About Sylvia Hitchcock
Sylvia Louise Hitchcock-Carson (January 31, 1946 – August 16, 2015) was an American model and beauty queen who held the title of Miss Alabama USA, Miss USA, and was crowned Miss Universe 1967. == Personal life == Hitchcock was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts and grew up on a chicken farm in Miami, Florida. She attended Miami Palmetto High School, Miami-Dade Junior College and studied art at the University of Alabama. A junior at the university when she won the Miss USA title, Hitchcock chose not to complete her degree. She was a member of Chi Omega sorority. Hitchcock married William Carson, the inventor of a fruit harvesting machine, in 1970. They had three children, Jonathan, Christianne and Will, and seven grandchildren. == Career == Hitchcock, who had previously competed in local pageants in Florida, represented Alabama at the Miss USA 1967 pageant. She was chosen as one of the fifteen best in swimsuit and won the Miss USA title on May 22. In July she became the first Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title since Linda Bement in 1960.
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