Shawn Nichols Weatherly (born July 24, 1959 in Sumter, South Carolina) is a beauty queen and entertainer from South Carolina. After winning the 1980 Miss South Carolina USA pageant, she was placed in the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants.
The Miss USA 1980 pageant was televised live from Biloxi, Mississippi. 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). She was the only woman to score above 9.0 in the preliminary rounds as well as in the swimsuit and evening gown competitions. She was the second woman from South Carolina to win the title.
In July 1980, Weatherly competed in the Miss Universe pageant held in Seoul, South Korea, where again she won all rounds of competition. Her closest rival was Denyse Nottle of New Zealand, who placed second in the interview and swimsuit competitions, and would eventually be Weatherly's second runner-up.
Weatherly was the fifth Miss Universe from the United States, and the second from South Carolina. Miriam Stevenson, the only other Miss USA from South Carolina, had won the Miss Universe title in 1954, making South Carolina one of the most successful states in the system. After Weatherly, no Miss USA would become Miss Universe until 1995.
Weatherly attended Clemson University as an Elementary Education major and graduated in 1982. She is best known for work on the television show Baywatch and for the early reality show Oceanquest, which had Weatherly swimming with sharks. She played a small part on a Dukes of Hazzard episode, "Coy vs. Vance," and in various other shows. She currently resides in Newport Beach, California, with her husband, Chip Harris, and their two children, Jessie Lee and Jack Thomas.
External links
Shawn Weatherly at the Internet Movie Database
Preceded by
Janice McDonald
Miss South Carolina USA
1980
Succeeded by
Zade Turner
Preceded by
Mary Therese Friel
Miss USA
1980
Succeeded by
Jineane Ford
Preceded by
Maritza Sayalero
Miss Universe
1980
Succeeded by
Irene Sáez
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