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Marian Bergeron
Marian Bergeron (May 3, 1918 – October 22, 2002) was Miss America in 1933.
Bergeron, from West Haven, Connecticut, won the crown as the pageant returned to Atlantic City, New Jersey after a five year hiatus see (Timeline of major beauty pageants). She was the youngest Miss America in history, winning the crown at the age of 15½, and held the title for two years since no competition was held in 1934. One of the sponsors of the pageant, RKO pictures, refused to award Bergeron the prize of a screen test, claiming that she was too young.
Bergeron went on to a career in big-band singing, appearing with such as Rudy Vallee and Guy Lombardo.
Bergeron was married three times. Her first marriage, to Donald Ruhlman, lasted until his death in 1972 and produced three children. Her second marriage, to Frederick Seltzer, lasted until his death in March 2002 [1]
Bergeron died of leukemia in Ohio in 2002[2]
References
- ^ http://www.pageant.com/offstage/archive/offstage2002q2.html
- ^ "Miss America History 1933". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20060923040324/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1930/1933.asp. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
Miss America titleholders (1921–1939) Margaret Gorman (1921) · Mary Campbell (1922) · Mary Campbell (1923) · Ruth Malcomson (1924) · Fay Lanphier (1925) · Norma Smallwood (1926) · Lois Delander (1927) · Marian Bergeron (1933) · Henrietta Leaver (1935) · Rose Coyle (1936) · Bette Cooper (1937) · Marilyn Meseke (1938) · Patricia Donnelly (1939)
Complete list · (1921–1939) · (1940–1959) · (1960–1979) · (1980–1999) · (2000–2019) Connecticut Pageant Winners Miss Connecticut Marian Bergeron (1933-34) · Mary Cadorette (1975) · Karen Kopins (1977) · Sylvia Gomes (1999) · Tanisha Brito (2002) · Heidi Voight (2006)Miss Connecticut USA Mrs. Connecticut Melanie Varian (2009)AL • AK • AZ • AR • CA • CO • CT • DE • FL • GA • HI • ID • IL • IN • IA • KS • KY • LA • ME • MD • MA • MI • MN • MS • MO • MT • NE • NV • NH • NJ • NM • NY • NC • ND • OH • OK • OR • PA • RI • SC • SD • TN • TX • UT • VT • VA • WA • WV • WI • WY Categories:- 1918 births
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