Ms Cathy attended Colorado State University on a Scholarship to obtain a BA in Dance and minor in Elementary Education. As a professional dancer, her career began when she won Miss Colorado 1971. She was awarded a Miss American Pageant televised in 1973. Cathy Gillaspie's career continued in NY doing commercial work for the Charles Ryan Agency where she was featured on National TV shows with Peter Gennaro & Jim Nabors. In 1973 she opened with Don Arden's "Hallelujah Hollywood" and was under contract with MGM in 1980 just before moving to Florida. In her travels through Europe and the US, she studied with a resume of outstanding teachers, produced and directed professional shows for conventions and other entertainment productions as the choreographer and competition director for three years of the televised Miss Florida Pageant.
