Shawn Weatherly

Background

The youngest of three children, Weatherly was born in San Antonio, Texas, to her mother Joanne (herself a former Christian Dior model), and her father who was a member of the United States Air Force stationed in San Antonio.

Education

Weatherly attended Clemson University as a nursing major.

Career

She went on to star as Cadet Karen Adams in the film Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986), and as Jill Riley in the first season of the television series Baywatch (1989-1990). When she was 9, her family moved to Sumter, South Carolina, where she spent the remainder of her childhood years. Beauty pageants The Mission United States of America 1980 pageant was televised live from Biloxi, Mississippi.

She was the only woman to score above 9.0 in the preliminary rounds and in the swimsuit and evening gown competitions.

Weatherly was the fifth Mission Universe from the United States of America. Personal Previously she had a relationship with Dwight Clark.

Achievements

• Weatherly won the preliminary competition by a clear margin, and went on to win all three rounds of the final competition (interview, evening gown, and swimsuit). Weatherly was the second contestant from South Carolina to win the title. In July 1980, Weatherly competed in the Mission Universe pageant held in Seoul, South of Korea, where again she won all rounds of competition. Her closest rivals were Mission Scotland Linda Gallagher, who was first runner-up, and Denyse Nottle of New Zealand (who placed second in the interview and swimsuit competitions), who was second runner-up. Miriam Stevenson, the only other Mission United States of America from South Carolina, had won the Mission Universe title in 1954, making South Carolina one of the most successful states in the national pageant circuit. After Weatherly, no Mission United States of America would become Mission Universe until Chelsi Smith in 1995.

Membership

During this time she was also a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority.