Macel Wilson

{{Infobox pageant titleholder

| name = Macel Wilson

| image = Macel Wilson as Miss USA.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Wilson upon winning Miss USA 1962

| birth_name = Macel Patricia Leilani Wilson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|05|05}}

| birth_place = {{nowrap|Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U.S.}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| alma_mater = Miami Dade College
University of Copenhagen

| occupation = {{hlist|Film editor|visual artist}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Jens Henrik Packness|1967}}

| hair_color = Brown

| eye_color = Brown

| title = Miss Hawaii USA 1962
Miss USA 1962

| competitions = Miss USA 1962
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1962
(Top 15)

}}

Macel Patricia Leilani Wilson (born May 5, 1943) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1962. Previously crowned Miss Hawaii USA 1962, Wilson was the first entrant from Hawaii, first Asian American, and first woman of color to win Miss USA. Later in life, Wilson relocated to Denmark and became a film editor for the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) and a visual artist.

Pageantry

Wilson began competing in pageantry after she was crowned Miss Hawaii USA 1962. As Miss Hawaii USA, Wilson competed at Miss USA 1962 in Miami. She went on to win the title, becoming the first entrant from Hawaii, first Asian American, and first woman of color to win the title.{{cite web |url=http://www.missuniverse.com/missusa/contestant_profiles/past |title=Miss USA : Contestant Profiles : Past Titleholders |publisher=Miss USA L.P., LLLP |location=New York |accessdate=2011-03-19 |quote=Miss USA 1962 Macel Wilson }}{{cite web |url=http://www.behindthecrown.com/usa50second.html |title=Miss USA The Second Decade 1962-1971 |first=Ranny |last=Singka |date=2009-05-08 |work=Behind The Crown - The on-line magazine covering the Miss USA, Miss Universe, Miss Teen USA, Miss AMerica, and Miss World Pageants. |publisher=Anurun Production, Inc |accessdate=2011-03-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910065755/http://www.behindthecrown.com/usa50second.html |archivedate=2011-09-10 |url-status=dead}} As Miss USA, she went on to place in the Top 15 at Miss Universe 1962, also held in Miami, behind winner Norma Nolan of Argentina. After Miss Universe, Wilson was asked to fill in for Nolan during a Miss Universe event at the Orange Bowl Parade in Miami when Nolan fell ill with the measles.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19621231&id=JjlQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=81YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4289,3895714&hl=en |title=Beauty Has Measles |newspaper=The Evening Independent |date=1962-12-31 |accessdate=2015-07-08 |location=St. Petersburg, FL |oclc=2720408 |page=3A}}

Personal life

Macel is Portuguese, Hawaiian, Filipino, Chinese and English descent. Wilson attended President Theodore Roosevelt High School and Miami Dade College.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/macel.wilson|title=Macel Wilson|publisher=Macel Wilson|accessdate=January 16, 2023}}

In 1967, Wilson married Danish civil engineer Jens Henrik Packness and relocated with him to Copenhagen. While in Denmark, Wilson began studying film at the University of Copenhagen and taking private painting classes. They returned to Copenhagen in 1976. Wilson became a film editor at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) in 1978, until her retirement in 2000, and has held art exhibitions in Danish galleries since 1999.{{cite web |url=http://www.macel.dk/data_eng.htm |title=Macel - Personal data |date=2009-03-09 |location=Copenhagen, Denmark |accessdate=2011-03-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709102602/http://www.macel.dk/data_eng.htm |archivedate=2009-07-09 |url-status=dead}}{{third-party-inline|date=July 2015}}

References

External links

{{cite web |url=http://www.macel.dk |title=Macel |location=Copenhagen, Denmark |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710140635/http://www.macel.dk/main.htm |archivedate=2009-07-10 |url-status=dead |language=Danish}} Archive of Macel Wilson's web site, in Danish and English
{{cite web|title=Macel Wilson|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1512473/ |publisher=IMDb.com, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc)|accessdate=2011-03-19 |location=Seattle, WA}}

{{Miss Universe Organization titleholders

|Year=1962

|Miss Universe= {{flagicon|Argentina}} Norma Nolan

|Miss USA={{flagicon|Hawaii}} Macel Wilson

}}

Category:1943 births

Category:20th-century American people

Category:American beauty pageant winners

Category:American beauty pageant winners of Chinese descent

Category:American emigrants to Denmark

Category:American film editors

Category:American people of English descent