1960s Timeline

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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...

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...

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...