The 1st runner up at the 1946 Miss America pageant was Rebecca Jane McCall, Miss Arkansas.
The last five finalists were Miss Arkansas, Miss Louisiana (third runner-up), Miss Tennessee (second runner-up), Miss California (first runner-up), and Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron was crowned Miss America 2010.
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* Miss America 1986: Susan Akin (Miss Mississippi) * First runner-up: Sherry Thrift (Miss South Carolina) * Second runner-up: Jonna Fitzgerald (Miss Texas) * Third runner-up: Honey Castro (Miss Washington) * Fourth runner-up: Angela Tower (Miss Alabama)
Miss America 1991: Marjorie Vincent (Miss Illinois) First runner-up: Mary Waddell Gainey (Miss South Carolina) Second runner-up: Dana Brown (Miss Tennessee) Third runner-up: Suzanne Lawrence (Miss Texas) Fourth runner-up: Linnea Fayard (Miss Louisiana)
No, Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady was not black.
The 1st runner-up at the 2012 Miss America pageant was Betty Thompson, Miss Oklahoma.
The 2nd runner up of Miss America 1972 was Deborah Ann O'Brien, Miss Massachusetts.
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.
4th runner up was Miss Kentucky, Mallory Ervin. 3rd Runner Up was Miss Louisianna, Katherine Putnam, 2nd Runner up was Miss Tennessee, Stephanie Wittler. 1st Runner up was Miss California, Kristy Cavinder. The 2010 Miss America is Miss Virginia, Caressa Cameron.
Claire Ford; Miss Black Tennessee was Miss Black America Mary Denise Bentley; Miss Black Indiana was First Runner Up Valerie Hines; Miss Black South Carolina was a Runner Up Candi Alexander; Miss Black New York was a contestant
The 1st runner up at the 1960 Miss America pageant was Mary Alice Fox, Miss Wisconsin.