Cheryl Browne

Cheryl Adrienne Browne Hollingsworth, Miss Iowa 1970, is an American former ballet dancer and beauty pageant titleholder. She is known as the first African American contestant in the history of the Miss America pageant (Miss America 1971) following the abolition of the pageant's rule number seven, instituted during the 1930s, which read: "contestants must be of good health and of the white race".

In 2000, Cheryl Browne Hollingsworth lived in Lithonia, Georgia, with her husband Karl. Both work in the financial industry and have two grown children. Provided by Wikipedia