Susan Perkins Botsford (born April 28, 1954), a native of
Middletown, Ohio, was
Miss America 1978
Miss America 1978, the 51st Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 10, 1977. The pageant was televised on CBS, making this the last Miss America Pageant broadcast (as of 2022) by CBS, and t ...
.
She has been a professional singer, spokesperson, and television reporter. Susan walked in the
New York Marathon
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with the
Achilles Club (which serves disabled and senior athletes) as a guide for an 80-year-old former Marine Colonel. She has participated in many volunteer activities supporting U.S. veterans, and in 2009 she toured Iraq with two other former Miss Americas.
Perkins Botsford was selected to the panel of judges for the preliminary competition of the
Miss America 2018 pageant.
Personal life
She married Alan C. Botsford Jr., the president of Benson Botsford LLC, in May 1979.
They reside in
Boston, Massachusetts and
Cape Cod
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. Together they have two children, Trip and Brooke. Brooke is married to William Sinclair.
References
Living people
Miss America winners
People from Middletown, Ohio
1954 births
Miss America Preliminary Talent winners
Miss America 1970s delegates
People from Weston, Massachusetts
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