Betty Maxwell is an American Idol competitor who auditioned for season 20. She is a model, actor, singer, and beauty pageant winner.
Betty Maxwell is a beauty pageant titleholder from Warner, Georgia, United States. She was crowned Miss Georgia 2015 and Miss America 2016 on September 13, 2015, by Kira Kazantsev, Miss America 2015. After Miss America 1953, Neva Jane Langley was the first Miss Georgia to be crowned Miss America.
Betty Maxwell is also a singer and has auditioned for American Idol season 20. During the talent portion of the beauty pageant, she performed the aria’Tu? tu? Piccolo iddio’ from Madame Butterfly. Her first solo song was ‘Soldier On,’ about women in the military, and she has also released a cover of ‘Georgia on My Mind.’
About American Idol Betty Maxwell Age: Know About Her Hometown
Former Miss America and American Idol contestant Betty Maxwell was born in Warner Robins, Georgia, USA, on September 1, 1994, and is currently 27 years old.
Baciliky Andris Cantrell, known as Betty Maxwell, grew up on 700 acres of land in Fort Valley, Georgia, and completed high school education at Mount de Sales Academy in Macon, Georgia. Betty attended Wesleyan College and later transferred to Mercer University and studied vocal performance.
Betty’s pageant journey started in late 2013. During the first three pageants competition, she won two first runner-up and a second runner-up title. In February 2014, she won the Miss Presidential Pathways 2014 title.
She participated in the 2014 Miss Georgia pageant, doing a singing performance for the talent round on ‘Healthy Georgia, Strong America.’ She finished second in the 2014 state championship race.
Betty got crowned as Miss Warner Robins 2015 on July 26, 2014, and was eligible to compete in the 2015 Miss Georgia pageant, and she won Miss Georgia 2015 title on June 20, 2015.
Know More About Former Miss America Betty Maxwell Parents And Family Background
The model and singer, Betty Maxwell, was born to physical therapists parents Mike and tassie Cantrell. She is of Greek and German descent and was named after her Greek grandmother, Baciliky, which means royalty.
The pageant titleholder tied her knot with Spencer Maxwell, first eloping in 2017, then having a formal ceremony about five months later, which they explained in one of their Betty and Spinny video blogs on YouTube.
Betty Maxwell and her long-time boyfriend, Spencer ‘Spinny’ Maxwell, got engaged in the summer of 2016 and announced the news via social media shortly after passing on her crown at the 2017 Miss America pageant. Later, the couple moved to Nashville, Tennessee, for Betty to pursue a country music career.
Betty and Spencer met on Tinder, a dating app, three months before Betty won Miss Georgia 2015 title and were in a long-distance relationship throughout her reign as Miss America 2016.
On November 8, 2017, the couple eloped at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee. Later, on April 13, 2018, had a formal wedding ceremony for family and friends in Macon, Georgia, in Betty’s hometown Greek Orthodox church.
American Idol Betty Maxwell Instagram Details
The singer and former Miss America Betty Maxwell is pretty active on Instagram and has a verified account @realbettymaxwell, where she has 1,107 posts with 59.9K followers. She provides a glance of her personal and professional life to her fans through her Instagram.
She started singing at a tender age, performing songs like ‘Harper Valley PTA’ with her father’s band. She got inspired by her father’s musical career, and she began professional vocal lessons at 14 and studied music at Mercer University.
Linda Rondstadt is her musical inspiration. Post-Miss America, she moved to Nashville to follow a career in country music. She debuted her solo album with a six-song EP called ‘Nicotine,’ which got released at an EP release concert in Macon, Ga., in September 2017.
She represented Georgia at the Miss America 2016 competition held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in September 2015. She got crowned as Miss America 2016 after beating out first runner-up Miss Mississippi 2015, Hannah Roberts.
After crowning Miss America, Betty served as the official National Goodwill Ambassador for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Betty’s pageant platform was ‘Healthy Children, Strong America,’ so shortly after winning Miss America 2016, to further promote her platform, she and Team FNV announced a partnership to ‘promote fruits and vegetables’ via Twitter.