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Comstock won the nationally televised pageant and was crowned by Amanda Jones, also of Illinois. [4] She was crowned in a custom-made white chiffon gown made by Alyce Hamm of Alyce Designs . Her prize winnings included $7,500 cash, a $7,500 appearance contract, $3,000 in scholarships as well as a new car, color television, stereo and clothing ...
Inter-City Beauty, Amateur: Earned title of "The Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America" (pageant renamed "Miss America" in 1922) 1922: Sept. 7, 1922 Mary Katherine Campbell [4] [5] Ohio: Columbus: 16 Only person to win twice; also was 1st runner-up at the 1924 pageant: 1923: Sept. 7, 1923 17 1924: Sept. 6, 1924 Ruth Malcomson [6] Pennsylvania ...
It is one of only four states to have won four or more Miss USA titles and one of only four states to win two Miss USA titles in consecutive years. All four winners came from the early history of the competition, with their last Miss USA being Karen Morrison, who held the title in 1974. The pageant's most successful years were from 1984 to 1996 ...
The first "Miss Illinois" sent to the national pageant was Lois Delander who subsequently won the Miss America title. Including Delander, five Miss Illinois representatives have won the Miss America title. Breana Bagley was crowned Miss Illinois 2024 on June 15, 2024, at the Marion Cultural Arts & Civic Center in Marion. She will represent ...
Last year saw a transgender woman from Portugal place in the top 20. Months before the 2023 competition, 22-year-old Rikkie Valerie Kolle became the first transgender Miss Netherlands.
Elizabeth Ward Gracen (born Elizabeth Grace Ward, April 3, 1961) is an American actress and beauty pageant contestant who won the title of Miss America in 1982. Early life and education [ edit ]
She eventually competed and won the Miss New York title, then went on to Atlantic City, N.J., to participate in and win the Miss America Pageant — a contest that refused to allow Black women to ...
Amanda Clara Jones (born October 28, 1950) is an American actress, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1973 and then represented the United States at Miss Universe 1973 where she placed 1st Runner-Up. Jones was crowned Miss Illinois USA 1973 and later represented Illinois in the Miss USA 1973 pageant held in New York City.