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Terry Meeuwsen

DIRECTOR OF ORPHAN'S PROMISE

Terry Meeuwsen is the director of Orphan's Promise, an outreach to orphans and vulnerable children around the world. Terry has had a multifaceted background as a singer, broadcaster, Miss America, and working mother. She toured with the New Christy Minstrels for two years and later won the crown of Miss America in 1973. After studying in New York and Los Angeles, Terry hosted a daily talk show on the NBC affiliate in Milwaukee for 5 years. In 1993, she became a co-host of CBN’s The 700 Club.

Terry is the mother of seven children, five of whom are adopted. Her latest book, The God Adventure, shares the story of her family's adoption of three sisters from Ukraine.