Sharlene Wells Hawkes

Sharlene Wells
Wells speaks to the Utah National Guard in 2009
Born	Sharlene Wells (1964-03-16) March 16, 1964 (age 60) Asunción, Paraguay
Alma mater	Brigham Young University University of Utah
Occupations	Author singer reporter beauty pageant titleholder
Title	Miss Utah Valley 1984 Miss Utah 1984 Miss America 1985
Predecessor	Suzette Charles
Successor	Susan Akin
Spouse	Bob Hawkes (m. 1987; div. 2018)
Children	4

Sharlene Wells (born March 16, 1964) is a Paraguayan-American author, singer, and reporter from Salt Lake City, Utah who was Miss America 1985. She worked with ESPN from 1987 to 2002 and was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Defense to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Armed Forces in 2015.