Sharlene Wells Hawkes

Sharlene Wells
Wells speaks to the Utah National Guard in 2009
Born
Sharlene Wells

(1964-03-16) March 16, 1964 (age 60)
Alma materBrigham Young University University of Utah
Occupations
  • Author
  • singer
  • reporter
  • beauty pageant titleholder
TitleMiss Utah Valley 1984
Miss Utah 1984
Miss America 1985
PredecessorSuzette Charles
SuccessorSusan Akin
Spouse(s)Bob Hawkes m, 1987; div, 2018
Children4

Sharlene Wells (born 16 March 1964) is a Paraguayan-American author, singer, and reporter from Salt Lake City, Utah who was Miss America 1985. She worked with ESPN from 1987 to 2002 and was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Defense to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Armed Forces in 2015.