Cheryl Salem (née Prewitt, formerly Blackwood) (born February 15, 1957) is an American Christian evangelist, author, musician, and former beauty pageant titleholder, who was Miss Mississippi 1979 and Miss America 1980.

At age 11, a horrifying automobile accident left Prewitt with a scarred face, a body cast and she was in a wheelchair.

Prewitt became Miss America 1980, despite a history of poverty, sexual abuse, a physical handicap, and a total of 200 facial stitches.

[citation needed] She married Harry Salem II, (the brother-in-law of televangelist, Richard Roberts) in 1985.

[2] The couple have two sons, Harry III and Roman, and had a daughter, Gabrielle, who died at age 6 in 1999 after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.