Miss America 1951

Miss America 1951
Yolande Betbeze, Miss America 1951
Date	September 9, 1950 (1950-09-09)
Presenters	Bob Russell
Venue	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrants	54
Placements	16
Winner	Yolande Betbeze Miss Alabama

Miss America 1951, the 24th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9, 1950. Based on the fact that the majority of Miss America's reign occurs during the year following her coronation, the pageant began referring to her title with the upcoming year. Thus, Yolande Betbeze, who was crowned in September 1950 would be called Miss America 1951. This continued until pageant activities moved from September to January in 2006. At that point, the queen would once again have the year of her title the same as the year in which she won. That change also marked the move away from its long-time base and point of origin, Atlantic City, to its new home in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1][2][3][4]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss America 1951	Miss Alabama - Yolande Betbeze
1st Runner-up	Miss South Dakota - Irene O’Connor
2nd Runner-up	Miss Florida - Jane Ruth Crockett
3rd Runner-up	Miss Arkansas - Mary Jennings
4th Runner-up	Miss Oklahoma - Louise O’Brien
Top 15	Miss California - Joanne Durant Miss Chicago - Marjorie H. Adams Miss Connecticut - Renee Dianne Roy Miss Washington, D.C. - Sandra Joanne Stahl Miss Greater Philadelphia - Janice Murray Miss Nevada - Tosca Carolyn Masini Miss New Jersey - June Elizabeth Stephens Miss New York City - Phyllis Anita Battleson Miss North Carolina - Carolyn Edwards Miss Texas - Margaret Sue Sommers Miss Washington - Karlyne LaRae Abele

References

1. ^ United Press International (1950-09-11). "Miss America Would Rather Go To School Than Get Married". El Paso Herald-Post. p. 10. 
2. ^ Associated Press (1950-09-11). "Brown-Haired Alabama Beauty Wins Miss America Crown". Portland Press Herald. p. 1. 
3. ^ Associated Press (2005-08-26). "There She Isn't: Miss America Pageant Leaves Atlantic City". New York Times. 
4. ^ "1950 Yolande Betbeze". http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1950/1950.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 

External links

• Miss America official website

Secondary sources

Saulino Osborne, Angela (1995). "Miss Americas and their Courts". Miss America The Dream Lives On. Taylor Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87833-110-7.