Bobbi Johnson

Barbara Joan "Bobbi" Johnson[1] (born March 24, 1945) is a former application engineer and former beauty queen from Alexandria, Virginia who held the Miss USA 1964 title and has competed in the Miss Universe pageant.

Bobbi Johnson
Born (1945-03-24) March 24, 1945
Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
TitleMiss District of Columbia USA 1964
Miss USA 1964
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)		Miss District of Columbia USA 1964
(Winner)
Miss USA 1964
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1964
(Top 15)

After winning the Miss District of Columbia USA crown, Johnson went on to become the first representative from the District of Columbia to achieve the title of Miss USA, at age 19. She would be the only titleholder from the district until Shauntay Hinton won the crown in 2002. Johnson went on to compete in the Miss Universe 1964 pageant, where she made the semi-finals.

Johnson later worked as an applications engineer in the computer department of General Electric[2] to program GE 400-series and DATANET-30 computer systems.[3] She was interviewed about her career choice in the book Your Career in Computer Programming published in 1967.[3] In the book, she explain how after winning her Miss USA title she was asked by reporters what career ambition she had: "I guess they thought I’d say something like modeling or becoming an actress, but I said the first thing that popped into my head: that I wanted to be a computer programmer…".[3] The book also include a side-by-side photographs of her as Miss USA and at her console as an application engineer a few years later.

References
  1. Leonard, Vince (1965-05-13). "Miss USA: Real Name's Barbara". The Pittsburgh Press.
  2. "Bobbie Johnson official profile". Miss Universe Organization. Archived from the original on 2006-10-14. Retrieved 2007-01-26.
  3. "Your Career in Computer Programming | The Computer Boys Take Over". thecomputerboys.com. Retrieved 2016-08-06.


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