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 Lynda
Carter was Miss U.S.A. in 1973 and a finalist the same year in the Miss
World contest. Linda won the starring role in ABC's film The New,
Original Wonder Woman over 200 other aspiring actresses. Linda hopes the
film will lead to a Wonder Woman TV series-The film is based on the
classic comic books created by Charles Moulton. |
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Lynda was born in Phoenix, Arizona. "I loved comic books!" the young
beauty queen told me. "Wonder Woman was my heroine." Lynda grew up
wanting to be an actress. "My family was always very supportive," she
said. "I was very gangly when I was younger. I was tall and had big feet
and freckles. I was ghastly, but I developed! I always liked theater
arts. I never studied much, but I was good in school. I graduated in the
top percentile." |
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Lynda became a professional singer while she was still in school. "I
sang in pizza parlors, supper clubs, and so on in Phoenix," Lynda
recalled. "I was in high school when my father lost all his money. We
moved from a gigantic house to a tiny house. It was agony. There are so
many snobby people. I worked all through high school." |
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Lynda has mixed feelings:: about beauty contests. "I got paid nothing
for winning except $1,000 for a wardrobe. Then 1' got paid $70 a day
plus expenses for working and promoting the contest. It's really a
glorified public- relations job," Lynda said. "It was still a terrific
experience," she added. "It was a big fantasy. You're playing princess
when you're a beauty queen! A little girl from nowhere becomes someone.
There's no doubt the promoters use the girls to make money for
themselves. But it does give girls a chance to get out of their
hometowns and meet new people. You see new places and have new
experiences. It adds to your life. It certainly helped me. I am very
thankful to the Miss U.S.A. people. Winning that beauty contest allowed
me to move to California and start studying acting. It helped me get my
acting and singing together." |
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Lynda believes very strongly in the feminist movement, though many
members of the movement are opposed to beauty contests. "I don't like to
see women held back in any way," Lynda declared. Lynda has many plans
for her future. "I want to sing, perform, write music, and direct," she
said enthusiastically. "Maybe I won't do it all but I can try!" |
Serial and Year: TK3342 / 1975
