Miss America 1974
Encyclopedia
Miss America 1974, the 49th Miss America
, pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall
in Atlantic City, New Jersey
on September 8, 1973 on NBC Network
.
Semi-finalists Susan Shipley (Miss California
) Colleen Metternich (Miss Illinois
) Andrea Hanson (Miss Oklahoma
) Judy Mallett (Miss Texas
) Leslie Ann Mays (Miss Washington
)
Miss America
The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
, pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall
Boardwalk Hall
Boardwalk Hall, formally known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall, is an arena in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States...
in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, and a nationally renowned resort city for gambling, shopping and fine dining. The city also served as the inspiration for the American version of the board game Monopoly. Atlantic City is located on Absecon Island on the coast...
on September 8, 1973 on NBC Network
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
.
Results
- Miss America :
Rebecca Ann KingRebecca Ann KingRebecca Ann King is most noted as holder of the 1974 Miss America title. Heralding the arrival of feminism in this most traditional of events, Rebecca King was a law student, who famously expressed feminist political views at the Miss America Pageant's morning-after breakfast following her...
(Miss ColoradoMiss ColoradoThe Miss Colorado competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Colorado in the Miss America pageant. Colorado has won the Miss America crown on three occasions.- Winners :- External links :*...
) - First runner-up:
Judy Hieke (Miss WisconsinMiss WisconsinThe Miss Wisconsin competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Wisconsin in the Miss America pageant. Wisconsin has once won the Miss America crown.- Winners :* Succeeded to the crown after Miss Wisconsin won Miss America...
) - Second runner-up:
Suzanne Plummer (Miss New JerseyMiss New Jersey.The Miss New Jersey competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss America pageant.Two Miss New Jersey winners have gone on to become Miss America titleholders: Bette Cooper and Suzette Charles...
) - Third runner-up:
Debbie Ward (Miss LouisianaMiss LouisianaThe Miss Louisiana competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Louisiana in the Miss America pageant. For many years Miss New Orleans was the state's representative....
) - Fourth runner-up:
Tina Louise ThomasTina Louise ThomasTina Louise Thomas is a former Miss Pennsylvania and Miss America Scholarship Pageant national talent winner and runner-up , as well as being an accomplished singer, musician, songwriter, writer and editor. Thomas was baptized Christina Hatzithomas in her father’s Greek Orthodox Church...
(Miss PennsylvaniaMiss PennsylvaniaThe Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America Pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, has won the Miss American crown on 5 occasions....
)
Semi-finalists Susan Shipley (Miss California
Miss California
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss California USAThe Miss California competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss America pageant. Delegates from the states of California, Ohio and Oklahoma have each won the title of Miss...
) Colleen Metternich (Miss Illinois
Miss Illinois
The Miss Illinois competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Illinois in the Miss America pageant. The Miss Illinois pageant started in 1927, several years after the initial Miss America pageant. The first "Miss Illinois" sent to the national pageant, Lois Delander,...
) Andrea Hanson (Miss Oklahoma
Miss Oklahoma
The Miss Oklahoma competition selects a winner to compete on behalf of Oklahoma in the Miss America pageant. Miss Oklahoma has won the crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common, Norma Smallwood won, competing as Miss Tulsa, giving the state of Oklahoma a...
) Judy Mallett (Miss Texas
Miss Texas
The Miss Texas competition was founded in 1936 as a scholarship contest for young women. The winner represents Texas in the Miss America pageant; three winners have gone on to be crowned Miss America ....
) Leslie Ann Mays (Miss Washington
Miss Washington
The Miss Washington competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Washington in the Miss America pageant.-History:...
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