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Terry Anne Meeuwsen Friedrich (born March 2, 1949) is an American television personality, co-host of the
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'', author and singer. Meeuwsen was the 1972 Miss Appleton, 1972
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and the winner of the Miss America pageant in 1973, taking both the talent and swimsuit competitions. She was the first Miss Wisconsin delegate to hold the Miss America title.


Life and career

At De Pere High School, Meeuwsen was selected homecoming queen, and was also a cheerleader for three years. After graduation, between 1969 and 1971, Meeuwsen performed and traveled with the singing group
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, but left the group to enter the Miss America pageant preliminary competitions. Following her reign as Miss America, Meeuwsen began television work at
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in
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in 1978, co-hosting (with Pete Wilson) a daily morning news and feature program, "A New Day." She left the station in 1986. Meeuwsen then accepted a position at The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) in Virginia Beach, VA, as co-host of "USAM," a proposed news and features program, with veteran newsman Brian Christie joining her as co-host. With broadcast veterans Tom Mahoney (Weather), Scott Hatch (Sports) and feature reporters Scott Ross and Ross Bagley, USAM offered personality programming with a faith perspective. The 30-minute daily morning show was sold to network affiliates (ABC, CBS, NBC) for access via satellite as a lead-in to their popular morning network shows. (At the time, affiliates typically aired color bars from the previous night's sign-off until the morning network feed began; offering high-profile personality programming to early morning viewers soon led to networks developing their own proprietary lead-ins.) After appearing on ''The 700 Club'' several times in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a guest co-host, she became a permanent co-host in 1993, sitting daily beside CBN founder
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. Since 2000, she has co-hosted the CBN show, ''Living the Life'', with comedian
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. Both shows air on Freeform. On September 12, 1995, Meeuwsen released the inspirational pop recording, ''Eyes of My Heart''. She has also authored four books, including ''Christmas Memories'' (1996), ''Near to the Heart Of God'' (1998), ''Just Between Friends'' (1999), and ''The God Adventure'' (2005).MSNBC January 5, 2010 Meeuwsen serves as director of Orphan's Promise, a part of CBN aimed at helping orphans and vulnerable children around the world through academic programs; life skills training; mentoring and career placement; food and clothing assistance; health care programs; housing; and orphan and adoption advocacy.


Personal life

Meeuwsen and her husband, Andy Friedrich, have seven children. The marriage is the second for each. The couple has strongly advocated adoption, and most of their children are adopted from difficult backgrounds. Their youngest three girls were adopted from
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.


References


External links


Terry Meewusen biography at CBN.comTerry Meeuwsen as a member of the New Christy Minstrels
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meeuwsen, Terry Anne 1949 births Living people American Christian writers American television talk show hosts Journalists from Wisconsin Miss America 1970s delegates Miss America Preliminary Talent winners Miss America winners People from De Pere, Wisconsin St. Norbert College alumni Writers from Wisconsin American people of Dutch descent The New Christy Minstrels members