Susan Perkins

This article is about Miss America 1978. For the English comedian, see Sue Perkins.

Susan Perkins
Born	1954 Middletown, Ohio
Occupation	Professional singer, spokesperson and television reporter
Title	Miss Clayland 1977 Miss Ohio 1977 Miss America 1978
Predecessor	Dorothy Benham
Successor	Kylene Barker

Susan Perkins (born 1954), a native of Middletown, Ohio, was Miss America 1978.^[1]

She has been a professional singer, spokesperson and television reporter. Susan walked in the New York Marathon with the Achilles Club (which serves disabled and senior athletes) as a guide for an 80 year old former Marine Colonel.

She is married with two children and lives with her family in Weston, Massachusetts. Her oldest son is named Alan a.k.a. Trip, for being the third Alan in the family. Her Youngest daughter is named Brooke.

References

↑ "There she is, Miss Ohio". Boca Raton News. UPI. September 12, 1977. pp. 3A. Retrieved 15 March 2010.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dorothy Benham	Miss America 1978	Succeeded by Kylene Barker
Preceded by Janice Cooley	Miss Ohio 1977	Succeeded by Joan Gilger

Miss America titleholders (1960–1979)

Lynda Lee Mead (1960) Nancy Fleming (1961) Maria Fletcher (1962) Jacquelyn Mayer (1963) Donna Axum (1964) Vonda Kay Van Dyke (1965) Deborah Bryant (1966) Jane Anne Jayroe (1967) Debra Dene Barnes (1968) Judith Anne Ford (1969) Pamela Eldred (1970) Phyllis Ann George (1971) Laurie Lea Schaefer (1972) Terry Meeuwsen (1973) Rebecca Ann King (1974) Shirley Cothran (1975) Tawny Elaine Godin (1976) Dorothy Benham (1977) Susan Perkins (1978) Kylene Barker (1979)

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Ohio pageant winners

Miss Ohio	Mary Katherine Campbell (1922) Mary Katherine Campbell (1923) Marilyn Meseke (1938) Jacquelyn Mayer (1962) Laurie Lea Schaefer (1971) Susan Perkins (1977) Robin Meade (1992) Lea Mack (1994) Becky Minger (2010) Ellen Bryan (2011) Elissa McCracken (2012) Heather Wells (2013)

Miss Ohio USA	Sue Downey (1965) Jane Harrison (1970) Carolyn Houlihan (1979) Kim Seelbrede (1981) Halle Berry (1986) Michelle Mouser (1997) Kimberly Mullen (2002) Candace Smith (2003) Lauren Kelsey Hall (2004) Aisha Berry (2005) Stacy Offenberger (2006) Anna Melomud (2007) Monica Day (2008)

Miss Ohio Teen USA	Michelle Mouser (1991) Stacy Offenberger (1998) Allie LaForce (2005)

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