- Howard Stern
Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and TV personality, media mogul, humorist, actor, and author. Stern hosts "The Howard Stern Show" four days a week (Monday-Thursday) on Howard 100, a Sirius Satellite Radio station. The self-proclaimed "King of All Media" (a humorous reference to Michael Jackson's appellation "The King of Pop") has been dubbed a shock jock for his highly controversial use of scatological, sexual and racial humor.
- Lauren Nelson
Lauren Nelson(born 1986) is a beauty queen from Lawton, Oklahoma who holds the Miss America 2007 title. Nelson is the second consecutive Miss America and sixth in the history of Miss America to hail from this state. Nelson was Miss Teen Oklahoma 2004, and in this role, she performed at the 2005 Miss America Pageant. En route to Miss America, she won the Miss Oklahoma State Fair local title and then competed in the Miss Oklahoma pageant for the first time on June 11, 2006, …
- Jennifer Berry
Jennifer Berry (born July 18, 1983 in Houston, Texas) was crowned Miss America on January 21, 2006. A resident of Tulsa she was the fifth Miss America from Oklahoma to hold the title. Berry won the Miss Oklahoma 2005 title in a state pageant held Tulsa on June 11, 2005. She competed as Miss Grand Lake, and was a double preliminary winner, winning awards for both talent and swimsuit. This was Berry's fifth attempt at the state title, …
- Heather Whitestone
Heather Whitestone McCallum (born February 24, 1973 in Dothan, Alabama) is a beauty queen who was the first deaf Miss America title holder, having lost her hearing at the age of eighteen months. Whitestone was born and raised in Dothan for the first eleven years of her life. She went to Central Institute for the Deaf in 1984 when she was doing poorly in the mainstream environment.
- Erika Harold
Erika Harold was Miss America 2003 and was the Miss Illinois 2002. Her platform is "Preventing Youth Violence and Bullying: Protect Yourself, Respect Yourself." Her platform is said to have grown out of personal experience; she claims to have been the subject of racial and sexual harassment while growing up. Erika is of Greek, German and Welsh (father) and Native-American, African-American and Russian (mother) descent.
- Bert Parks
Bert Parks, an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer and host, is best known as the longtime host (1955-1979) of the annual Miss America Pageant telecast. Born Bert Jacobson in Atlanta, Georgia, Parks got his first broadcasting job at age sixteen, for Atlanta's WGST radio. He moved to New York when he was nineteen. He was hired as a singer and straight man on "The Eddie Cantor Show" before becoming a CBS radio staff announcer.
- Heather French
Heather Renee French (born 1974 in Augusta, Kentucky) won the title of Miss America in 2000, continuing a tradition of dominance by Southern contestants in the Miss America pageant. She is a 1992 graduate of Mason County High School. After becoming Miss America, French became an advocate for homeless veterans. She founded the Heather French Foundation for Veterans and remains its executive director. She won the Purple Heart Recognition Award for her efforts in 2002.
- Ericka Dunlap
Ericka Dunlap (born February 17, 1981) was Miss America 2004, and was the first African American woman to be crowned Miss Florida. A native of Orlando, Dunlap attended the University of Central Florida and was a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority when she was crowned Miss America 2004. Dunlap succeeded Miss America 2003, Erika Harold, and was followed by Miss America 2005, Deidre Downs. She is currently pursuing a career in country music.
- Deidre Downs
Deidre Downs (born July 7, 1980), Miss America 2005, is an aspiring physician from Birmingham, Alabama. As part of her year of service as Miss America, she campaigned for Curing Childhood Cancer. For her talent, she sang a rendition of the ballad "I'm Afraid This Must Be Love". Downs succeeded Miss America 2004 Ericka Dunlap on September 18, 2004. Downs is also the winner with the longest consecutive reign (Mary Katherine Campbell had two separate wins in 1922 and 1923), …
- Phyllis George
Phyllis George (b. 25 June 1949 in Denton, Texas) is an American businesswoman. She is a former Miss Texas and Miss America of 1971. George attended the University of North Texas until crowned Miss Texas in 1971. At that time, Texas Christian University awarded scholarships to Miss Texas honorees. As a result, Phyllis left UNT and enrolled at TCU for several weeks until winning the Miss America crown later that fall. She is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha women's fraternity.
- Bess Myerson
Bess Myerson was the first (and, so far, only) Jewish Miss America. She went on to become a popular television personality, a public servant, and a philanthropist. Bess encountered anti-Semitism during the Miss America Pageant, when an official tried to convince her to change her name to one that was less ethnic, suggesting Betty Merrick. Bess refused.
- Debbye Turner
I am 14 years old, I live in Raleigh, North Carolina. I go to Enloe High School. I am a freshman. My teacher assigned us this project and my project is about Debbye Turner . I hope you like my hero report.
- Lee Meriwether
Lee Meriwether was born May 27, 1935 in Los Angeles, California. Related to Meriwether Lewis , the 19th century explorer, Lee laid claim to a number of beauty pageant titles including Miss San Francisco, Miss California and Miss America of 1955. She also became the first women's editor with Dave Garroway on the original TODAY SHOW in the 1950s.
- Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Ann Mobley (born February 17, 1939 in Biloxi, Mississippi.) was Miss America in 1959 -- the first Mississippian to win this honor. She was a member of Chi Omega sorority at the University of Mississippi. Remarkably, another sorority sister from Chi Omega at the University of Mississippi, Lynda Mead Shea would follow her as the 1960 Miss America.
- Mary Margaret O'Hara
Mary Margaret O'Hara is a Canadian singer-songwriter, who has been hailed as one of the greatest cult heroines in rock music despite having released very few of her own recordings. She is the sister of comedic actress Catherine O'Hara. O'Hara was a student at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, Ontario in the 1970s, and was involved in the music scene as a member of Toronto bands Songship and Go Deo Chorus.
- Venus Ramey
Venus Ramey (born September 26, 1924 in Ashland, Kentucky) was Miss America in 1944, and was the first red-haired contestant to win the title. Ramey competed as Miss District of Columbia and worked during her reign to help win suffrage for Washington D.C. in 1945. Later, she became the first Miss America to run for public office, seeking a seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives. In the 1970s, Ramey successfully campaigned to save Over-the-Rhine, …
- Katie Harman
Katie Harman from Gresham, Oregon is a classical vocalist and stage actress; who is most well known for being Miss America 2002 and former Miss Oregon 2001. Since completing her duties as Miss America, she played Kathie in "The Student Prince" with the Gold Coast Opera in Florida. She also played Barbarina in "Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata". As a vocalist, she's performed with pianist André Watts with the Shreveport Symphony and others.
- Angela Baraquio
Angela Baraquio Grey is the eighth-born of ten children. Her parents are two immigrant teachers from the Philippines. Several years ago, Angela became Miss Hawaii 2000 and Miss America 2001. As the first Asian and first teacher to hold the title of Miss America in over 85 years of the pageant's existence, Angela embarked on a 20,000 mile a month national speaking tour entitled, "Character in the Classroom, Teaching Values, Valuing Teachers."
- Rick Fox
Ulrich Alexander (Rick) Fox (born July 24 1969 in Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian television actor and retired professional basketball player.
- Shilah Phillips
Shilah Phillips is an American entertainer, beauty pageant contestant, and the 2006 winner of the Miss Texas title. Phillips was named first runner-up to Miss America on January 29, 2007.
- Vanessa Lynn Williams
Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is a Grammy Award-nominated and Tony Award-nominated American R&B/pop/theatrical singer and actress. Williams made history in 1983 when she became the first African-American woman to be crowned Miss America. Williams' reign as Miss America came to an abrupt end when scandal led to her subsequent resignation of the title. Williams rebounded by launching a career as an entertainer.
- Suzette Charles
Suzette Charles (born March 2, 1963) is an American singer and entertainer. She was born Suzette DeGaetano. She represented New Jersey in the 1984 Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She won her preliminary talent night and finished first runner-up to Vanessa Lynn Williams, who became the first African-American to wear the crown and title of Miss America.
- Gary Collins
Gary Collins (born April 30 1938) is an American film and television actor. Collins was born in Venice, California. He is known for his roles in the 1970 film "Airport", in the 1966 television series "The Iron Horse", and for starring in the 1972 television series "The Sixth Sense" as parapsychologist Dr. Michael Rhodes. Later in his career, Collins hosted a few television talk shows, including "Hour Magazine" & "The Home Show".
- Margaret Gorman
Margaret Gorman (1905-1995) is best known for being the very first Miss America, from the year 1921. Gorman was chosen from a photo popularity contest and finalist round as the first "Miss Washington, D.C.," and was invited on that count to join the Second Annual Atlantic City Pageant as an honored guest. This was held on September 8, 1921. There she was invited to join a new event: the "Inter-City Beauty" Contest.
- Susan Powell
Susan Powell was Miss America 1981 and prior to becoming Miss America was Miss Oklahoma. Susan Powell, from Elk City, Oklahoma, was the host of Home Matters, a series on The Discovery Channel premiering in 1993 and running for 9 seasons.
- Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson (born June 21, 1966) is a co-host of "Fox & Friends" on Fox News Channel, which she joined in June 2005. Carlson was previously the co-anchor, with Russ Mitchell, of the Saturday Early Show on CBS. She joined CBS News as a correspondent in 2000, and began working on the Early Show in 2002. Before her tenure at CBS, Carlson served as a weekend anchor and reporter for KXAS-TV in Dallas, Texas, was an anchor and reporter at WOIO-TV in Cleveland, Ohio, …
- Steve Henry
Steve Henry (born 1953) was a Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky from 1995 through 2003. He has lost two statewide elections, finishing third in Democratic primaries for the United States Senate in 1998 and for Governor of Kentucky in 2007.
- Leanza Cornett
Leanza Cornett (born June 10, 1971 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia; raised in Jacksonville, Florida) was crowned Miss Florida 1992 and Miss America 1993. As Miss America, she became the first beauty queen to adopt AIDS prevention as the theme of her year of service. She has also served as a host for several television shows, including "Entertainment Tonight" (1994-1995), "New Attitudes" (1999), and "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" (2000), …
- Kaye Lani Rae Rafko
Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (born August 26, 1963 from Monroe, Michigan) is best known as the winner of the 1988 Miss America pageant. On September 19, 1987, Rafko was named as the 61st Miss America for 1988, after winning the Miss Michigan pageant of 1987. Rafko has participated in a number of fundraising activities and has been a vocal advocate for nursing and hospice programs. She has addressed medical professional organizations around the world on the topic of nursing, …
- Shandi Finnessey
Shandi Ren Finnessey is an American beauty queen, model and television hostess. She is best known for winning the Miss USA title, as Miss Missouri USA. She had previously held the title of Miss Missouri 2002 and competed in Miss America where she won a preliminary award. In 2002 Finnessey authored a children’s book, "The Furrtails", which helps children appreciate individuality and understand their peers who have disabilities.
- Amanda Kozak
Amanda Kozak is a beauty queen from Warner Robins, Georgia who placed second runner-up at Miss America 2007. Kozak first competed in the Miss Georgia pageant in 2004 where she made the top eleven. The following year she placed first runner-up to Monica Pang. Kozak represented Georgia in the Miss National Sweetheart pageant (for Miss America state runners-up) in September 2005, and placed first runner-up. In June 2006, after winning the Miss Valdosta local title, …
- Dawn Wells
Dawn Wells (born October 18, 1938 in Reno, Nevada) is an American actress, best known for her role as Mary Ann Summers on the sitcom "Gilligan's Island", which ran on CBS from 1964 until 1967. Wells attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she majored in chemistry. She later transferred to the University of Washington in Seattle, where she graduated in 1960 with a degree in theatre. She was a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
- Marjorie Vincent
Marjorie Judith Vincent from Oak Park, Illinois, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, was crowned Miss America 1991. She hit the ground running after she was crowned using the spotlight to spread her message about domestic violence. "For me, it was a thrill to take [the victims'] message to lawmakers in Washington and to state legislatures," Vincent says.
- John Schneider
John Richard Schneider (Born April 8, 1960 in Mount Kisco, New York) is an American actor who shot to fame during the 1980s as Bo Duke in the American television series "The Dukes of Hazzard". He is also a country music singer. He stands 6' 3" tall, and graduated from North Springs High School in Atlanta, Georgia. Both of John's parents are from a German-American background; his father is from upstate New York and his mother is from Sanford, Florida.
- Shawntel Smith
Shawntel Smith was Miss America in 1996. She was born in 1971 in Muldrow, Oklahoma.
- Nicole Johnson Baker
Nicole Johnson (born circa 1974) was the winner of the 1999 Miss America pageant, and is now a diabetes advocate. She was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1993. She is a 1998 graduate of the School of Communication & the Arts of Regent University in Virginia founded by the televangelist Pat Robertson. Nicole became the anchor of dLifeTV (http://www.dlife.com), a weekly series about diabetes that airs on CNBC, in March 2005.
- Yolande Betbeze
Yolande Betbeze (born 1929 in Mobile, Alabama) was Miss America in 1951.
- Tara Dawn Holland
Tara Dawn Holland (b. 2 October 1972 in Overland Park, Kansas) was Miss America 1997. She married Jon Lynn Christensen on 21 November 1998; they have one child.
- Eva Larue
Eva LaRue (born Eva Maria LaRuy on December 27, 1966 in Long Beach, California) is an American actress.
- Susan Akin
Susan Akin from Meridian, Mississippi, was Miss America 1986. She was a member of Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women at the University of Mississippi. She now lives near Carthage Mississippi and sells insurance.