{{Short description|American model}} {{Infobox pageant titleholder | name= Michelle Royer | title= {{ubl|Miss Texas USA 1987|Miss USA 1987}} | image= MichelleRoyer.jpg | caption = Royer in 1987 | competitions={{ubl|Miss Texas USA 1987|(Winner)|Miss USA 1987|(Winner)|Miss Universe 1987|(2nd Runner-Up)}} | other_names=Michelle Jefferson<ref name="wilx"/><br />{{nowrap|Michelle Royer-Jefferson<ref name="beaver"/>}} | birth_date= {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1966|01|05}} | birth_place= Keller, Texas, U.S. | height= {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="usa"/> | eye_color= Blue<ref name="usa"/> | hair_color= Brown<ref name="usa"/> | spouse = Donald Jefferson<br />(1988–present) | children = 2 }}
'''Michelle Renee Royer-Jefferson''' (born January 5, 1966) is an American television personality and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1987 and second runner-up to Miss Universe 1987.
==Early life== Prior to competing in Miss Texas USA, Jefferson grew up in Keller, Texas, attended Keller High School where she was active in the high school band program, serving as drum major. She continued her education at Texas Wesleyan University. She is the daughter of a salesman, who changed jobs frequently.<ref name="lansing"/>
==Pageantry== ===Miss USA=== She won the title of Miss Texas USA as the representative of Keller in August 1986<ref name="texas"/> and was crowned Miss USA in February 1987,<ref name="usa"/> becoming the third of five consecutive winners from Texas during the 1980s.<ref name="newsday"/>
===Miss Universe=== At the 1987 Miss Universe pageant, she placed first in the preliminary competition, second in semifinal interview and third in swimsuit and evening gown, finishing second runner-up to Cecilia Bolocco of Chile.<ref name="universe"/> Her national costume was a cowgirl.
==Life after Miss USA== She is married to Donald "Banana Don" Jefferson, a morning on-air personality at country-formatted radio station WITL-FM in Lansing, Michigan.<ref name="lansing"/> The pair met when she made a stop in Pittsburgh during an appearance shortly after winning her Miss USA title, and joined her husband briefly as half of the morning show behind the microphone when he accepted a new job as morning on-air personality at adult contemporary-formatted WSHH. They have two children together.<ref name="lansing"/>
==References== <references> <ref name="texas">{{cite news|title=People|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CE8AA03EFD0C&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=29 October 2010|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date=August 6, 1986|quote=Michelle Royer, Miss Keller, is crowned TX Miss Texas USA by Miss USA Christy Fichtner Monday night in San Antonio.}}</ref>
<ref name="usa">{{cite news|title=Michelle Royer of Texas wins Miss Usa title|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3CF1AF88304BD&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|access-date=29 October 2010|newspaper=The Dallas Morning News|date= February 18, 1987}}</ref>
<ref name="universe">{{cite news|title=New Miss Universe|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/93032254.html?dids=93032254:93032254&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+28,+1987&author=Compiled+by+Jim+MacDonald+from+wire+reports.&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=NEW+MISS+UNIVERSE&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104094436/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/93032254.html?dids=93032254:93032254&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+28,+1987&author=Compiled+by+Jim+MacDonald+from+wire+reports.&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=NEW+MISS+UNIVERSE&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2012|access-date=29 October 2010|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=May 28, 1987}}</ref>
<ref name="beaver">{{cite news|title=Ex-beauty queen hurt in accIdent|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=urkiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QLUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3399,1261014&dq=&hl=en|access-date=29 October 2010|newspaper=The Beaver County Times|date=March 7, 1989}}</ref>
<ref name="wilx">{{cite web|title=Remembering Bob Hope|url=http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/407222.html|access-date=29 October 2010|publisher=WILX-TV|date=July 28, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718082143/http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/407222.html|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="lansing">{{cite news|title=Former Miss USA adds glamour to fashion gala|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/lansingstatejournal/access/1825069161.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+07,+2003&author=Hughes+Mike&pub=Lansing+State+Journal&desc=Former+Miss+USA+adds+glamour+to+fashion+gala&pqatl=google|access-date=29 October 2010|newspaper=Lansing State Journal|date=May 7, 2003|quote=Her husband is Banana Don Jefferson morning man for WITL100.7FM They have two children ages 10 and 8.}}
{{cite news|title=Hope gave DeWitt woman confidence|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/lansingstatejournal/access/1825065391.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+28,+2003&author=Hughes+Mike&pub=Lansing+State+Journal&desc=Hope+gave+DeWitt+woman+confidence&pqatl=google|access-date=29 October 2010|newspaper=Lansing State Journal|date=May 28, 2003|quote=An at-home mom and the wife of WITL100.7FM morning man Banana Don Jefferson. Back in 87 she was Michelle Royer.}}
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<ref name="newsday">{{cite news|title=People|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104350159.html?dids=104350159:104350159&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19,+1987&author=Edited+by+Al+Cohn&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=PEOPLE&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104094402/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/newsday/access/104350159.html?dids=104350159:104350159&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+19,+1987&author=Edited+by+Al+Cohn&pub=Newsday+(Combined+editions)&desc=PEOPLE&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2012|access-date=29 October 2010|newspaper=Newsday|date=February 19, 1987}}</ref> </references>
==External links== *[http://missuniverse.com/missusa/contestant_profiles/past Official Miss USA website - Past titleholders]
{{S-start}} {{S-ach}} {{Succession box | before=Christy Fichtner | title=Miss Texas USA | years=1987 | after=Courtney Gibbs }} {{S-end}} {{Miss USA titleholders}} {{Miss Universe 1987 delegates}} {{Miss Universe Organization titleholders |Year = 1987 |Miss Universe= {{flagicon|Chile}} Cecilia Bolocco |Miss USA= {{flagicon|Texas}} '''Michelle Royer''' |Miss Teen USA= {{flagicon|Mississippi}} Kristi Addis }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Royer, Michelle}} Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:Miss Universe 1987 contestants Category:Miss USA winners Category:People from Keller, Texas Category:Texas Wesleyan University alumni