Maria Beale Fletcher (born June 23, 1942) was Miss America 1962.Fletcher was born to Charles "Beale" and Margaret Gatley Fletcher, who were the founders of the Asheville-area Fletcher School of Dance and the Land of the Sky Civic Ballet. She has one brother, Walter, and two sisters, Margaret and Bonnie. She is from Asheville, North Carolina, and was a graduate of A.C. Reynolds High School.