Miss America
Example Sentences
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In the 1980s Miss America was one of the year’s biggest television events, drawing tens of millions of viewers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
He was also known for hosting the Miss America pageant in the early 1980s, where he met his wife Valerie.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024
Margot Mifflin is a professor at the City University of New York and the author, most recently, of “Looking for Miss America: A Pageant’s 100-year Quest to Define Womanhood.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2024
It’s just the latest in a series of changes for a contest that has been a lightning rod for feminist criticism since “bra-burning” protests upended the 1968 Miss America contest.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
I might not ever make it to the Miss America stage, but it won’t be because stupid Curtis says I can’t.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
