Amanda Jones (Miss USA)
Amanda Clara Jones | |
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![]() Jones in 1974 | |
Born | Amanda Clara Jones October 28, 1950 |
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss Illinois USA 1973 Miss USA 1973 |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Brown (right lighter) |
Major competition(s) | Miss USA 1973 (winner) Miss Universe 1973 (1st runner-up) |
Amanda Clara Jones (born October 28, 1950) is an American actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1973 and then represented the United States at Miss Universe 1973 where she placed 1st Runner-up.
Jones was crowned
In July, Jones competed in the
Jones was an aspiring local commercial model, and only applied for the
She appears under a pseudonym in Studs Terkel's 1980 book American Dreams: Lost & Found where she recalled[5]
One of the big execs from General Motors asked me to do a speech in Washington, D. C., on the consumer and the energy crisis. It was the fiftieth anniversary of the National Management Association. The White House, for some reason, sent me some stuff on it. I read it over, it was nonsense. So I stood up and said: "The reason we have an energy crisis is because we are, industrially and personally, pigs." Oh, they weren't real pleased.... Several times during my year as what's-her-face I had seen the movie The Sting. There's a gesture the characters use which means the con is on: they rub their nose. In my last fleeting moments as Miss USA, as they were playing that silly farewell speech and I walked down the aisle and stood by the throne, I looked right into the camera and rubbed my fingers across my nose. The next day, the pageant people spent all their time telling people that I hadn't done it....
Jones studied at the
References
- ^ AP (1973-05-20). "USA title goes to Miss Illinois". The Victoria Advocate.
- ^ a b c "Miss USA is 'The New Woman'". Anchorage Daily News. AP. 1973-05-20.
- ^ UPI (1974-05-16). "Tall Miss USA likes tall men but mostly knows short ones". Lodi News-Sentinel.
- ^ a b c "Amanda Jones looking forward to doing nothing". The Southeast Missourian. 1973-07-23.
- ^ Toobin, Jeffrey. "Aggressive Listening". The Harvard Crimson.
External links
- Miss USA official website
- Amanda Jones at IMDb
- Ms. Jones' appearance on So You Think You Know Chicago? at The Museum of Classic Chicago Television