Colleen Kay Hutchins

Colleen Kay Hutchins
Born	May 23, 1926
Died	March 24, 2010(2010-03-24) (aged 83) Newport Beach, California
Alma mater	Brigham Young University
Title	Miss America 1952
Predecessor	Yolande Betbeze
Successor	Neva Jane Langley
Religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Spouse(s)	Ernie Vandeweghe

Colleen Kay Hutchins (May 23, 1926 – March 24, 2010) was Miss America 1952.

Biography

She was crowned as Brigham Young University Homecoming Queen in 1947. In September 1951, she was crowned as Miss America, the first Miss Utah to win the pageant.^[1]^[2] Hutchins was a native of Arcadia, California. She was the sister of basketball player Mel Hutchins, the mother of former NBA player Kiki Vandeweghe, and the grandmother of professional tennis player Coco Vandeweghe.

She resided, until her death, with her husband Ernest Vandeweghe in Indian Wells, California and Palm Springs, California. She died on March 24, 2010 in Newport Beach, aged 83.

References

↑ Obituary Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2010; page AA7.
↑ Miss America official site: 1952

Sources

Garr, Arnold K., Donald Q. Cannon and Richard O. Cowan ed., Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, p. 526

External links

Colleen Kay Hutchins at Find a Grave

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Yolande Betbeze	Miss America 1952	Succeeded by Neva Jane Langley
Preceded by Joanne Hinand	Miss Utah 1951	Succeeded by Marylyn Reese

Miss America titleholders (1940–1959)

Frances Marie Burke (1940) Rosemary LaPlanche (1941) Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942) Jean Bartel (1943) Venus Ramey (1944) Bess Myerson (1945) Marilyn Buferd (1946) Barbara Jo Walker (1947) BeBe Shopp (1948) Jacque Mercer (1949) Yolande Betbeze (1951) Colleen Kay Hutchins (1952) Neva Jane Langley (1953) Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954) Lee Meriwether (1955) Sharon Ritchie (1956) Marian McKnight (1957) Marilyn Van Derbur (1958) Mary Ann Mobley (1959)

Complete list (1921–1939) (1940–1959) (1960–1979) (1980–1999) (2000–2019)

Utah pageant winners

Miss Utah	Armelia Carol Ohmart (1946) Colleen Kay Hutchins (1951) Sharlene Wells (1984) Julia Bachison (2005) Katie Millar (2006) Jill Stevens (2007) Kayla Barclay (2008) Krissia Beatty (2015)

Miss Utah USA	Charlotte Sheffield (1957) Linda Bement (1960) Tracy Kennick (1996) Marin Poole (2005) Soben Huon (2006) Heather Anderson (2007) Julia Bachison (2008) Laura Chukanov (2009) Angelia Layton (2014) Nicol Powell (2015)

Miss Utah Teen USA	Tracy Kennick (1989) Marin Poole (2002) Angelia Layton (2010)

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Titleholders Award winners Outstanding Teen MAOT State pageants

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