Miss America 1980- Crowning: Cheryl Prewitt, Miss Mississippi
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- 1980 Miss America Pageant, Sept. 8, 1979- Atlantic City, NJ
Miss America 1980: Cheryl Prewitt, Miss Mississippi
1st Runner-Up: Tana Kay Carli, Miss Ohio
2nd Runner-Up: Michelle Elaine Whitson, Miss Kansas
3rd Runner-Up: Susan Wilson, Miss Missouri
4th Runner-Up: Marti Sue Phillips, Miss Florida - บันเทิง
I attended in person that year. I picked her from the beginning. She was a great Miss America.
Cheryl was an outstanding champion and we will never see another Bert Parks ever again. He was the heart and soul of this American tradition. A true legend.
I was here because of her miracle healing story
The patriotism, beauty and modesty of this pageant back then was genuine. Cheryl was my very favorite Miss America too. Bert was the best.
It's a shame that MAO has regressed so much in the last 40 years.
Bert's last year. I met Cheryl and she was a nice, friendly young woman who has faced her own tragedies and done so with class. God bless her.
11 years later bert did serenade with miss america 1991
Cheryl has a TH-cam channel!
(Salem Family Ministries.)
I don't mean to sound like a doubter-, or a "Debbie Downer"- but does someone who myself personally has been the victim of two sexual assaults as she has spoken about I can believe about healing through spirituality. However I'm having a hard time understanding without medically and peer-reviewed certifiably backed credible evidence regarding how one of her legs was lengthened miraculously without any medical intervention that could be perceived as she claims other than an act of her faith. That's just my opinion. I don't doubt her. I think that she knew how to win this pageant very well and that she kept a very well positive attitude. When she explains in her video how she went in her journey about winning the Miss America pageant and she explains among other things, during the final six before the Miss America is announced she mentioned something about being standing next to a "big" tall woman next to her- I Miss Iowa who I do not believe was taller than 5 ft 10- that's sort of a sense of body shaming without me being too much into the woke culture of the left. Just my two cents. If she's going to try to say that it's all about faith and then body shame somebody for being too big because she didn't say that the girl in the video when she talks about her path to winning Miss America was to tall it was that she was specifically and explicitly too big. What the heck does that have to do with something that's a scholarship foundation based mostly on talent? And by the way Cheryl did not even win a preliminary talent contest as she mentions, being that on her night Miss New York's baton twirling prelim won the talent. But Cheryl claimed that she unexpectedly won her preliminary swimsuit. ??!?!??!
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That God
She was a black 🖤 woman 👠
Bert will always be the BEST MC ever!
This was Bert Parks final time hosting the Miss America Pageant, R.I.P. Bert Parks!
I was there in person!
Some of you don't know, but this lady sang for my healing a couple of years later, demonstrating the power of God.
You know I really appreciate her talent, and however as a Protestant christian raised in Episcopalian with 5 years of Catholic school education before college. I have such a problem understanding and comprehending without the presentation of during her run up to winning Miss America and since then of the medical backup proven medical unexplained reasoning as to how the length of her leg which I believe she says is named from a car accident, actually grew miraculously. Because her her career her interview in the pageant was built on this her her career since then where is the medical evidence that says this could not have absolutely unquestionably happened unless it was with divine intervention? Thirdly where are the regular such as the Catholic Church does with the Vatican when they back up miracles, and I am not a Catholic I only went there for the high school swimming team, but to back up and consider their miracles they need more than just somebody saying my doctor said my one leg was named and then the bone un metally helped miraculously grew. Like that's never been written up in any peer review medically educated and educationally and professionally certified journalists that have backed up her alleged claim. I appreciate that maybe you are saying that with the power of positive thinking that's what I would appreciate that with her prayer and spirituality and positive thinking that she helped with your healing. But if you're going to make a statement about how she that woman who is not medically based helped with your healing can you not at least meet the Catholic church halfway before they even think of declaring something a miracle and crediting it to somebody that they made then call a saint? It's just such a horrific and antithetical rational or reasoning as to what every person who is raised at the very basis of what Christ is. If you are a Christian or any other religion that believes in the good of all people and that not everybody is perfect. If it was the fact that God miraculously lengthened not both of her legs the same length but just the one, then the hypocrisy is well then why then wouldn't we call the so-called God people are crediting with this alleged miracle being a wrathful one? Because then how do you account for god saying well you know what that person prayed every single day for 12 times every day to get rid of cancer and yet still died of cancer? I just have so much trouble believing this hypocrisy I appreciate that you believe that she helped you with your "healing"-; and according to your own words her own healing her own I guess that means praying no medical intervention, no other sort of home opathic power of positive thinking on your own just hers? You know please leave that for a religious platform on TH-cam. And let the other people hear appreciate the talent that she had that we were appreciating. And quite frankly and her video trying to say how it was possible for people to become Miss America just like she did. That was so gratefully disappointing to hear a woman who won that type of platform and is elevated to that position in that video talking about how the woman standing next to her when the final six are left for the winter to be called and saying a rather it isn't even politically correct she outright called the woman large next to her. The girl was not even 5'10. Cheryl is like 5'4? So that makes her girl next to her quote on quote big? Ugh?! Christ had friends in his day and age including unknown prostitute that he had no issues with. And here's this woman trying to sell people on how to win Miss America while bashing people for the body type. Why didn't she try to help that woman while she was running for Miss America to get a smaller body type? You see the hypocrisy yet ma'am?
You see that some of us don't know I don't think any of us want to know I don't think that a song alone helps someone heal. I mean if you actually think that somebody just singing for your healing helps. And you left it just at singing, broad open topic right? Okay
Fine then why didn't she let me see let me think of how about the famous pop song it might have been done by Celine Dion, the power of love? Is that pop song the song that she sang that that alone helped your healing? No medicine? No chiropractic no doctor's visits no consulting with qualified educated medical people just her? Wow geez why isn't she on the mainstream news around the world even getting the attention of the Catholic church? The people that have been for the last 2000 years, and again call me crazy but I'm coming from the educated point of view have a traditional policy of how to go about declaring somebody being healed or miraculously recovered through anything other than medically or explainable rational based or medical intervention reasoning? Because singing is not going to heal somebody I'm sorry I hate to break that news to you. That's like saying that Deck the Halls with bows of Holly at Christmas time can also be a song that can heal somebody? What the heck? That doesn't even have to do with what Christmas is really about that Christmas song? Your rationale is just so distorted I'm so sorry for you
I miss those days of Miss America, those ladies had class , Cheryl is an inspiration ❤
She had talent she knew how to win the title. Class is a very broad term. She definitely should a lot of toys insanely gracious poise especially after hearing her name being called as the winner I think that she may possibly have been the calmest person to respond and most coherent and lucid than any of the others who are much more shocked I think that's has a lot to her as being a classy woman I call that poise I think that's what the business of pageants call that poise. Classy? Well if classy means somebody claiming that miraculously without any medical intervention one leg was somehow lengthened by itself after being maimed, and never providing any medically reasonable rational basis either saying there's no explanation that the one leg which is documented as having allegedly been shorter which we I don't know did she have approve that? That there's she never presented was their medical people that came forward and said yes I saw her she had one leg shorter than the other and somehow it grew we can't explain it. You know documentation saying you know no documentation that she had any sort of. Well I'm just going to stop right there the only thing that could have possibly helped a leg grow beside shortening the other leg or painfully stretching out and growing the leg through braces would have only happened 9 years after she won this when the Dutch company came out with human growth hormone available by prescription. It would have needed braces that would have caused her great pain and specifically targeted human growth hormone that would have only lengthened the shorter leg and not caused an equally amount of growth on the right leg. It's inexplicable that's not being classy. That's making a claim without any even rational reasonable substantiation. And if that's what a lot of her preliminary interview is about shame on her. Christians don't lie at least that's the way I was brought up as a Protestant and an episcopalian. Heck I knew that or was raised to understand that Jesus was actually a Jew who was hung on a nail by Romans. I think that that's we can all agree on yes? Well he also had a great deal of class in that people who may today very well be considered the lowest wrong of social class religious degradation and anything else in his day, namely the prostitute Mary Magdalene? Is it was she not the one of the two Marys that was the prostitute? Did he place charging on her or no he accept her as was.
The religious right-wing fundamentalist that this woman who won this crown later acquainted herself with through her second marriage and oral Roberts University, those people do not prescribe to the Jesus before his martyrdom. The person that represented love did not judge people. None of that love the sinner not the sin BS. Please don't misunderstand or misrepresent class ever
It was one of the 2 Miss America Pageants I attended. I picked her right after the preliminary. Had a wonderful time in Atlantic City too!
I thought she was one of the most obvious winners ever.
I like to watch these for the evening gowns. Miss Kansas's blue gown was gorgeous!
I can truly say I have met Mrs America..
A great testimony
I was a state contestant and preliminary County winner in my state that year. One of my friends won the overall state title in AZ and went to the Miss America in Atlantic City. They held a send-off luncheon for her where she modelled the beautiful gowns that were custom made for her by (if I remember correctly) Ricardo of Las Vegas. We were so happy and hopeful for her. She made the top ten (seen in the video in white at the far right) and was the Grand Talent Award winner for her gymnastic talent. I was so excited watching the pageant live and pulling for her to win.
Remember, the Miss America is about talent (50%), brains, fitness, speaking ability and logic and academic scholarship. The original intent of the Miss America was to find a well-rounded outstanding woman to represent the franchise and inspire young women to achieve something with their lives. The contestants had to be nice looking, interview well, have a specific talent (usually years of practice needed), a healthy and fit face and figure, nice hair, poise, grace, be able to walk well, speak well and show some measure of accomplishment just to make it there.
Lots of women are good-looking, but try finding women who have a serious talent, really good figure, are smart and speak well and have earned some sort of outside achievement and the choices become much smaller.
Other pageants like the Miss World, Miss USA, Miss Universe and other smaller pageants are solely about looks. They are a whole different kind of pageant.
Pam Wenzel, (Miss AZ 1979) if you read this, hello!
Grand Talent Winner?
@@garydeblasio8810 - Yes, that's what I remember them calling it. There are preliminary talent awards and then the 'top' talent award on the final night is what I seem to recall that she won. Things may be quite different now, after all it has been 41 years! Gah. Can I be that old?
@@CasuallyObservant I'm not saying you're right or wrong. I've been involved since 1969 and first attended Atlantic city in 1981 and I don't remember that particular award. I know in 2002 they announced an overall Talent winner (MD) who ironically didn't win Talent at her state pageant. Lol.
@@garydeblasio8810 Huh! That is interesting.
@@CasuallyObservant I remember AZ that year. The judges must have really liked her because I don't think it's easy to win prelim Talent at Miss America with a gymnastics routine. She was excellent though and her music was from The Children of Sanchez as I recall.
My favorite Miss America!
She was healed of a shorter leg!
Ironically Miss USA was held in Biloxi, Mississippi in April of that year. LOL
This lady had practically her whole neighborhood with her!!! Just kidding of course. How awesome she had so many people in her family to come and support her.
Massive families are fun 😄
Bert Parks's first Miss America, Sharon Kay Ritchie, Miss Colorado, and Miss America 1956, was the first to wear the crown currently worn by Miss America winners.
Bert nearly made a mess of the final announcements of runnerups and Miss America. I think the cards were given to him out of order.
I remember being surprised but happy about Cheryl’s crowning moment when I watched this live at age 12. But was I hearing things then and now in this video, or did a few audience members actually loudly BOO Cheryl as Bert interviewed her??
Cheryl has a TH-cam channel (Salem Family Ministries).
Emma Rose Yes, she has been a powerhouse for the Lord Jesus since her teens. She did not change that during her year as Miss America either - she has an incredible ministry.
@@MTknitter22, she came from a family of gospel singers, for goodness’ sake!
Hate when they do 10 finalists...always more thrilling with top 5 only.
Wasn't Bert's fault! They handed him a jumbled bunch of cards!
The winner didn't seem the least bit surprised. Either she manages her emotions incredibly, or she was extremely confident that she would be the winner. Some of these girls can barely speak after winning. She had the same level of excitement of a person being told at the drive through window that they made a mistake and that she could keep the medium sized fries, even though she only paid for a small
But she was that confident. I had the pleasure of meeting her at Mississippi State while in the choir and she was the pianist. Very confident, charismatic, and personable. If you can find a recording of her in the talent competition please take the time to watch it.
Please go watch the video “My Miss America Journey” on her channel, Salem Family Ministries. 😀
Uh...extra... Trying too hard
God ordained.
God ordained.
Bert messing up when calling the runner-up’s did not help his cause.
He did this in 1968 pageant too. It happens.
Mississippi has won quite a few Miss America crowns but not a single Miss USA title. That’s so strange.
Well all that’s changed now.
I still remember when Asya Branch was in the Miss America pageant (it was Nia Franklin’s year).
@@reprolover11 It wasn't until about three years ago that Mississippi finally sent a black woman to the Miss USA pageant the other Southern states have crowned black women decades ago it shows you what a sorry racist state Mississippi is no wonder they're last in everything they're too busy being hateful and trying to keep blacks down
@@emmarose4234 Years ago Miss America Lynda Lee Mead from Mississippi just a few yrs after Emmett Till told the press Mississippi had nothing to be ashamed of
Miss Mississippi has won Miss America 4 times, 2 of those wins were back to back when Mary Ann Mobley and Linda Mead won 2 years in a row. There has also been 5 -1st runner ups, 4-2ed runner ups, and 10 years in a row Miss Mississippi won a preliminary swimsuit award. Aysa Branch was the very first Miss Mississippi USA to win the MISS USA crown not to long ago. Mississippi has done very well at Miss America over the years, they are always strong each year. Never count them out for sure. I remember watching Cheryl win her title and 7 years later Susan Akin won Miss America . Hasn't been another winner since Susan won, but several have placed 1st,2ed,3rd,and 4th runner up. Great track record indeed. Cheryl is by far my favorite Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley is a close 2ed.
This was the last time the pageant finalists were" lily white".
The following year, 2 black girls made the Top 10
Not sure what you mean here by the last year the top 10 were "lily white", but I am hoping its not that you're in anyway using lily white in a tasteless way, be it racist or as a pejorative, in your statement. So, if I am somehow wrong in your use of that phrase of lily white NOT being either racist or at least a slight pejorative, please help , if you don't mind, where/how I am misunderstanding your use of wording and I will duly apologize. At the 1975 pageant, Tawny Godin won Miss America 1976 at 18 yrs 1 month, making her at the time according to age rule requirements, the youngest "legitimate" winner (in the past several contestants and winners too, lied about their age to enter, which is why Marian Bergeron won at 15 1/2 in 1933). That year when Tawny won, among the top 10, for the first time ever, was a woman of African American descent, Miss Delaware (Deborah Lipford) - i believe now going by the name Dr Day Deborah Rica Lipford). The above is NOT the last time the finalists were "lily white". if you want to go directly to the 1987 crowning and watch the year Kellye Cash wins in 86 as Miss America 1987. All in the top 10 are as you wrote "lily white" (that is SUCH a frighteningly sounding term of racial undertones, at the very least. Ask any teacher of the almost universally required class in Basic Composition and Rhetoric.) I can't tell or advise you what to do, but you may want to at the very least re consider your wording in the above first sentence of your entry. I feel certain that it can be done in a way that doesn't change the basic point you are making; but then again you do have freedom of speech, expression, press, etc.
@@Parker528 Deborah Lipford, Miss Delaware 1976, was a Top 10 semi-finalist the year after Tawny Godin won. Lipford competed for Miss America 1977.
@@georgecarter9544 yes of course! Thank you for an error I rarely make as a resident of Wilmington, DE!
@@Parker528 what evidence do u have that Marion Bergeron "lied" about her age.
Mentioning the wrong count of 6, two times no less, and seeming to forget the 1st runner-up are what did Bert in so that he wasn't invited back to host the pageant any longer.
Jimmy, the stupid auditor should have put everything on 1 card. We all know that. Bert was the best. I don't blame him in the least. He was handed 5 cards all mixed up, so he had to get them in the right order. He wasn't invited back because the pageant officials thought he was getting too old, and they wanted to "revitalize" it with new blood. NOT ALL CHANGES ARE GOOD!
I loved Bert. They PUSHED him out. They treated him like shit.
Don’t blame Bert! PLEASE! 😀
Johnny Carson tried to get Bert back, but wasn’t successful!!! 😭
@@hankrogers8431 I agree he found out from the press they were ringing his doorbell to find out how he felt about it the pageant execs could have shown Bert more respect they didn't want him any longer I respect that as abusiness decision but show some respect
@@emmarose4234 nice to hear a good story about Johnny Carson he was not known to be a nice guy
Remember God told her she would be miss America! ...he came right down from everything else he had going on to tell her!...
No it was her local postman who said that to her when she was maybe 6 years old, she claims. But i get it. lol
Maybe God did?
Oh, why won’t you have faith like a child?
She wasn't pretty at all!
I hope you're joking. She was (and still is) a beauty. "Big hair" was the style back then...I love it. 😍
Freddie! surely you jest
Miss America is not based on looks
Talent is the biggest percentage in winning.
She was gorgeous. You don't have class or know classy beauties. And this pageant is also about talent and brains. Did you see this Miss America's talent? It was the best EVER!!
A matter of opinion...this Mississippi girl's opinion is that she was pretty then and beautiful now, both inside and out.