Michelle Renee Royer-Jefferson (born January 5, 1966) is an American television personality and beauty queen who won
Miss USA 1987
Miss USA 1987 was the 36th Miss USA pageant, televised live on February 17 from Albuquerque, New Mexico on CBS. The ceremonies were hosted for the last time by Bob Barker. At the conclusion of the final competition, Michelle Royer of Texas was cro ...
and second runner-up to
Miss Universe 1987
Miss Universe 1987, the 36th Miss Universe pageant, was held on 27 May 1987 at the World Trade Centre in Singapore. Bárbara Palacios of Venezuela crowned her successor Cecilia Bolocco of Chile. 68 contestants competed in the pageant.
Results ...
.
Early life
Prior to competing in Miss Texas USA, Jefferson grew up in
Keller, Texas, attended
Keller High School where she was active in the high school band program, serving as drum major. She continued her education at
Texas Wesleyan University. She is the daughter of a salesman, who changed jobs frequently.
Pageantry
Miss USA
She won the title of
Miss Texas USA as the representative of
Keller in August 1986
and was crowned
Miss USA in February 1987,
becoming the third of five consecutive winners from
Texas during the 1980s.
Miss Universe
At the 1987
Miss Universe pageant, she placed first in the
preliminary competition,
second
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in semifinal interview and
third in
swimsuit
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and
evening gown, finishing second runner-up to
Cecilia Bolocco of
Chile.
Life after Miss USA
She is married to Donald "Banana Don" Jefferson, a morning on-air personality at country-formatted radio station
WITL-FM in
Lansing, Michigan
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.
The pair met when she made a stop in
Pittsburgh during an appearance shortly after winning her Miss USA title, and joined her husband briefly as half of the morning show behind the microphone when he accepted a new job as morning on-air personality at adult contemporary-formatted
WSHH. They have two children together.
References
External links
Official Miss USA website - Past titleholders
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1966 births
Living people
Miss Universe 1987 contestants
Miss USA winners
People from Keller, Texas
Texas Wesleyan University alumni