Famous Pageant
Winners
From Phyllis George to
Lara Dutta -
famous pageant winners and losers
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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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