Axum, Donna (c. 1924–)
Axum, Donna (c. 1924–)
Miss America. Name variations: Donna Axum Whitworth. Born c. 1924 in El Dorado, Arkansas; University of Arkansas, MA; m. Gus Mutscher (Speaker of the House of Representatives in Texas); m. J. Bryan Whitworth; children: 2.
Named Miss America (1964), representing Arkansas; served on the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts for the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
See also Frank Deford, There She Is (Viking, 1971).
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