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List Of Miss America Titleholders
Miss America is an annual competition open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 25. Originating in 1921 as a beauty pageant, the competition now judges competitors' talent performances and interviews in addition to their physical appearance. In January 2018, the new board of directors increased the maximum age of titleholders to 25 years old, from 24. Therefore, contestants cannot be older than 25 years old on December 31 in the calendar year of her state competition. Gallery of past Miss Americas File:Margaret Gorman 4.jpg, alt=Woman with crown, holding a large flag, File:Mary Katherine Campbell.jpg, File:Ruth Malcomson cropped.jpg, File:Norma Smallwood (cropped).jpg, File:Lois Delander Miss America 1927.jpg, File:Jean Bartel as Miss America 1943.jpg, File:Bess Myerson 1957.jpg, File:Marilynbuferd.jpg, File:Jacque Mercer waving front (cropped).jpg, File:Yolande Betbeze NYWTS.jpg, File:Lee Meriwether The Time Tunnel.jpg, File:Miss America Maria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America
Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 25. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is now judged on competitors' talent performances and interviews. As of 2018, there is no longer a swimsuit portion to the contest, or consideration of physical appearance. Miss America travels about 20,000 miles a month, changing her location every 24 to 48 hours, touring the nation and promoting her particular platform of interest. The winner is crowned by the previous year's titleholder. The current Miss America is Grace Stanke of Wisconsin, who was crowned Miss America 2023 on December 15, 2022. Overview On February 1, 1919, there was a beauty pageant held in the Chu Chin Chow Ball at the Hotel des Artistes in New York City. The winner, Edith Hyde Robbins Macartney Edith Norman Hyde Robbins Macartney (1895 – April 1978) became the first-ever "Miss America" in 1919 in a contest held in New Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Buferd
Marilyn Buferd (January 30, 1925 – March 27, 1990) was an American film and television actress as well as the winner of both the Miss California and Miss America pageants of 1946. During the latter half of the 1940s and throughout the 1950s, she performed in nearly two dozen American, Italian, and French films, including '' Touchez pas au grisbi'' opposite Jean Gabin (1954). Buford also appears in several television series originally broadcast in the 1950s, such as '' The Millionaire'', ''Highway Patrol'', ''Schlitz Playhouse'', '' The Ford Television Theatre'', and ''Orient Express''. Biography Buferd attended the University of California, Los Angeles. One of the sixteen finalists she defeated in the Miss America 1946 pageant was future Academy Award-winning actress Cloris Leachman. Buferd married Franco Barbaro, an Italian submarine commander and a movie agent and producer. After divorcing she married Han E. Orton. Her third husband was Milton Stevens. Buferd died of pancre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America 1960
Miss America 1960, the 33rd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1959 on CBS. Pageant winner Lynda Lee Mead was the second Miss Mississippi in a row to wear the crown, succeeding actress Mary Ann Mobley. Among the other contestants was Ann Marston of Michigan, an archery champion who had appeared on the cover of the Aug. 8, 1955 edition of Sports Illustrated. Her skill with a bow and arrow won Marston the talent portion of the 1960 pageant. Dawn Wells, later to star on the television series '' Gilligan's Island'', represented Nevada in the Miss America 1960 competition. Results Order of announcements Top 10 # # # # # # # # # # Top 5 # # # # # Awards Preliminary awards Other awards Contestants External links Miss America official website {{Miss America 1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynda Lee Mead
Lynda Lee Shea (née Mead; born April 17, 1939) is an American businesswoman and beauty pageant titleholder who was Miss Mississippi 1959 and Miss America 1960. Shea attended Natchez High School and the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority. Her immediate predecessor as Miss America, Mary Ann Mobley (the first Miss America from Mississippi), was Mead's sorority sister at Chi Omega. Family Mead married Dr. John J. Shea Jr. in 1964; they have three adult children. Dr. Shea died in 2015. Business life Shea is president of Shea Design & French Country Imports in Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos .... References 1939 births Living people American businesspeople People from Memphis, Tennessee People f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America 1959
Miss America 1959, the 32nd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1958 on CBS. Mary Ann Mobley, the first winner from Mississippi, became an actress, featured in two Elvis Presley films and many television series. Second runner-up Anita Bryant later gained fame as a singer and television spokesperson. Results Awards Preliminary awards Other awards Contestants External links Miss America official website {{Miss America 1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ... 1958 in the United States 1959 beauty pageants 1958 in New Jersey September 1958 events in the United States Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley (February 17, 1937 – December 9, 2014) was an American actress, television personality, and Miss America 1959. Career Mobley was born in 1937 in Biloxi, Mississippi. After her reign as Miss America 1959, Mobley embarked on a career in both film and television. She signed a five-year contract with MGM. She made her first television appearances on ''Be Our Guest'' in 1960, followed by five appearances on '' Burke's Law'' from 1963 to 1965. In 1966 she was the female guest star on the first two-part episode of '' Mission: Impossible'', in the episode “Old Man Out.” She went on to make multiple appearances on ''Perry Mason,'' ''Love, American Style,'' and ''Fantasy Island.'' She played a recurring role as Maggie McKinney Drummond on ''Diff'rent Strokes'' in the final season of the series, having taken over the role from Dixie Carter. She also played Arnold’s teacher on ''Diff'rent Strokes'' in season 2, episode 24. In Carter's later series, ''Designing Women'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America 1957
Miss America 1957, the 30th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1956, on ABC. Marian McKnight became the first Miss South Carolina to take the crown. She was crowned by Miss America 1956, Sharon Kay Ritchie. Results Awards Preliminary awards Other awards References External links Miss America official website {{Miss America 1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ... 1956 in the United States 1957 beauty pageants 1956 in New Jersey September 1956 events in the United States Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian McKnight
Marian McKnight (born December 19, 1936) is an American actress, model and former beauty pageant winner. She was crowned Miss America in 1957. Pageantry She earned the 1957 Miss America title with a Marilyn Monroe act in the talent portion. She later worked with Monroe's ex-husband, Joe DiMaggio, for a Virginia supplier of military bases. Despite the contention of Monroe biographer Donald Spoto, McKnight denied that she and DiMaggio were romantically involved. Career In 1967, McKnight played Jack's mother in Hanna-Barbera's live action version of ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', an Emmy Award-winning film directed by Gene Kelly, in which he also appeared as Jeremy the Peddler. She appeared in an episode of ''The Love Boat'' in 1984, along with Jean Bartel, Miss America 1943; Nancy Fleming, Miss America 1961; and Vanessa L. Williams, Miss America 1984. Personal life McKnight married actor Gary Conway in 1958 after meeting at UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America 1955
Miss America 1955, the 28th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 11, 1954, and marked the first live nationally televised broadcast of the competition on ABC. Crowned the winner was Lee Meriwether, who later came to fame as co-star of the television series ''Barnaby Jones'' and as the character Catwoman in the 1966 film version of ''Batman'', and later, Lily Munster on the television series ''The Munsters Today''. Results Awards Preliminary awards Other awards Judges *Grace Kelly Contestants References External links Miss America official website {{Miss America 1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ... 1954 in the United States 1955 beauty pageants 1954 in New Jersey September 1954 events in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Meriwether
Lee Ann Meriwether (born May 27, 1935) is an American actress, former model, and the winner of the Miss America 1955 pageant. She has appeared in many films and television shows, notably as Betty Jones, the title character's secretary and daughter-in-law in the 1970s crime drama '' Barnaby Jones'' starring Buddy Ebsen. The role earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations in 1975 and 1976, and an Emmy Award nomination in 1977. She is also known for her portrayal of Catwoman, replacing Julie Newmar in the film version of ''Batman'' (1966), and for a co-starring role on the science fiction series '' The Time Tunnel''. Meriwether had a recurring role as Ruth Martin on the daytime soap opera ''All My Children'' until the end of the series in September 2011. Early life Meriwether was born in Los Angeles, California, to Claudius Gregg Meriwether and Ethel Eve Mulligan. She has one brother, Don Brett Meriwether. She grew up in San Francisco after the family moved there from Phoenix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss America 1951
Miss America 1951, the 24th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9, 1950. Based on the majority of Miss America's reign occurring during the year following her coronation, the pageant began referring to her title with the upcoming year. Thus, Yolande Betbeze, who was crowned in September 1950 would be called Miss America 1951. This continued until pageant activities moved from September to January in 2006. At that point, the queen would once again have the year of her title the same as the year in which she won. That change also marked the move away from its long-time base and point of origin, Atlantic City, to its new home in Las Vegas, Nevada. Results Awards Preliminary awards Other awards Contestants References Secondary sources * External links Miss America official website {{Miss America 1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yolanda Betbeze
Yolande Margaret Betbeze Fox (November 28, 1928 – February 22, 2016) was an American singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss America 1951. Early life Betbeze was born on November 28, 1928 in Mobile, Alabama, to William, a butcher, and Ethel Betbeze. Betbeze was raised in a Catholic family of French Basque descent, and she attended convent schools. Career She captured her first crown in 1949 when she won Mobile's "Miss Torch" pageant. In 1950, Fox (then Betbeze) entered Miss Alabama for the scholarship opportunities the pageant presented. As Miss Alabama, she traveled to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to compete in the Miss America 1951 pageant. Having been educated in a convent school, she was reluctant to pose in a swimsuit and refused to do so after she won Miss America. That led the swimsuit company, Catalina, to withdraw their sponsorship of the Miss America pageant and eventually brought about the creation of the rival Miss USA pageant. Fox's Miss Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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