- Bess Myerson was an American politician, model and television actress who was crowned Miss America in 1945
Born: | 16 July 1924 Comment | When did Bess Myerson die? / Died | 14 December 2014 | How many years did Bess Myerson live? / Lived | 90 years | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
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Bess Myerson facts
- She became a city commissioner in 1969, beginning a prominent New York political career
- In the late 1980s, her career ended amid personal and professional scandal
- At the time of her death, Myerson was the only Jewish Miss America
- She won the Miss America beauty pageant at a time when World War II had just ended
- Her winning the title took on heightened significance in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, and was seen as an affirmation of the Jewish place in American life
- At the time, she was seen as "a hero to the Jewish community"
- Myerson biographer Susan Dworkin said that "In the Jewish community, she was the most famous pretty girl since Queen Esther
- Myerson was seen frequently on television during the 1950s and 1960s, and was a regular on the celebrity quiz show I've Got a Secret
- She was a commissioner in the New York City government in two administrations and ran unsuccessfully for the U
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