“From Crowns to Careers: Discover the Unexpected Journeys of These Beauty Queens Turned Icons!”
But before her music and acting careers took off, Williams was crowned Miss America in 1984.
Michelle Yeoh
In 1983, at the age of 20, Michelle Yeoh won the title of Miss Malaysia. From there, Yeoh went on to star in some pretty epic films.
Performing her own stunts, Yeoh appeared in critically acclaimed films such as Academy Award-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, and the MCU films Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings.
Delta Burke
While Delta Burke is arguably best known for her role as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the sitcom Designing Women, she was a pageant queen in her home state of Florida.
In 1972, she won the title of Miss Flame before going on to win State Miss Flame. From there, Burke won the title of Miss Florida, the youngest in pageant history to earn the crown.
Lee Meriwether
Lee Meriwether won the title of Miss California in 1954 after taking the crown for Miss San Francisco. A year later, Meriweather went on to win the title of Miss America.
While her acting career started in the 1950s with the film 4D Man, Meriweather is arguably best known for her performance in the 1970s crime drama Barnaby Jones.
