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Miss America 1978
Miss America 1978, the 51st Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 10, 1977. The pageant was televised on CBS, making this the last Miss America Pageant broadcast (as of 2022) by CBS, and the only one from 1966 through 1996 not televised by NBC. Results Placements Order of announcements Top 10 # # # # # # # # # # Awards Preliminary awards Other awards Judges * Frank DeFord† * Gail Brown * Mary Longley * Robert Ruston * Frances Briscoe * Don McDonagh * Eileen Farrell† Contestants External links Miss America official website {{Miss America 1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ... 1978 beauty pageants 1977 in New Jersey September 1977 events in the United States Events in Atlantic Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Perkins
Susan Perkins Botsford (born April 28, 1954), a native of Middletown, Ohio, was Miss America 1978. She has been a professional singer, spokesperson, and television reporter. Susan walked in the New York Marathon with the Achilles Club (which serves disabled and senior athletes) as a guide for an 80-year-old former Marine Colonel. She has participated in many volunteer activities supporting U.S. veterans, and in 2009 she toured Iraq with two other former Miss Americas. Perkins Botsford was selected to the panel of judges for the preliminary competition of the Miss America 2018 pageant. Personal life She married Alan C. Botsford Jr., the president of Benson Botsford LLC, in May 1979. They reside in Boston, Massachusetts and Cape Cod Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer mont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Pennsylvania
The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, has won the Miss America crown on five occasions. Originally held in Hershey, the pageant moved to West Chester where pageants were held during the 1950s. The pageant was held in Altoona from 1974. In 1994, Easton was chosen as the new venue of the pageant and the date was shifted from June to May. In November 2008, the pageant was moved to the Pittsburgh area. In 2019, the competition moved to York, Pennsylvania. In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the Miss Pennsylvania organization's license as well as licenses from Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, and West Virginia. Alysa Bainbridge of Leesport was crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2022 on June 18, 2022 at The Appell Center for Performing Arts in York. She competed at Miss America 2023 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Brown
Gail Marjorie Brown ( Ziegler; born October 11, 1937) is an American former actress. She is best known for her role as Clarice Hobson on the NBC daytime soap opera '' Another World'' (1975–1986). She is the older sister of the late film actress Karen Black. Early years Brown was born Gail Ziegler and grew up in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, Illinois. She is a daughter of Elsie ( née Reif), a writer, and Norman Arthur Ziegler, an engineer and businessman. Brown graduated from Maine Township High School East in 1955. Her younger sister was actress Karen Black. Before she became a professional entertainer, she worked as a hatcheck girl, a typist, and a waitress. Career Brown left home for New York, planning to become a professional dancer. She became an understudy and dancer in a national touring company of ''Funny Girl''. She also performed as Mimsey and as a showgirl in the Broadway production of that musical. Brown played the role of Clarice Hobson on the soap opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank DeFord
Benjamin Franklin Deford III (December 16, 1938 – May 28, 2017) was an American sportswriter and novelist. From 1980 until his death in 2017, he was a regular sports commentator on NPR's ''Morning Edition'' radio program. Deford wrote for ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine from 1962 until his death in 2017, and was a correspondent for the ''Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel'' television program on HBO. He wrote 18 books, nine of them novels. A member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, Deford was six times voted National Sportswriter of the Year by the members of that organization, and was twice voted Magazine Writer of the Year by the ''Washington Journalism Review''. In 2012, Deford became the first magazine recipient of the Red Smith Award. In 2013, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal, was presented with the William Allen White Citation for "excellence in journalism" by the University of Kansas, and became the first sports j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss West Virginia
The Miss West Virginia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state of West Virginia in the Miss America Pageant. In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the Miss West Virginia organization's license as well as licenses from Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. The Miss America Organization reinstated the license to Shelley Nichols-Franklin of Martinsburg who was the former Executive Director of Miss Berkeley County (WV) between 2000 and 2019. Elizabeth Lynch of Martinsburg was crowned Miss West Virginia 2022 on June 25, 2022 at the Airborne Event Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December 2022 where she placed 3rd runner-up. Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss West Virginia titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Virginia
The Miss Virginia competition is a scholarship pageant for women, with the titleholder representing Virginia in the Miss America pageant. The competition was founded in 1953 as a scholarship contest for young women, although women had represented Virginia in the Miss America pageant since the 1930s. Four Miss Virginia winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America, including former national titleholder Caressa Cameron. To compete in the Miss Virginia pageant, a contestant must first win one of many local competitions. Contestants may compete at the local and state level more than once, but having won a state title may only compete in the national Miss America competition one time. The state pageant was formerly held in Roanoke, Virginia at the Roanoke Civic Center in June or July, and moved to Liberty University in Lynchburg in June 2018. During her reign, Miss Virginia travels over 40,000 miles across the state making appearances to further her social impact initiative, visit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss South Dakota
Miss (pronounced ) is an English language honorific typically used for a girl, for an unmarried woman (when not using another title such as "Doctor" or "Dame"), or for a married woman retaining her maiden name. Originating in the 17th century, it is a contraction of ''mistress''. Its counterparts are Mrs., used for a married women who has taken her husband's name, and Ms., which can be used for married or unmarried women. The plural ''Misses'' may be used, such as in ''The Misses Doe''. The traditional French "Mademoiselle" (abbreviation "Mlle") may also be used as the plural in English language conversation or correspondence. In Australian, British, and Irish schools the term 'miss' is often used by pupils in addressing any female teacher. Use alone as a form of address ''Miss'' is an honorific for addressing a woman who is not married, and is known by her maiden name. It is a shortened form of ''mistress'', and departed from ''misses/missus'' which became used to signify mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Nebraska
The Miss Nebraska competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Nebraska in the Miss America pageant. Steffany Lien of Lincoln was crowned Miss Nebraska 2022 on June 11, 2022 at North Platte HS Performing Arts Center in North Platte. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December 2022 where she was a Non-finalist Talent winner. Gallery of past titleholders File:Brook Matthews headshot.jpg, Brook Matthews,Miss Nebraska 2004 File:Teresa Scanlan at Langley Air Force Base.jpg, Teresa Scanlan, Miss Nebraska 2010 & Miss America 2011 Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Nebraska titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title. Placements * Miss America: Teresa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Kansas
The Miss Kansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the US state of Kansas in the Miss America pageant. Kansas has won the Miss America crown on three occasions. Ayanna Hensley of Dodge City was crowned Miss Kansas 2022 on June 11, 2022 at Dennis Lesh Sports Arena at Pratt Community College in Pratt. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December 2022. Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Kansas titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title. Placements * Miss Americas: Deborah Irene Bryant (1966), Debra Dene Barnes (1968), Tara Dawn Holland (1997) * 2nd runners-up: Michelle Elaine Whitson (1980) * 3rd runners-up: Vera June Ralston (1948), Mary Ann McGrew (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Delaware
The Miss Delaware competition is the pageant that selects the representative of Delaware in the Miss America pageant. The event takes place annually in the month of June and has previously been held in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware at Convention Hall, and in the state capital of Dover, Delaware at the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino. Miss Delaware serves as the official hostess to the state of Delaware. In 2017, the pageant was held at Cape Henlopen HS Theater in Lewes, Delaware. Grace Otley of Hockessin was crowned Miss Delaware on June 17, 2022, at Milton Theater in Milton, Delaware. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December 2022. Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Delaware titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year atta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Colorado
The Miss Colorado competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss America pageant. Colorado has won the Miss America crown on three occasions. Savannah Cavanaugh of Beaver Creek, Colorado was crowned Miss Colorado 2022 on May 28, 2022 at The PACE Center in Parker, Colorado. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December of 2022. Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Colorado titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title. Placements * Miss Americas: Sharon Ritchie (1956), Marilyn Van Derbur (1958), Rebecca Ann King (1974) * 1st runners-up: Maya Walker (1989) * 2nd runners-up: Debbie Riecks (1990), Kelley Johnson (2016) * 3rd runners- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Arkansas
The Miss Arkansas competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Arkansas in the Miss America pageant. Arkansas has won the Miss America title three times (1964, 1982, 2017). Ebony Mitchell of Harrison was crowned Miss Arkansas 2022 on June 18, 2022, at Robinson Center Auditorium in Little Rock. She competed for the title of Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December 2022. Gallery of past titleholders File:EudoraMoseby.jpg, File:AmberBennett.jpg, File:Miss Arkansas 2009 Singing.jpg, File:Alyse Eady.JPG, File:Savvy Shields (cropped).jpg, Results summary The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Arkansas titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title. Placements * Miss Americas: Donna Axum (1964), E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |