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    Miss America 1984, the 57th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 17, 1983, on NBC Network. Miss...
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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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    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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  • 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 1985, the 58th Miss America pageant, was broadcast from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 15, 1984 on NBC Network...
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    Suzette Charles (category Miss America 1980s delegates)
    March 2, 1963) is an American singer, entertainer, and actress. She was Miss New Jersey in 1983, and served as Miss America 1984 for seven weeks after...
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    Miss America 2016, the 89th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Sunday, September 13, 2015. It was broadcast...
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  • title of Miss America 2025. Suzette Charles, Miss New Jersey 1983 and Miss America 1984-B Toni Georgiana, Miss New Jersey 1985 Ashley Fairfield, Miss New Jersey...
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    List of awards and nominations received by Vanessa Williams (category Lists of awards received by American actor)
    1963) is an American actress and singer. In 1983, she became the first African–American woman to win the title of Miss America (Miss America 1984). Williams...
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  • Miss USA 1984 was the 33rd Miss USA pageant, televised live from Lakeland Civic Auditorium, Lakeland, Florida on May 17, 1984. At the conclusion of the...
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  • Miss Alabama 1950 and Miss America 1951 Heather Whitestone, Miss Alabama 1994 and Miss America 1995 Deidre Downs, Miss Alabama 2004 and Miss America 2005...
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    Miss America 2014, the 87th Miss America pageant was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey Sunday, September 15, 2013. Miss America...
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  • first Indian American Miss America) Kira Kazantsev (2015) Nia Franklin (2019) Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945 Vanessa Williams, Miss America 1984 Mallory Hagan...
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  • Miss World 1984, the 34th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 15 November 1984 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. The winner was Astrid...
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    Nina Davuluri (category Miss America winners)
    an American public speaker, advocate, and beauty queen who hosts the reality show Made in America on Zee TV America from Manhattan. As Miss America 2014...
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    Miss America 2023 was the 95th edition of the Miss America pageant, which occurred at the Mohegan Sun on December 16, 2022. The 2023 calendar year, based...
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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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  • 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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    Vanessa Williams (category Miss America 1980s delegates)
    African-American woman to receive the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984, but resigned her title amid a media controversy surrounding nude...
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    The Miss Maryland competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maryland in the Miss America pageant. Kennedy Taylor was...
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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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  • Miss America 1980, the 53rd Miss America pageant, was televised from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1979 by the NBC Television...
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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 1983, the 56th Miss America pageant, was from on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 11, 1982 on NBC Network. Pageant...
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  • Miss America 1986, the 59th Miss America pageant, took place at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 14, 1985 and was broadcast...
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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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    Miss América Latina or Miss América Latina del Mundo, known in English as Miss Latin America or Miss Latin America of the World, is an international beauty...
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    William A. Feilds (category African-American state legislators in Tennessee)
    The American documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? (2011) revealed that he is the paternal great-great-grandfather of actress, singer and Miss America...
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    Mary Ann Mobley (category Miss America 1950s delegates)
    an American actress, television personality, and Miss America 1959. Mobley was born in 1937 in Biloxi, Mississippi. After her reign as Miss America 1959...
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  • were former teens. Only four Miss Maryland USA has competed at Miss America. From 2006 to 2008, each woman who won Miss Maryland USA was the previous...
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