children nationality ethnicity birth_date education birth_name title spouse image citizenship name occupation caption boards predecessor years_active birth_place parents known_for successor article_title home_town
2 american italian american and african american 2 march 1963 presidential scholar 1981 suzette degaetano miss new jersey 1983 miss america 1984 leonard bley suzette 1985.jpg charles aboard uss coral sea -lrb- cv-43 -rrb- american suzette charles singer and actress suzette charles performing in 1985 endowment of the arts vanessa l. williams 1983-present mays landing , new jersey , united states charles mother -rrb- degaetano -lrb- father -rrb- suzette burroughs degaetano -lrb- first 1984 runner up of miss america 1984 miss america sharlene wells suzette charles
 mays landing , new jersey
suzette charles

suzette charles -lrb- born suzette degaetano , march 2 , 1963 -rrb- is an american singer , entertainer , and actress .
she is a former beauty queen who was miss america 1984 and miss new jersey 1983 .
