Dellynne Catching
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Born | Dellynne Cole Catching 1948/1949 (age 75–76) |
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Education | Birmingham–Southern College |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1] |
Hair color | Brown |
Eye color | Brown |
Title(s) | Miss Alabama 1968 |
Major competition(s) |
Miss America 1969 |
Dellynne Catching Strawbridge is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Birmingham, Alabama, who was named Miss Alabama 1968.
Career
Entering the 1968 Miss Alabama pageant as one of 24 finalists,[2] Catching's competition talent for Miss Alabama was playing the piano. Catching won the pageant on Friday, June 28, 1968, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Alabama titleholder Becky Alford.[1] Catching's title also came with $1,000 in scholarship money, a complete wardrobe, use of a new car during her reign, a trip to New York, plus jewelry and other accessories.[1] As Miss Alabama, her activities included public appearances across the state of Alabama.[3]
Catching was Alabama's representative at the Miss America 1969 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[1][4] Her competition talent was performing a piano medley of "Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum", "America the Beautiful", and "This Is My Country". Catching was a Preliminary Swimsuit award winner and told judges that while she had to diet "to keep her 37-24-37 figure" that this did not "keep her from eating hot fudge sundaes."[5][6] She was one of the Top 10 finalists for the Miss America title but did not make the Top 5.[7]
Her reign as Miss Alabama continued until Ann Fowler was crowned on July 5, 1969.[8][9]
Personal life
Catching is a 1967 graduate of Ramsay High School in Birmingham, Alabama, where she served as homecoming queen.[10] She studied music at Birmingham–Southern College and graduated in 1971.[1] She married Vincent Frederick "Rick" Strawbridge and, as of 2014[update], lives in Lakeland, Florida.[11]
References
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Preceded by | Miss Alabama 1968 |
Succeeded by Ann Fowler |