Complex sentence: Entering the statewide pageant as Miss Point Mallard, Cheatham-Stricklin won the title of Miss Alabama in 1978 and finished first runner-up at Miss America 1979 on September 9,1978.
Split into simpler sentences: Entering the statewide pageant as Miss Point Mallard, Cheatham-Stricklin won the title of Miss Alabama in 1978. She finished first runner-up at Miss America 1979 on September 9,1978.