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{{Short description|1962 Miss USA, film editor, painter}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name               = Macel Wilson
| image              = Macel Wilson as Miss USA.jpg
| alt                = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption            = Wilson upon winning [[Miss USA 1962]]
| birth_name         = Macel Patricia Leilani Wilson
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1943|05|05}}
| birth_place        = {{nowrap|[[Honolulu]], [[Territory of Hawaii]], U.S.}}
| death_date         = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) -->
| death_place        = 
| alma_mater         = [[Miami Dade College]]<br>[[University of Copenhagen]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Film editor|visual artist}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|Jens Henrik Packness|1967}}
| hair_color         = [[Brown hair|Brown]]
| eye_color          = [[Eye color#Brown|Brown]]
| title              = [[Miss Hawaii USA|Miss Hawaii USA 1962]]<br>[[Miss USA 1962]]
| competitions       = [[Miss USA 1962]]<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss Universe 1962]]<br>(Top 15)
}}

'''Macel Patricia Leilani Wilson''' (born May 5, 1943) is an American beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned [[Miss USA 1962]]. Previously crowned [[Miss Hawaii USA|Miss Hawaii USA 1962]], Wilson was the first entrant from Hawaii, first [[Asian Americans|Asian American]], and first [[woman of color]] to win Miss USA. Later in life, Wilson relocated to Denmark and became a [[film editor]] for the [[DR (broadcaster)|Danish Broadcasting Corporation]] (DR) and a visual artist.

==Pageantry==
Wilson began competing in pageantry after she was crowned [[Miss Hawaii USA|Miss Hawaii USA 1962]]. As Miss Hawaii USA, Wilson competed at [[Miss USA 1962]] in [[Miami]]. She went on to win the title, becoming the first entrant from Hawaii, first [[Asian Americans|Asian American]], and first [[woman of color]] to win the title.<ref name="Miss USA">{{cite web |url=http://www.missuniverse.com/missusa/contestant_profiles/past |title=Miss USA : Contestant Profiles : Past Titleholders |publisher=[[Miss USA|Miss USA L.P., LLLP]] |location=New York |accessdate=2011-03-19  |quote=Miss USA 1962 Macel Wilson }}</ref><ref name="Behind The Crown">{{cite web |url=http://www.behindthecrown.com/usa50second.html |title=Miss USA The Second Decade 1962-1971 |first=Ranny |last=Singka |date=2009-05-08 |work=Behind The Crown - The on-line magazine covering the Miss USA, Miss Universe, Miss Teen USA, Miss AMerica, and Miss World Pageants. |publisher=Anurun Production, Inc |accessdate=2011-03-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910065755/http://www.behindthecrown.com/usa50second.html |archivedate=2011-09-10 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As Miss USA, she went on to place in the Top 15 at [[Miss Universe 1962]], also held in Miami, behind winner [[Norma Nolan]] of Argentina. After Miss Universe, Wilson was asked to fill in for Nolan during a Miss Universe event at the [[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]] Parade in Miami when Nolan fell ill with the [[measles]].<ref name="AP Beauty Has Measles">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19621231&id=JjlQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=81YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4289,3895714&hl=en |title=Beauty Has Measles |newspaper=The Evening Independent |date=1962-12-31 |accessdate=2015-07-08 |location=St. Petersburg, FL |oclc=2720408 |page=3A}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Macel is Portuguese, Hawaiian, Filipino, Chinese and English descent. Wilson attended [[President Theodore Roosevelt High School]] and [[Miami Dade College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/macel.wilson|title=Macel Wilson|publisher=Macel Wilson|accessdate=January 16, 2023}}</ref> 

In 1967, Wilson married Danish [[civil engineer]] Jens Henrik Packness and relocated with him to [[Copenhagen]]. While in Denmark, Wilson began studying film at the [[University of Copenhagen]] and taking private painting classes. They returned to Copenhagen in 1976. Wilson became a [[film editor]] at the [[DR (broadcaster)|Danish Broadcasting Corporation]] (DR) in 1978, until her retirement in 2000, and has held art exhibitions in Danish galleries since 1999.<ref name="Macel Personal Data">{{cite web |url=http://www.macel.dk/data_eng.htm |title=Macel - Personal data |date=2009-03-09 |location=Copenhagen, Denmark |accessdate=2011-03-19 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709102602/http://www.macel.dk/data_eng.htm |archivedate=2009-07-09 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{third-party-inline|date=July 2015}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web |url=http://www.macel.dk |title=Macel |location=Copenhagen, Denmark |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710140635/http://www.macel.dk/main.htm |archivedate=2009-07-10 |url-status=dead |language=Danish}} ''Archive of Macel Wilson's web site, in Danish and English''
*{{cite web|title=Macel Wilson|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1512473/ |publisher=IMDb.com, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc)|accessdate=2011-03-19 |location=Seattle, WA}}

{{Miss Universe 1962 delegates}}
{{Miss USA titleholders}}
{{Miss Universe Organization titleholders
|Year=1962
|Miss Universe= {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Norma Nolan]]
|Miss USA={{flagicon|Hawaii}} '''Macel Wilson'''
}}
{{Hawaii Pageant Winners}}

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[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:20th-century American people]]
[[Category:American beauty pageant winners]]
[[Category:American beauty pageant winners of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:American emigrants to Denmark]]
[[Category:American film editors]]
[[Category:American people of English descent]]
[[Category:American people of Native Hawaiian descent]]
[[Category:American people of Portuguese descent]]
[[Category:American women film editors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Miami Dade College alumni]]
[[Category:Miss Universe 1962 contestants]]
[[Category:Miss USA 1960s delegates]]
[[Category:Miss USA winners]]
[[Category:People from Honolulu]]
[[Category:University of Copenhagen alumni]]

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