CHARLESTON -- A Charleston woman was recently named Ms. Universal/1992 at an international pageant in Nashville, Tenn.
Donna DeLaney Adams, 39, won the title. She won a preliminary pageant and then won the state title Ms. Missouri.
Adams, who is a radio announcer and program director at radio station KCHR, was also selected "Queen of the Hop" at a '50s party held the night before the pageant. Contestants and their families voted for the queen.
Among awards she received was a 6-foot trophy.
Portions of the pageant were broacast on CNN, the Cable Network News channel.
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