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.[4]
Pageantry
Miss USA
She won the title of Miss Texas USA as the representative of Keller in August 1986[5] and was crowned Miss USA in February 1987,[1] becoming the third of five consecutive winners from Texas during the 1980s.[6]
She is married to Donald "Banana Don" Jefferson, a morning on-air personality at country-formatted radio station WITL-FM in Lansing, Michigan.[4] 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.[4]
^"People". The Dallas Morning News. August 6, 1986. Retrieved 29 October 2010. Michelle Royer, Miss Keller, is crowned TX Miss Texas USA by Miss USA Christy Fichtner Monday night in San Antonio.
^"People". Newsday. February 19, 1987. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
