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Miss America 1964, the 37th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1963 and was broadcast on CBS. [ 1 ] Donna Axum became the first Miss Arkansas to win the crown.
Donna Axum (January 3, 1942 – November 4, 2018) was an American beauty pageant winner, author, television executive producer, philanthropist and model. She was crowned Miss America in 1964. One month earlier she had been crowned Miss Arkansas.
Vonda Kay Van Dyke (born May 19, 1943) was crowned the 1965 Miss America on September 13, 1964. Earlier in the year, she had taken a break as a 21-year-old junior at Arizona State College at Flagstaff (as of 1966, Northern Arizona University) to become Miss Arizona.
Only Miss Congeniality winner to be also crowned Miss America [26] 1966: Sept. 11, 1965 Deborah Bryant [27] Kansas: Overland Park: 19 Preliminary Swimsuit: Dramatic interpretation, "The Miserable Miserliness of Midas Moneybags" 1967: Sept. 10, 1966 Jane Anne Jayroe [28] Oklahoma: Laverne: 19 Preliminary Talent: Vocal / Orchestral conducting, "1 ...
The most frequently 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, preliminary awards for evening gown and interview were briefly introduced but were discontinued after two years as it was felt that they made the semi-finalists too predictable.
Miss America 1965, the 38th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1964 [1] on CBS Network. Pageant winner Vonda Kay Van Dyke authored books in years to come. She was the first Miss America to use ventriloquism in the talent portion of the contest.
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Deborah Irene Bryant (born January 29, 1946) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Overland Park, Kansas who was Miss Kansas 1965 and Miss America 1966. [ 1 ] High school