Pamela Eldred Explained

Pamela Eldred
Birth Date:21 April 1948
Death Place:West Bloomfield, Michigan, United States
Miss Detroit 1969
Miss Michigan 1969
Miss America 1970
Predecessor:Judith Ford
Successor:Phyllis George
Spouse:
  • Jules F. Levey
Children:1

Pamela Anne Eldred (April 21, 1948 - July 12, 2022) was an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Michigan 1969 and later Miss America 1970.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Eldred is from West Bloomfield and graduated from University of Detroit Mercy.[3] [4]

Pageantry

She was crowned Miss America 1970 on September 6, 1969.[5] [6] A ballerina, Eldred performed a dance in the Miss America talent competition to music from Romeo and Juliet. One of the five finalists Eldred defeated in the Miss America 1970 pageant was singer and actress Susan Anton.

She participated in the home-coming of Kirsten Haglund along with Nancy Fleming Lange and Kaye Lani Rae Rafko Wilson, both former Miss Michigans who also became Miss America.[7]

Personal life

After her year as Miss America 1970, she married Dr. Jules F. Levey and had a daughter, Hilary Levey (Friedman), a Harvard-educated sociologist.[8] She remarried in 1998 to lawyer Norman Robbins, who is 29 years her senior.[8] Eldred died in her native Michigan on July 12, 2022, at the age of 74.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.missmichigan.org/index.php/miss-michigan/former-miss-michigan Welcome to the Official Miss Michigan Scholarship Program - proud to be a part of the Miss America Organization
  2. http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1970/1970.aspx Miss America : 1970
  3. http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/06.08/beauty.html The whys and woes of child beauty pageants
  4. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/fashion/weddings/16LEVEY.html Hilary Levey, John Freiedman
  5. http://www.deseretnews.com/top/1830/42/1970-There-she-is-From-1921-to-2014-see-the-Miss-America-pageant-through-the-years.html There she is: From 1921 to 2014, see the Miss America pageant through the years:1970
  6. Web site: Lisha . Arino . Former Miss Michigan title holders describe life after crown . MLive . June 14, 2012.
  7. http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2008/12/features_top_10_2008.html Year in Review: Top 10 features and entertainment stories of 2008
  8. Web site: American Beauties: 80 Years.