Deneen Graham
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Deneen Zezell Graham Kerns is a dance teacher and pageant contestant from
Personal life
Graham was born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Her parents, Jean and Bobby Graham, were both educators in Wilkes County public schools.[1][2] She entered the 1983 Miss North Carolina pageant at 19, as Miss Elkin Valley.[3] North Wilkesboro held a Deneen Graham Day two weeks after she received the Miss North Carolina title.[1] Vanessa Williams, winner of the Miss America 1984 title, has said that the Ku Klux Klan threatened to burn a cross on Graham's lawn after she won the North Carolina pageant.[4][5]
In 1986, she graduated from the
She is a member of the Dance Masters of America. Many of her students at Carol Walker Dance Academy have received the highest awards in regional and national competitions, and the academy's dance team are currently (as of 2008) National Dance Champions.[6][7]
Pageants
- Miss Georgia pageant performer
- Miss North Carolina 1983[3]
- Participant in Miss America 1984 pageant[2]
Dance
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- Fine Arts degree
- Broadway shows
- Choreographers of performances on Broadway and Miss Georgia Organization pageants
- Atlanta Hawks Dance Team
- Artistic Director of Dancers Company One
- Member of Dance Masters of America
- Choreographed many productions on Broadway and television
- Appeared and choreographed, as lead dancer, in hundreds of movies
References
- ^ a b c d "Deneen Zezell Graham-Kerns". Wilkes County Hall of Fame.
- ^ a b Hayes, Frances. "Miss N.C. returns home". journalpatriot. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ a b "Miss North Carolina 1983". www.missnc.org. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ "Vanessa Williams On Scandals, TV And Her Mom". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ Hall, Chloe (2021-02-11). "Vanessa Williams Wants You to Break Color Barriers Too". ELLE. Archived from the original on 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-06-21.
- ^ a b c "Deneen Graham-Kerns here Sunday". Journal Patriot.
- ^ "Archived version of official website". www.gregkerns.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2020-07-24.