• Miss America 1975, the 48th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1974, and broadcast on NBC...
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  • Miss Universe 1975 was the 24th Miss Universe pageant, held on 19 July 1975 at the National Gymnasium in San Salvador, El Salvador. Anne Marie Pohtamo...
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  • Jayroe, Miss America 1967 Judith Ford, Miss America 1969 Phyllis George, Miss America 1971 Shirley Cothran, Miss America 1975 Tawny Godin, Miss America 1976...
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    Miss America 1976, the 49th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1975, and broadcast on NBC...
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  • Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty...
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  • pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America (but none since 1975). To become Miss Texas, a contestant must first win a local competition...
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    Miss Gay America is a national pageant for female impersonators. Established in 1972, the pageant is based on the Miss America contest and follows a similar...
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    African American winner of the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984 in September 1983. Several weeks before the end of her reign, however...
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  • The Miss Teenage America Pageant was a United States beauty pageant started in 1961 as a pageant for high school girls. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was...
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  • The Miss America protest was a demonstration held at the Miss America 1969 contest on September 7, 1968, attended by about 200 feminists and civil rights...
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    Delta Burke (category Miss America 1975 delegates)
    1974; she was the youngest Miss Florida titleholder in pageant history. Burke won a talent scholarship from the Miss America Organization, allowing her...
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    The Miss Black America beauty contest is a competition for young African-American women. The pageant has garnered the support of artists, activists and...
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    Miss America 1971, the 44th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1970. The Women's Liberation...
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  • 16. Three Miss Missouri USAs have competed at Miss America, including Finnessey. Six former Miss Teen USA delegates have also won the title, equalling...
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    Shirley Cothran (category Miss America 1975 delegates)
    9, 1974). "For Miss America '75 the Questions Get Tougher". The New York Times. "Our Miss Americas: 1975 Shirley Cothran". Miss America. "Shirley Cothran...
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    Tawny Little (category Miss America 1976 delegates)
    Tawny Little (née Godin; born September 15, 1956), Miss America 1976 and Miss New York 1975, is an American television personality. Godin was born in Portland...
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    Miss World USA 1975 was the 14th edition of the Miss World USA pageant and it was held in Springfield, Massachusetts and was won by Annelise Ilschenko...
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  • Pam Long (category Miss America 1975 delegates)
    writing and acting, Long won the title of Miss Alabama in 1974 and competed for the title of Miss America 1975. At the time, she was attending the University...
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    Pooja Batra (category Femina Miss India winners)
    Batra was born on 27 October 1975 into a Punjabi family to Ravi Batra, a colonel in the Indian Army, and Neelam Batra, a Miss India (1971) participant. She...
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    Phyllis George (category Miss America 1971 delegates)
    the Miss America crown later that fall. She was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.[citation needed] George first competed for Miss Texas as Miss Denton...
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  • Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a Thailand and Mexican-based Miss Universe Organization. Along with Miss...
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  • Smile is a 1975 American satirical comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie, written by Jerry Belson, and starring Bruce Dern, Barbara Feldon, Michael...
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  • The Miss Florida competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Florida in the Miss America pageant. Florida has twice won...
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  • Miss America 1977, the 50th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 11, 1976 on NBC Network. The...
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    Miss America 1974, the 47th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1973, and broadcast on NBC...
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  • Miss America 1973, the 46th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 9, 1972 and broadcast on NBC...
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  • title of Miss America 2025. Yolande Betbeze, Miss Alabama 1950 and Miss America 1951 Heather Whitestone, Miss Alabama 1994 and Miss America 1995 Deidre...
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    Jodi Ann Paterson (category 20th-century Miss Teen USA delegates)
    Paterson (born July 31, 1975) is an American model, actress and former beauty queen. She competed in the Miss Teen USA competition as Miss Oregon Teen USA in...
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  • Miss World America 2016 was the 8th Miss World America pageant, held at the National Harbor in Washington, D.C., United States, on July 8, 2016. Victoria...
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    Ron Ely (category Use American English from January 2020)
    the lead role in the film Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975). He hosted the Miss America pageant telecast in 1980 and 1981. Ely won the role of Tarzan...
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