These stunning celebrities were in the spotlight way before their days on the big screen, they were always considered as having a stage presence. However, some of these celebrities may surprise you with regards to who won what where. You simply won’t believe what these celebrities looked like in their pageant days, their progression to the big screen and over the years is truly something! Young and old I guess these female celebrities were destined for big things even back in the day. Just wait till you see #10.
Diane Sawyer
One of the most famous news anchors across the globe Diane Sawyer is a face of familiarity for all. If we take it back to the ’60s though, she was ruling the pageant world. She won the Kentucky Junior Miss Pageant when she was just a senior in high school. Diane Sawyer went on to win America’s Junior Miss competition in the exact same year. Guess she always been the face a crowd loves to see.
Diane Sawyer
Lynda Carter
The original Wonder Woman, Lynda Carter, before saving the world and performing her superhero duties was also a pageant queen. Carter was crowned multiple times: as Miss Phoenix, Miss Arizona, and went on to be crowned Miss USA all in just 20 days. After being crowned Miss USA she jetted off to compete in the 1972 Miss World contest in London. The pageant world simply wasn’t for her she says she found the idea of it undermining for women in the 1970s as liberation was on the rise. Carter says being a pageant queen created quite the stigma for her to beat, well she beat it and acted in one of the strongest female roles she could have asked for at that time!
Lynda Carter
