Sharon Kay Ritchie (born January 12, 1937) was Miss America in 1956.
Early life
Ritchie spent her childhood in
Grand Island, Nebraska
Grand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 53,131 at the 2020 census.
Grand Island is the principal city of the Grand Island metropolitan area, which consists of Hall, Merrick, ...
, but hailed from
Denver
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the Unit ...
and was later crowned
Miss Colorado
The Miss Colorado competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss America pageant. Colorado has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.
Savannah Cavanaugh of Beaver Creek, Colorado was ...
1955.
Personal life
Ritchie was previously married to singer/golfer
Don Cherry
Donald Stewart Cherry (born February 5, 1934) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and television commentator. Cherry played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, and later coached the team for five se ...
; former football player and sportscaster
Kyle Rote
William Kyle Rote, Sr. (October 27, 1928 – August 15, 2002) was an American football player, a running back and receiver for eleven years in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants. He was an All-American running back at S ...
; and
E. F. Hutton & Co. chairman
Robert M. Fomon.
She has two children from her marriage to Cherry.
She has been married to Terry Mullin since 1992.
References
1937 births
Miss America 1950s delegates
Miss America winners
Living people
People from Grand Island, Nebraska
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