Chera-Lyn Cook Explained

Chera-Lyn Cook
Miss Kentucky 1998
Miss Lexington 1969
Nationalcompetition:Miss America 1999
Birth Name:Loveta Cheralyn Cook[1]
Birth Date:7 October 1976[2]
Birth Place:London, Kentucky, U.S.
Alias:Chera-Lyn Kennedy
Homepage:http://www.chera-lynkennedy.com/

Loveta Cheralyn "Chera-Lyn" Cook (born October 7, 1976) is an American crowned Miss Kentucky 1998,[3] was the first young woman from southeast Kentucky to win the Miss Kentucky title.

Pageants

Representing the title of Miss Lexington, but claiming London, Kentucky as her hometown, Cook had previously held several titles, including Miss Central Kentucky, Miss Fayette County, Miss Monticello, Miss Southeast Kentucky, National Sweetheart, and National All American Teen. A double preliminary winner at Miss Kentucky, Cook won talent preliminary and placed 4th runner-up to Miss America 1999.

Awards and recognitions

Cook was recognized by the Joint Sessions of the Kentucky Legislature for volunteer work with at-risk youth and was the Kentucky School Psychologist of the Year in 2004. Her platform issue at Miss America, Children's Miracle Network, was later adopted by the Miss America Scholarship Organization as a national platform. She was also a Goodwill Ambassador for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Kentucky Birth Index, 1911-1999. Ancestry.com. December 17, 2010.
  2. News: Meet Miss Kentucky 1998 . Miss America Organization . September 17, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/19990503011336/http://www.missamerica.org/1998/ky.html . May 3, 1999 .
  3. Web site: Former Titleholders . 2011-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101210013850/http://www.misskentuckypageant.com/id19.html# . 2010-12-10 . dead .