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Miss America 1959, the 32nd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1958 on CBS. [1]Mary Ann Mobley, the first winner from Mississippi, became an actress, featured in two Elvis Presley films and many television series.
Mobley was crowned Miss America 1959, the first Mississippian to achieve this honor, winning the national talent award. [9] [10] [11]Mobley joined husband Gary Collins as co-host of the 1989 Miss America pageant in September 1988, the 30th anniversary year of her own Miss America victory.
Miss America is an annual competition open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. Originating in 1921 as a beauty pageant , the competition now judges competitors' talent performances and interviews in addition to their physical appearance.
Bryant became Miss Oklahoma in 1958, right after graduating from Tulsa's Will Rogers High School, and was second runner-up in the 1959 Miss America pageant (held September 6, 1958) at age 18. [5] In 1960, Bryant married Bob Green (1931–2012), a Miami disc jockey, with whom she eventually raised four children. [6] [7] They divorced in 1980. [8]
With her wholesome image, she won the Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant when she was 18 and was the second runner-up in the 1959 Miss America pageant, releasing her self-titled debut album that same year.
She was the second runner-up in the 1959 Miss America pageant. Image credits: mattxiv Bryant’s fame further intensified as she delivered hits like Paper Roses, Wonderland by Night, and My Little ...
To Nina, Miss America was a distant dream that would be hard to achieve because she looked a certain way. As an experienced pageant contestant, Nina was told her How Miss America overcame hate and ...
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.