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Leanza Cornett   

Leanza Cornett, Miss America 1992, who was the first Miss Florida to win the Miss America title, has appeared as a reporter on Entertainment Tonight, co-hosted numerous shows including Lifetime Network's New Attitudes, and starred in Barefoot in the Park.

She is married to Mark Stienes, reporter for Entertainment Tonight.

Jamie Nicole Dudney

Miss Tennessee 1993 now appears as Georgia in the daytime soap, As the World Turns.

Lara Dutta

The elegant Miss Universe 2002 from India has gone on to enjoy film success in her native countries famous Bollywood.

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Bobbie Eakes

Eakes, who competed as Miss Georgia in the 1982 Miss America Pageant, won the role of Macy on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Mary Frann

Mary Frann won the 1961 America's Junior Miss title before going on to star as Joanna Loudon on the hit sitcom Newhart.

She attended Northwestern University and founded the America's Junior Miss Council in 1995.  Frann died in 1998.

Phyllis George

Phyllis, who won the 1971 Miss America title as Miss Texas, was the only winner to drop her crown on live television. 

She went on to become the first successful female sports anchor (NFL Today) and starred on Candid Camera, People, and CBS's The Morning News. She later served as First Lady of Kentucky with (now ex-) husband, John Y. Brown.

Kathie Lee Gifford

Before rising to TV fame as star of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Kathie Lee Gifford represented Maryland in the America's Junior Miss Pageant.

She was quietly disqualified when she inadvertently broke the rules by chatting with a man in public. Reeeeege?!

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Karen Morris Gowdy

Karen Morris was crowned America's Junior Miss of 1974.  She graduated from the University of Wyoming and married Curt Gowdy Jr.  Karen's career in acting has included playing Dr. Faith Coleridge for almost a decade on the Emmy-winning Ryan's Hope.
 

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