Bess Myerson
Bess Myerson · Arts & Literature
First and only Jewish Miss America (1945), later television personality and public official
1924, The Bronx, New York City, USA — 2014, Santa Monica, California, USA
United States
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Bess Myerson became the first and only Jewish woman crowned Miss America in 1945, and used her platform to speak out against antisemitism and prejudice at a time of widespread bigotry. She went on to a career as a television personality and New York City consumer-affairs commissioner. She was born in the Bronx to Jewish immigrant parents from the Russian Empire.
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First and only Jewish Miss America (1945), later television personality and public official
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