Carlene King Johnson Drake (May 31, 1933 – April 15, 1969) was an American model and beauty pageant titleholder who won

Miss USA 1955 Miss USA 1955 was the 4th Miss USA pageant, held at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California on July 20, 1955. The pageant was won by Carlene King Johnson of Vermont, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Miriam Stevenson of So ...

. She attended Middlebury College, where she was a member of the Nu chapter

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sorority.Sigma Kappa Triangle Magazine, Fall 1955, pg. 4, George Banta Publishing Company She was a legacy of

sorority, as her mother, Katherine King Johnson, was a member of the Alpha Kappa Chapter. She later attended the Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene at

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in Boston, where she was voted Inter Fraternity Council Queen. After winning the Miss Vermont USA crown, Johnson, from Rutland,

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, went on to become Vermont's only representative (as of 2021) to achieve the title of Miss USA. Previously, she was

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1953. Johnson was born to Dr. Norman and Katherine King Johnson. She had two brothers, named Lyman and Raymond E. On December 21, 1957, she wed Lawrence Drake. They divorced in April 1966. On March 21, 1968, she married Don Carroll Holloway. She died at the age of 35 due to diabetes.

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Miss USA official websiteMention of Carlene King Johnson's deathCarlene King Johnson Holloway at Find-A-Grave
1933 births 1968 deaths Beauty pageant contestants from Vermont Miss America 1950s delegates Miss Universe 1955 contestants Miss USA winners People from Rutland (town), Vermont Middlebury College alumni Tufts University School of Dental Medicine alumni 20th-century American people {{Vermont-stub