Summer Robin Bartholomew

Summer Robin Bartholomew born on born November 20, 1951 in Merced, California was a model, actress, game show hostess & beauty queen.

Her first taste of the beauty pageants was in 1973 when she became Miss Oktoberfest. But it wasn't until two years later in 1975 when she became Miss California and went on to become Miss USA. Although Summer competed in the Miss Universe pageant, she didn't the crown, Anne Marie Pohtamo of Finland did. Two years after holding the title of Miss USA, she was one of the judges at Miss USA pageant for the next five years.

In 1979 she made the transfer to game show life when she subbed for Susan Stafford on TV's Wheel of Fortune as the show's letter turner. After Susan left in 1982, Summer tried out for the job on a more permanent basis, only to lose to today's hostess Vanna White. However in 1984, two years after an unsuccessful tryout for Wheel of Fortune, she got the job that really changed her life, she became the new hostess for NBC's Sale of the Century replacing Lee Menning who left due to her pregnancy.

Summer Bartholomew also appeared in two TV movies; they were Shadow Riders with Magnum P.I.'s Tom Selleck and Love is Forever with Little House & Highway to Heaven star Michael Landon.

Summer Bartholomew has been out of the limelight since Sale's cancellation in 1989.

Shows Hosted
Wheel of Fortune (1979 sub, 1982 tryout) Sale of the Century (1984-1989)

YouTube Videos
Summer was once the subject of a Fame Game question