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Baciliky Andris "Betty" Maxwell (née Cantrell; born September 1, 1994) is an American singer, actress, model, author, and beauty pageant titleholder from Warner Robins, Georgia, who was crowned Miss Georgia 2015. [1] On September 13, 2015, she was crowned Miss America 2016 by Miss America 2015, Kira Kazantsev.
Maxwell was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of a Haitian mother and a Puerto Rican father. His mother grew up in a devout Baptist household in Haiti. [11] [12] [13] Maxwell's father died in a plane crash around 1976 or 1977 when Maxwell was three years old. [14] Maxwell grew up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York. [15]
Maxwell was born Elisabeth Jenny Jeanne Meynard in La Grive, near Saint-Alban-de-Roche, France, to Louis "Paul" Meynard and Colombe (née Petel) Meynard. [1] [5] Paul Meynard was a descendant of Protestant Huguenot aristocracy whose distant lineage included kings of France, [6] [7] while Colombe Meynard was a Roman Catholic whose marriage to a Protestant resulted in her excommunication.
And the support between this evening’s odd couple — 2016’s Miss America Betty Maxwell, a trained opera singer and obviously a seasoned competitor, and insecure and shy teenager Kelsie Dolin ...
And Betty Maxwell, Miss America 2016, called the whole idea “ridiculous.” “I’ve never felt more empowered than walking on the Miss America stage in my swimsuit,” Maxwell said.
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Betty Maxwell (singer) T. Randy Thompson (murder victim) W. Kelly Warren; Robert Waymouth This page was last edited on 9 March 2024, at 16:36 (UTC). Text is ...
Betty Maxwell, Miss America 2016: “It was almost like being captive and your captor is finally caught and you’re finally allowed to be like, ‘Hey, let me tell ya’ll the things this dude ...