Lencola Sullivan
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Lencola Sullivan was is a beauty queen from Morrilton, Arkansas who has competed in the Miss America pageant.
Sullivan won the Miss Arkansas title in July 1980 and represented Arkansas in the Miss America 1980 pageant held later that year in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Sullivan became the first African-American woman to win preliminary awards in the pageant and was also the first to place among the top five, where she was fourth runner-up.
Sullivan became a news reporter on KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas and later moved to New York City where she dated Stevie Wonder for a short period of time.[citation needed]
[edit] External links
- Lencola Sullivan at the Internet Movie Database
- Miss Arkansas official website
- Miss America official website
| Preceded by Janet Holman |
Miss Arkansas 1980 |
Succeeded by Elizabeth Ward |
