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Elizabeth Ward Gracen (born Elizabeth Grace Ward, April 3, 1961) is an American actress and beauty pageant contestant who won the title of Miss America in 1982. Early life and education [ edit ] Elizabeth Grace Ward was born on April 3, 1961, in Ozark , Arkansas , the daughter of Patricia Hampe, a nurse, and Jimmy Young Ward, a poultry worker.
Elizabeth Gracen. Actress: Highlander. Elizabeth Gracen arrived in New York City from a small town in Arkansas a year after traveling the world as Miss America 1982. She used her scholarship prize money to study acting at HB Studios and photography at the New School. She later moved to Los Angeles where she has worked as an actress for over ...
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Apr 26, 2024 · aka: Grace Elizabeth Ward. Grace Elizabeth Ward was the 1981 Miss Arkansas and 1982 Miss America. When she began her acting career in 1987, she changed her name to “Elizabeth Ward Gracen,” because another Elizabeth Ward was already in the Screen Actors Guild. In 1992, she became the first former Miss America to appear on the cover of ...
Elizabeth Gracen. Actress: Highlander. Elizabeth Gracen arrived in New York City from a small town in Arkansas a year after traveling the world as Miss America 1982. She used her scholarship prize money to study acting at HB Studios and photography at the New School. She later moved to Los Angeles where she has worked as an actress for over twenty years. A veteran of many television and film ...
- April 3, 1961
Sep 7, 2021 · As 1982 winner Elizabeth Gracen confessed to the author, “No one really told me that Miss America is a persona. I actually believed I had to be perfect.” Perfect body measurements, perfect hair and teeth, perfect personality, white, single, implicitly virginal — Lenora Slaughter’s rules endured.
Jul 27, 2017 · Crowned Miss Arkansas 1981 and Miss America 1982, Gracen (Elizabeth Ward at the time) went on to study acting, pose on the cover of Playboy, star (as Amanda) in the Nineties TV series “Highlander,” and established her own film production company (Flapper Films) and boutique publishing company (Flapper Press).
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Elizabeth Ward Gracen (born Elizabeth Grace Ward, April 3, 1961) is an American actress and beauty pageant contestant who won the title of Miss America in 1982. She is also an actress and model.
