Miss America 1953, the 26th Miss America pageant, was held at the

Boardwalk Hall Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, formerly known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, is a multi-purpose arena in Atlantic City in Atlantic County, New Jersey. It was Atlantic City's primary convention center until the opening of the Atlant ...

in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1952.

Neva Jane Langley Neva Jane Langley Fickling (January 25, 1933 – November 18, 2012) was an American beauty pageant queen. Biography Langley was born in Lakeland, Florida. As a college sophomore she transferred to Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, where sh ...

became the first Miss Georgia to win the crown.

Results

Awards

Preliminary awards

Other awards

Contestants

References

External links

Miss America official website
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1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yug ...

1952 in the United States 1953 beauty pageants 1952 in New Jersey September 1952 events in the United States Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey