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Betty White has never been a contestant at the Miss America pageant.
No, Betty White was never crowned as Miss America.
Betty White has been a successful actress for many years. She has starred in and is still starring in several successful television series and feature films. Unfortunately, being crowned Miss America was never one of Betty's many achievements.
this is the first time a Nebraskan has ever won the Miss America contest.
Lois Delander from Joliet, Illinois, won the Miss America contest in 1927.
The 1981 Miss America was Miss Oklahoma, Susan Powell. Note that she actually won the contest in the fall of 1980; the winner of the contest held in 1981 was the 1982 Miss America, Elizabeth Gracen of Arkansas.
There was no Miss America pageant in 1950.
Miss America: Cheryl Prewitt (Miss Mississippi)
I think that Elizabeth Ward from Russellville, Arkansas, won the Miss America contest in 1982.
I think that Henrietta Leaver from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, won the Miss America contest in 1935.
I think that Kellye Cash from Memphis, Tennessee, won the Miss America contest in 1987.
I think that Patricia Donnelly from Detroit, Michigan, won the Miss America contest in 1939.