Terri Britt

Terri Britt, born Terri Utley on November 19, 1961, is an American author, former news anchor, and former beauty pageant winner. She is best known for winning the Miss USA title in 1982 and serving as the first titleholder from Arkansas.

Britt was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. As a young woman, she participated in the American Legion Auxiliary Girls State program. She attended Cabot High School, where she served as the vice-president of the class of 1980.

In early 1982, Britt won the Miss Arkansas USA title. At twenty years old, she competed in the nationally televised Miss USA pageant held in Biloxi, Mississippi, in May 1982 and won the championship. Following her victory, she represented the United States at the Miss Universe pageant in Lima, Peru, in July 1982, wearing a Native American costume and placing as the fourth runner-up. No other contestant from Arkansas placed in the Miss USA pageant after her until 2005. Both Britt and that subsequent Arkansas placement recipient belong to the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority.

Following her time as Miss USA, Britt studied journalism and worked as a writer and field producer for KCRA-TV, an NBC affiliate in Sacramento. She subsequently served as a spokeswoman for Mazda before working as a news anchor for Movietime television, which later became E!

Britt later transitioned into writing and spiritual coaching, working as a spiritual coach beginning in 2000. She authored the books "Message Sent: Retrieving the Gift of Love" and "The Enlightened Mom: A Mother’s Guide for Bringing Peace, Love & Light to Your Family’s Life." She also contributed as an author to the book "Women Gone Wild~Intuition."

Her publication "The Enlightened Mom" was awarded Best Spiritual Book of the Year at both the New York and San Francisco Book Festivals in 2011. In 2023, she delivered a TEDx presentation titled "Unconditional Self-Love: A New Family Paradigm." In 2024, Life & Style Magazine named her one of the Top 10 Impact Leaders to Follow.

Britt resides in the north Georgia mountains with her husband, Charlie Britt, with whom she co-owns JumpinGoat Coffee Roasters.