This page is dedicated to the rich history of the Miss America and Miss Minnesota Organizations.
There is so much to know about this program and the women who served!
There is so much to know about this program and the women who served!
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Links to Miss America History
Complete list of Miss America Titleholders including, names, ages, state, awards won, and more. Wikipedia
Short Historical Overview. Britannica
How Much Miss America Has Changed Over the Years. Readers Digest
1968 - The Year the Feminist Movement Took on the Miss America Pageant Smithsonian
Miss Americas from 1921 to Present. The Wrap
Miss America Books
Below I have compiled a list of books written by former Miss America's; written about former Miss America's; and about the Miss America Organization. This is not an endorsement of any book or author, but simply a list for your information.
Miss Unlikely: From Farm Girl to Miss America, by Betty Cantrell Maxwell 2019
Amazing Win, Amazing Loss: Miss America Living Happily, EVEN After, by Angela Perez Baraquio 2014
Being Miss America: Behind the Rhinestone Curtain, by Kate Shindle 2014
You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Hollywood, Love, Loss (and Each Other) by Vanessa Williams and Helen Williams 2012
Pretty Smart: Lessons from Our Miss Americas, by Penny Pearlman 2008
More Grace Than Glamour: My Life As miss America and Beyond, by Jane Jayroe 2006
"There She Is, Miss America": The Politics of Sex, Beauty, and Race in America's Most Famous Pageant, by E. Waton and Darcy Martin, 2004
Miss America, 1945: Bess Myerson and the Year That Changed Our Lives, by Susan Dworkin 1999
Listening with My Heart, by Heather Whitestone 1997
Heather Whitestone--Miss America With A Mission (Reaching for the Stars), by Jill C. Wheeler 1995
The Miss America Cookbook, by Bill Caligari 1995
Miss America: The Dream Lives On, by Angela Osborne 1995
Miss America: In Pursuit of the Crown: The Complete Guide to the Miss America Pageant, by Ann-Marie Bivans 1991
Miss America, 1945: Bess Myerson's Own Story 1988
Miss America: Through the Looking Glass, by Nanice Martin 1986
There She Is: The Life and Times of Miss America, by Frank Deford 1971
Miss America and Other Stories, by Don Skiles 1984