The 1st runner-up at the 2012 Miss America pageant was Betty Thompson, Miss Oklahoma.
She won the Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant in 1958. She then went on to the Miss America beauty pageant where she was second runner up. She was only 19 at the time.
The 1st runner up at the 1946 Miss America pageant was Rebecca Jane McCall, Miss Arkansas.
The 1st runner up at the 1960 Miss America pageant was Mary Alice Fox, Miss Wisconsin.
No, Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady was not black.
No, the winner of the 2000 Miss America pageant was Heather Renee French, Miss Kentucky. Miss Illinois (Jade Smalls) was the 1st runner up.
Patricia Kwan was the winner of the 1969 Little Miss America Pageant held at Palisades Amusement Park. Diane Copelton was the first runner up and Maria Elena DiMino was the second runner up.
Put on a big banner and dress up in pageant wear with a tiara.
Vanessa Williams felt pressured by Miss America Pageant officials to resign in 1984 because nude photos taken by a photographer prior to the pageant had surfaced, and Penthouse had announced that they would be publishing them.
The Miss Universe pageant didn't start until 1952, so there is no Miss Universe 1929.
After the scandal that dethroned the first African-American Miss America, Vanessa Williams, a new Miss America had to take her place after she resigned. Suzette Charles became the second African-American Miss America of 1984, when she replaced Vanessa.
The winners and runner ups at the 1960 Miss America pageant were:Winner: Lynda Lee Mead, Miss Mississippi1st runner up: Mary Alice Fox, Miss Wisconsin2nd runner up: Sharon Joyce Vaughn, Miss Washington3rd runner up: Susan Diane Bronson, Miss California4th runner up: Patricia Anne Allebrand, Miss Arizona