Shawntel Smith is the winner of the 1996 Miss America pageant. She attended college at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma.
Vanessa Williams was the first African American to be crowned Miss America. She won in 1984.
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I won the Miss Scotland 1959 competition and have the newspapers, the trophy etc. to prove this. This competition was sponsored by the The Scottish Daily Express. My name was Isabell Rae, aged 17 from Cranhill, Glasgow, Scotland. However, I can never find this information in Google, etc. Why? Isabell McGarry (nee Rae)
Miss Marian Anderson was the first African American, to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on January 7, 1955. Miss Leontyne Price on January 27, 1961 she made an historic debut in at the Metropolitan Opera the final ovation lasted at least 35 minutes, one of the longest in Met history.
The winner of Miss America in 1955 was Lee Meriwether from San Francisco, California.
The winner of the 1978 Miss America pageant was Susan Perkins, Miss Ohio.
The winner of the 1941 Miss America pageant was Rosemary LaPlanche, Miss California.
The winner of the 1979 Miss America pageant was Kylene Barker, Miss Virginia.
Teresa Scanlan is the winner of Miss America 2011. She is from Nebraska.
The winner of the 1998 Miss America pageant was Katherine Shindle, Miss Illinois.
The winner of Miss America in 1996 was Shawntel Smith from Muldrow, Oklahoma.
The winner of the 1977 Miss America pageant was Dorothy Kathleen Benham, Miss Minnesota.
The winner of the 2013 Miss America pageant was Mallory Hagan, Miss New York.
The winner of the 1965 Miss America pageant was Vonda Kay Van Dyke, Miss Arizona.
The winner of the 1988 Miss America pageant was Kaye Lani Rae Rafko, Miss Michigan.
The winner of the Miss Universe contest in 1955 was Hillevi Rombin from Sweden.