Cheryl Patton
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Cheryl Patton is a beauty queen coming from Florida who has held the Miss USA title.
Patton won the Miss Florida USA 1967 title and represented Florida in the Miss USA 1967 pageant held in Miami Beach in her home state. She placed as second runner-up in the pageant, which was won by Sylvia Hitchcock of Alabama.
In July that year, Hitchcock became the fourth woman from the United States to win the Miss Universe title, and for the first time, one of her runners-up was to be chosen to complete her reign as Miss USA. The first runner-up, Miss California USA 1967, Susan Ellen Bradley, was supposed to take over the Miss USA title, however she declined the title, which meant Patton became Miss USA 1967. This is the only time that the first runner-up has not inherited the reign of the original titleholder.
Patton's reign as Miss USA was the first, and as of 2006 only, time that a Floridian has held the title.
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| Preceded by Sylvia Hitchcock |
Miss USA 1967 |
Succeeded by Dorothy Anstett |
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