Shirley Cothran

Shirley Cothran (born 1953) was the 1975 winner of the Miss America pageant. She graduated from Denton(Texas)High School in 1970 and was the second Miss America winner from that school in 4 years as Phyllis George wore the crown before her in 1971.^[1] Cothran used the scholarship money from the contest to get her Ph.D. in Education. She currently tours as a motivational speaker and still resides in Texas.

References

^ Connell, Chris (9 September 1974). "Shirley Cothran: a teetotaler who loves apple pie". Anchorage Daily News: p. 3. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MHo0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=66YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2243,1791408&dq=shirley-cothran&hl=en. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

Miss America titleholders (1960–1979)

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Miss Texas	Charmayne Smith (1939) · Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942) · Phyllis George (1970) · Shirley Cothran (1974) · Tamara Hext (1984) · Jonna Fitzgerald (1985) · Shilah Phillips (2006) · Rebecca Robinson (2008) · Ashley Melnick (2010) · Kendall Morris (2011)

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Miss Texas Teen USA	Carissa Blair (1992) · Christie Lee Woods (1996) · Andria Mullins (1997) · Christie Cole (1998) · Nicole O'Brian (2000) · Magen Ellis (2004) · Kelli Harral (2009) · Danielle Doty (2011)

Miss Texas' Outstanding Teen	Rebecca Robinson (2000) · Meghan Miller (2005) · Kendall Morris (2006)

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Name	Cothran, Shirley
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Date of birth	1953
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