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Halle Berry

     

Halle Berry's pageant titles include: Miss Teen All American, Miss Ohio-USA, first runner-up to Miss USA 1986, and 4th runner-up to Miss World 1986.

SHalle Berry accepts her Oscar award for Best Actresshe won the coveted role of Queen in the Alex Hailey mini-series, Queen, on the TV series Knots Landing and Living Dolls, and starred in the movies Jungle Fever and The Flintstones

She is the first African-American woman ever to win an Academy Award for her performance in the film, Monster's ball in 2002.

• 2002 Academy Award:  Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Monster's Ball
View Monster's Ball DVD

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Lindsay Bloom

Bloom, the 4th runner-up at Miss International, achieved fame playing sexy blonds on TV sitcoms: Daisy on The Dukes of Hazards, Ray Krebb's girlfriend on Dallas, and Vega$. Later, she dyed her trademark blond tresses brunette to play Stacy Keach's sidekick, Velda, on Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer.

Delta Burke

One of the best known "losers" at the Miss America Pageant, Delta competed as Miss Florida in the 1974 contest. She failed to make the top ten after performing her British dramatic recital about soon-to-be-executed Queen Anne Boleyn, with a Southern accent.

Later, she trademarked the role of former beauty queen as Suzanne Sugarbaker on the hit series, Designing Women, and starred in Filthy Rich and Love and Curses and All That Jazz.

Delta's other pageant titles included Miss Florida Flame, Miss Veteran's Day, Miss Orlando Action Princess, and Miss All-American Girl.

Gretchen Carlson

This high school valedictorian and Stanford University student who had also studied at Oxford University in England, Carlson was chosen as Miss American 1989.  Competing as Miss Minnesota, she is the only classical violinist to win and is credited with being one of the brightest titleholders ever. 

Carlson began her broadcasting career as a political reporter for WRIC-TV in Richmond, Virginia. She then served as a weekend anchor and reporter for KXAS-TV in Dallas, TX, was an anchor and reporter at WOIO-TV in Cleveland, OH, and for WCPO-TV in Cincinnati. She went on to serve as a news correspondent for the CBS News and co-anchor of  the CBS Saturday Early Show

Gretchen joined FOX News (FNC) as an anchor in June 2005. She serves as co-anchor of Fox's live morning show, "FOX & Friends," which is rated as cable's number one morning program.

Gretchen's work as a television journalist has been honored by three American Women in Radio and Television National Awards (Gracie Awards), including awards for her coverage of domestic violence, daycare security, and best network feature. 

More about Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson Bio - Fox News
Gretchen Carlson - YouTube.com clip


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