Miss Columbia (other)
Miss Columbia is the female personification of the United States of America. Miss Columbia may also refer to: * ''Miss Columbia'' (WB-2), an airplane, S/N#1, for the Wright-Bellanca WB-2 See also * Miss District of Columbia (other), a beauty pageant title * Miss Colombia (other) * Miss America (other) * Columbia (other) * Colombia (other) Colombia is a country in northwestern South America. Colombia may also refer to: Former nations * Gran Colombia, a former nation, officially the Republic of Colombia, 1819–31 * United States of Colombia, a former name for Colombia, 1863–86 ...

Miss Columbia
Columbia (; ) is the female national personification of the United States. It was also a historical name applied to the Americas and to the New World. The association has given rise to the names of many American places, objects, institutions and companies, including the District of Columbia; Columbia, South Carolina; Columbia University; "Hail, Columbia" and ''Columbia Rediviva''; the Columbia River. Images of the Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World'', erected in 1886) largely displaced personified Columbia as the female symbol of the United States by around 1920, although Lady Liberty was seen as an aspect of Columbia. However, Columbia's most prominent display today is being part of the logo of the Hollywood film studio Columbia Pictures. ''Columbia'' is a New Latin toponym, in use since the 1730s with reference to the Thirteen Colonies which formed the United States. It originated from the name of the Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus and from the Latin e ...
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Miss Columbia (WB-2)
The sole Wright-Bellanca WB-2, named ''Columbia'', ''Miss Columbia'', and later ''Maple Leaf'', was the second in a series of aircraft designed by Giuseppe Mario Bellanca, initially for Wright Aeronautical then later Columbia Aircraft Corp. Development In 1925, Clarence Duncan Chamberlin was friends with, and worked as chief test pilot for, the aircraft designer Giuseppe Mario Bellanca. A flight instructor in World War I, Clarence was an early customer of Bellanca designs, purchasing the only Bellanca CE, built when he was working for the Maryland Pressed Steel Company. Through Clarence, Bellanca secured a position as a consultant for the Wright Aeronautical company to produce a 5–6 passenger aircraft to demonstrate their new Wright Whirlwind J-4 engine. Bellanca built an all-wood aircraft, the WB-1 in 1926, which crashed at Curtiss Field in an attempt on the world non-refueled endurance record. The WB-2 follow-on aircraft, made of fabric-covered steel tubing, was alrea ...
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Miss District Of Columbia (other)
The Miss District of Columbia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the District of Columbia in the Miss America pageant. Miss District of Columbia may also refer to: * Miss District of Columbia USA, a subsidiary beauty pageant of Miss USA * Miss District of Columbia Teen USA, a subsidiary beauty pageant of Miss Teen USA See also * * Miss Columbia (other) * Miss Colombia (other) * District of Columbia (other) * Columbia (other) * Colombia (other) Colombia is a country in northwestern South America. Colombia may also refer to: Former nations * Gran Colombia, a former nation, officially the Republic of Colombia, 1819–31 * United States of Colombia, a former name for Colombia, 1863–86 ...

Miss Colombia (other)
Miss Colombia is a pageant title for the country of Colombia. Miss Colombia or ''variant'', may refer to: * Miss Universe Colombia, a national female beauty pageant associated with ''Miss Universe'' * Miss Mundo Colombia, a national female beauty pageant associated with ''Miss World'' * Miss Tierra Colombia, a national female beauty pageant associated with ''Miss Earth'' * Miss International Colombia, a national female beauty pageant title associated with ''Miss International'' * Miss Maja Colombia, a national female beauty pageant that is not affiliated with a global contest See also * Miss Columbia (other) * Miss District of Columbia (other) * * * Colombia (other) * Columbia (other) Columbia may refer to: * Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region ...
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Miss America (other)
Miss America is an annual competition open to women. Miss America may also refer to: Characters * Miss America (DC Comics), a Quality Comics and later DC Comics character * Miss America (Marvel Comics), a list of Marvel Comics characters named Miss America ** Miss America (Madeline Joyce), a Marvel Comics character ** Miss America (America Chavez), a Marvel Comics character * Miss America, a member of the ''Battle Fever J'' Super Sentai Series * Miss America, a character in '' Coonskin'' Music * Chocolate USA or Miss America, a US rock band * ''Miss America'' (Mary Margaret O'Hara album) (1988) * ''Miss America'' (Saving Abel album) (2010) * ''Miss America'' (book), the second autobiography of American radio and media personality Howard Stern * "Miss America" (Styx song) (1977) * "Miss America" (J. Cole song), 2012 * "Miss America" (Måns Zelmerlöw song), 2008 * "Miss America" (Saving Abel song), 2010 * "Miss America" (The Big Dish song), 1990 *"Miss America", a 1970 song ...
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Columbia (other)
Columbia may refer to: * Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest * Columbia River, in Canada and the United States ** Columbia Bar, a sandbar in the estuary of the Columbia River ** Columbia Country, the region of British Columbia encompassing the northern portion of that river's upper reaches ***Columbia Valley, a region within the Columbia Country ** Columbia Lake, a lake at the head of the Columbia River *** Columbia Wetlands, a protected area near Columbia Lake ** Columbia Slough, along the Columbia watercourse near Portland, Oregon * Glacial Lake Columbia, a proglacial lake in Washington state * Columbia Icefield, in the Canadian Rockies * Columbia Island (District of Columbia), in the Potomac River * Columbia Island (New York), in Long Island Sound Populated places * C ...
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