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Sep 7, 2023
Miss Arkansas Named Miss America of 1964
Sept. 7, 1963 - Miss Arkansas, 21-year-old Donna Axum, was named Miss America of 1964 tonight at Atlantic City’s Convention Hall. The new...

Jul 21, 2023
Miss Brazil Named Miss Universe of 1963
July 21, 1963 - In Miami Beach last night, Miss Brazil — brunette Leda Vargas — was named Miss Universe of 1963. Radiant but poised after...


Sep 9, 2022
New Miss America Details Prior Weight Struggles
Sept. 9, 1962 - Jacqueline Jeanne Mayer, the new Miss America, was a chubby girl from Sandusky, Ohio, until she decided at the age of 16...

Sep 8, 2022
1963’s Miss America is Jacqueline Mayer
Sept. 8, 1962 - Twenty-year-old Jacqueline Jeanne Mayer, a brunette from Sandusky, Ohio, was crowned Miss America of 1963 tonight at the...

Jul 14, 2022
Norma Beatriz Nolan is Miss Universe 1962
July 14, 1962 - Norma Beatriz Nolan (pictured with Gene Rayburn) of Argentina was chosen today as Miss Universe of 1962. The...


Sep 9, 2021
Former Rockette Wins Miss America Pageant
Sept. 9, 1961 - Miss North Carolina, 19-year-old Maria Beale Fletcher of Asheville, was crowned Miss America of 1962 today at the annual...


Jul 15, 2021
East German Wins Miss Universe Contest
July 15, 1961 - A blonde 24-year-old German woman won the title of Miss Universe today. She is Marlene Schmidt, who reached Stuttgart,...
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