Jacquelyn Mayer | |
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Born | Sandusky, Ohio, U.S. | August 20, 1942
Education | Northwestern University |
Occupation(s) | Health care activist Motivational speaker Beauty pageant director |
Title | Miss Vacationland 1962 Miss Ohio 1962 Miss America 1963 |
Predecessor | Maria Fletcher |
Successor | Donna Axum |
Spouse | John Townsend |
Children | 2 |
Jacquelyn Jeanne Mayer (born August 20, 1942) is an American actress and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Ohio 1962 and Miss America 1963[1] and currently travels the United States as a motivational speaker, noted for her recovery from a near-fatal stroke suffered at age 28.[2]