walter and two sisters named Margaret and Bonnie.[1][3] She is from Asheville, North Carolina, and was a graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School. She worked as a Radio City Music Hall Rockette prior to winning the crown.[4]
She was the Miss America Preliminary Competition swimsuit winner, and her overseas tour included visits to 31 Army hospitals and Servicemen's Clubs. During the late 1960s, Fletcher served as co-host of The Noon Show on Nashville, Tennessee television station WSM.
References
- ^ a b c "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000". Ancestry.com. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8783&enc=1. Retrieved November 31, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Miss America 1962". PBS. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/missamerica/sfeature/pop_1962.html. Retrieved 2011-11-11.
- ^ "Oral History Register for Beale Fletcher, 1914-1994 and Peggy Fletcher". University of North Carolina at Asheville. http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/VOA/D_H/Fletcher_B&P.html. Retrieved November 31, 2010.
- ^ "Miss America History 1962". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20060923035747/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1960/1962.asp. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
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| Preceded by Nancy Fleming |
Miss America 1962 |
Succeeded by Jacquelyn Mayer |
| Preceded by Ann Herring |
Miss North Carolina 1961 |
Succeeded by Susan Woodall |
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