• Miss America 1940, the 14th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the first time since 1933. The finals...
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  • Delander, Miss America 1927 Jean Bartel, Miss America 1943 Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945 Marilyn Buferd, Miss America 1946 Jacque Mercer, Miss America 1949...
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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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  • presented Miss America awards are for preliminary talent and swimsuit. The talent award was introduced in 1936, and the swimsuit award in 1940. In the 2000s...
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  • held the title (1924, 1935, 1936, 1940), Evelyn Margaret Ay was the first Miss Pennsylvania to be crowned Miss America, as the others represented cities...
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  • Miss America 1941, the 15th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1941. Shortly after the crowning...
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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 (Madeline Joyce Frank) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Otto Binder and artist...
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    Miss America 2019, the 92nd Miss America pageant, though the Miss America Organization celebrated its 98th anniversary in 2018. This discrepancy is due...
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  • Miss California 1940 and 1941 in 1940 Jean Bartel, Miss California 1943 and Miss America 1943 Marilyn Buferd, Miss California 1946 and Miss America 1946...
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    "Little Miss Muffet" is an English nursery rhyme of uncertain origin, first recorded in 1805. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20605. The rhyme...
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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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    Candidates". Miss America. "1945 Candidates". Miss America. "1944 Candidates". Miss America. "1943 Candidates". Miss America. "1940 Candidates". Miss America. "1939...
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  • Miss America (also spelt as Ms. America) is the name of several superheroines appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The first...
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  • Nathanael West (category 1940 deaths)
    17, 1903 – December 22, 1940) was an American writer and screenwriter. He is remembered for two darkly satirical novels: Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) and...
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  • The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1937 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three...
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  • The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant. Pennsylvania...
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  • Frances Marie Burke (category Miss America 1940s delegates)
    an American beauty pageant contestant who was the winner of Miss America in 1940. Burke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was crowned Miss America...
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    The Miss Delaware competition is the pageant that selects the representative of Delaware in the Miss America pageant. The event takes place annually in...
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  • (1922–2017), Miss America 1940 Frances Mary Burke (1904–1994) was an Australian artist Francis Burke (disambiguation) France Burke (born c. 1926), American poet...
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  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a 2011 contemporary fantasy debut novel by American author Ransom Riggs. The story is told through a combination...
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    The Miss Georgia competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Georgia in the Miss America pageant. Georgia has won the Miss...
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  • Miss Kentucky competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Kentucky in the Miss America pageant. Only once has a Miss Kentucky...
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  • The Miss South Carolina competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of South Carolina in the Miss America pageant. The pageant...
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  • 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...
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