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The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program selects the representative for the U.S. state of Ohio to compete for the title of Miss America.The pageant is held annually, during the "Miss Ohio Festival" week, at the historic 1,600 seat Renaissance Theatre (originally named the Ohio Theatre) in Mansfield.
Susan Johnson (born Marilyn Jeanne Johnson, [citation needed] July 6, 1927 – February 24, 2003), [1] also known as Susan Johnson-Kehn, was an American actor and singer.She is most well known for her Broadway performances during the 1950s, but also appeared in several films and television shows.
The most notable Miss Ohio USA is actress and Oscar winner Halle Berry, who was 1st runner up at Miss USA 1986. [9] Other notable former titleholders include actress, model and sportscaster Jayne Kennedy [ 10 ] and two former Survivor contestants, Kim Mullen of Survivor: Palau and Candace Smith of Survivor: Tocantins .
The pageant's return to the old Ohio Theatre was the initial event that eventually led to the total renovation of the theatre and its reincarnation into the Renaissance Theatre. The Miss Ohio Scholarship Program has been held at the theatre continuously since 1980, for over 40 years. In August 1980, the Ohio Theatre became The Renaissance Theatre.
Jacquelyn Jeanne Mayer (born August 20, 1942) is an American actress and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Ohio 1962 and Miss America 1963 [1] and currently travels the United States as a motivational speaker, noted for her recovery from a near-fatal stroke suffered at age 28.
Meseke entered and won the Miss Ohio competition twice. Her first title was won in 1931 at the age of 14; her young age kept her from the national pageant. Her second title in 1938 qualified her to represent Ohio in the national Miss America pageant. The 1938 pageant was the first year that talent became a scoring event in the competition which ...
Agnes Robertson Moorehead was born on December 6, 1900, [2] in Clinton, Massachusetts, the daughter of former singer Mary (née McCauley), who was 17 when she was born, and Presbyterian clergyman John Henderson Moorehead.
The (since renamed) Gish Film Theatre and Gallery of Bowling Green State University's Department of Theatre and Film was named for Lillian and Dorothy Gish and was dedicated on that campus in 1976. [21] [22] The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize was named for her by her sister. It awards a substantial cash prize annually to "a man or woman who has ...