Carlene King Johnson

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Carlene King Johnson Drake (May 31, 1933 - April 15, 1969) was an American model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1955.

Johnson was from Rutland, Vermont. She attended Middlebury College, where she was a member of the Nu chapter Sigma Kappa sorority. [1] She was a legacy of Sigma Kappa sorority, as her mother, Katherine King Johnson, was a member of the Alpha Kappa Chapter. [2] She later attended the Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene at Tufts University in Boston, where she was voted Inter Fraternity Council Queen. [1]

She was crowned Miss Vermont 1953 after which she went on to become Miss USA in 1955, Vermont's only representative (as of 2022) to achieve the national title.

Johnson was born to Dr. Norman and Katherine King Johnson. She had two brothers, named Lyman [3] [4] and Raymond E. [5] On December 21, 1957, she married Lawrence Drake. They divorced in April 1966 after she discovered his adultery. [6] On March 21, 1968, she married Don Carroll Holloway. [7]

She has never made public appearance in her later years. At the age of 35, she was diagnosed with diabetes but managed to overcome it due to fund raising.

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References

  1. 1 2 Sigma Kappa Triangle Magazine, Fall 1955, pg. 4, George Banta Publishing Company
  2. ↑ Sigma Kappa Triangle Magazine, Summer 1955, pg. 22, George Banta Publishing Company
  3. ↑ "Vermont Birth Records, 1909-2008". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  4. ↑ "Vermont Marriage Records, 1909-2008". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
  5. ↑ "Katherine King Johnson, Arts Patron, Developer". Rutland Daily Herald. Newspapers.com. 1986-10-04. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  6. ↑ "California Divorce Index, 1966-1984". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  7. ↑ "Texas, Marriage Index, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-09-10.


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