Donna Axum | |
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 Axum in 1964 | |
| Born | Donna Idelle Axum January 3, 1942 El Dorado, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | November 4, 2018 (aged 76) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Other names | Donna Axum Whitworth |
| Alma mater | University of Arkansas |
| Title | Miss America 1964 |
| Predecessor | Jacquelyn Mayer |
| Successor | Vonda Kay Van Dyke |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 6 |
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Donna Axum (January 3, 1942 – November 4, 2018) was an American beauty pageant winner, author, television executive producer, philanthropist and model. She was crowned Miss America in 1964. One month earlier she had been crowned Miss Arkansas.
After her Miss America win, Axum taught classes at Texas Tech University and worked in television such as starring on The Noon Show and Good Morning Arkansas. Aside from Miss America, Axum was an active civic leader as she served on the National Committee for the Performing Arts of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. after being nominated by President Bill Clinton, the Fort Worth Symphony, the Van Cliburn Foundation and Texas Christian University College of Fine Arts Board of Visitors.