Charlotte Sheffield (September 1, 1936 - April 15, 2016) was an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder best known as

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. After winning the

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crown, Sheffield, from

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was first runner-up in the Miss USA competition. A day later, the winner,

Mary Leona Gage Mary Leona Gage (April 8, 1939 – October 5, 2010) was an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1957, the first from Maryland to capture the Miss USA crown. She was stripped of her title when it was rev ...

was stripped of her title when it emerged that she was not only too young to compete (18 years old; the age limit was 21), but was also married with two children. Sheffield ascended as Miss USA, but was not allowed to compete for the

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crown. By the time Gage's deceit was discovered, Sheffield had already missed the preliminary competition. Sheffield went on to compete at the 1957 Miss World pageant, but failed to place. Charlotte then married Richard Maxfield and had 8 children, four boys and four girls. She was a member of the

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for ten years and acted in many plays and movies. She was a special guest at the Miss USA pageant several times through the years. She was most recently seen as a special guest in Las Vegas at the 2011 Miss USA pageant. In 1958, Sheffield starred alongside

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in a science fiction radio drama ''The Adventure of the Beauty Queen'', as a part of the ''

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'' radio series. Her last film was ''Stand Strong'', released in 2011. The trailer is featured on YouTube under that title. She is seen in the trailer several times. Charlotte died in 2016 in Salt Lake City, UT due to

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References

External links

Miss USA official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sheffield, Charlotte 1937 births 2016 deaths American film actresses Latter Day Saints from Utah American radio actresses Miss USA 1950s delegates Miss USA winners Miss World 1957 delegates Tabernacle Choir members Actresses from Salt Lake City