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“‘Miss America’ [is] a film that may be the definitive documentary of the pageant.” (Review by Charlie McCollum, San Jose Mercury News) [15] “PBS' Miss America is the model of brevity, covering 80 years and the changing role of women in under two hours.” (Hal Boedeker, The Anniston Star) [16]
Mrs. America is an American political drama television miniseries produced by FX and originally aired on the sister streaming service FX on Hulu.Created and co-written by Davhi Waller and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, Amma Asante, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, and Janicza Bravo, the series details the unsuccessful political movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment and the efforts of ...
Kelli Rachelle McCarty Oseen (born September 6, 1969) is an American actress, model, photographer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 1991. She then reached the Top 6 at Miss Universe 1991, representing the United States. McCarthy has appeared as Beth Wallace on the soap opera Passions (1999–2006
Lee Ann Meriwether (born May 27, 1935) [1] is an American actress, former model, and the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant. She has appeared in many films and television shows, notably as Betty Jones, the title character's secretary and daughter-in-law in the 1970s crime drama Barnaby Jones starring Buddy Ebsen.
Mobley was crowned Miss America 1959, the first Mississippian to achieve this honor, winning the national talent award. [9] [10] [11]Mobley joined husband Gary Collins as co-host of the 1989 Miss America pageant in September 1988, the 30th anniversary year of her own Miss America victory.
After her reign, Sapp starred as herself in the autobiographical television movie, Miss America: Behind the Crown, which depicted the physically abusive relationship between her and Faaola. In interviews about the movie, she stated, "When I learned that abuse hotlines were receiving up to 1,000 calls a day, I decided I should make the movie.
Changing the way people view beauty pageants. Hit 2000 film Miss Congeniality follows FBI agent Gracie (Sandra Bullock) as she goes undercover at a beauty pageant in order to prove herself at work ...
Gracen as Miss America 1982. Gracen won the titles of Miss Arkansas in 1981 and Miss America in 1982. After her yearlong work as Miss America, she enrolled in acting classes then relocated to California to pursue a film and television career. Gracen posed nude for Playboy magazine's May 1992 issue. [3]