Maria Fletcher
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Maria Beale Fletcher (born June 23, 1942) is an American beauty pageant contestant who was Miss America 1962.[1]
Early life and education
Fletcher was born to dancing duo Charles "Beale" and Margaret Gatley Fletcher, who were the founders of the Fletcher School of Dance and the Land of the Sky Civic Ballet. She has one brother, Walter, and two sisters, Margaret and Bonnie.[2]
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 Miss America crown.[3] After winning Miss America, Fletcher used her earned scholarship towards a degree in French from Vanderbilt University.[4]
Pageantry
She was the Miss America preliminary competition swimsuit winner, and her overseas tour included visits to 31 Army hospitals and Servicemen's Clubs. For the talent competition, she tap danced to a recording of herself singing “Somebody Loves Me.”[5] She remains as of 2025[update] the only Miss North Carolina to be crowned Miss America.
Career
During the late 1960s, Fletcher served as co-host of The Noon Show on Nashville, Tennessee, television station WSM.
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Neufeld, Rob (January 15, 2015). "Portrait of the past: Miss America parade". Citizen Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Oral History Register for Beale Fletcher, 1914-1994 and Peggy Fletcher". University of North Carolina at Asheville. Archived from the original on 2008-04-11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Miss America History 1962". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tauber, Michelle; Neill, Mike; Russell, Lisa; Fowler, Joanne; Dam, Julie; Tresniowski, Alex; Miller, Samantha; Dougherty, Steve; Yu, Ting (October 16, 2000). "American Beauties: 80 Years". People.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Our First Miss America". NC DNCR blog. September 9, 2013.
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