Career
In 1972, Carter entered a local Arizona beauty contest and gained national attention in the United States by winning Miss World USA, representing Arizona; in the international 1972 Miss World pageant, representing the U.S., she reached the semi-finals. After taking acting classes at several New York acting schools, she began making appearances on such TV shows as Starsky and Hutch, Cos, and Nakia and in "B-movies," her only nude appearance to make it to film was in Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976).
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