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{{Beauty pageant
{{Infobox beauty pageant
| winner = [[Rebecca Ann King]]
| winner = [[Rebecca Ann King]]
| image = Rebecca Ann King NBC press photo.jpg
| represented = {{flagicon|Colorado}} [[Miss Colorado|Colorado]]
| caption = Rebecca Ann King as Miss America 1974
| date = September 2, 1973
| represented = Colorado
| presenters = [[Bert Parks]]
| date = September 8, 1973
| presenters = [[Bert Parks]]<ref name="Press 10"/>
| venue = [[Boardwalk Hall]], [[Atlantic City]], [[New Jersey]]
| venue = [[Boardwalk Hall]], [[Atlantic City]], [[New Jersey]]
| broadcaster = [[NBC]]
| broadcaster = [[NBC]]
| before = [[Miss America 1973|1973]]
}}'''Miss America 1974''', the 49th [[Miss America]], pageant, was held at the [[Boardwalk Hall]] in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] on September 2, 1973 on [[NBC|NBC Network]].
| next = [[Miss America 1975|1975]]
== Results ==
}}
*'''Miss America ''': [[Rebecca Ann King]] ([[Miss Colorado]])
*'''First runner-up:''' Judy Hieke
*'''Second runner-up:''' Suzanne Plummer
*'''Third runner-up:''' Debbie Ward
*'''Fourth runner-up:''' [[Tina Louise Thomas]]


'''Miss America 1974''', the 47th [[Miss America]] pageant, was held at the [[Boardwalk Hall]] in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] on September 8, 1973, and broadcast on [[NBC]].<ref name="Press 1">{{cite news |last1=Lilleband |first1=Eleanor |last2=Seider |first2=Gale |last3=Long |first3=William |title=Colorado Beauty Miss America |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/922444758 |access-date=12 December 2023 |work=[[Press of Atlantic City]] |date=9 Sep 1973 |page=1 |language=en}}</ref>
== External links ==

*[http://www.missamerica.org/ Miss America official website]
The winner was [[Rebecca Ann King]], whose daughter Diana Dreman would become Miss Colorado and a contender for [[Miss America 2012]], the first daughter of a victorious Miss America to compete in the pageant.

Suzanne Plummer, second runner-up, is known today as [[Sue Lowden]], who became chairperson of the Republican Party in Nevada and a 2010 U.S. Senate candidate there. Another contestant, Michelle Marshall of [[Missouri]], is now the political analyst and blogger [[Taylor Marsh]].

==Results==
===Placements===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Placement
! Contestant
|-
| '''Miss America 1974'''
|
* {{flag|Colorado}} – [[Rebecca Ann King]]<ref name="Press 1"/>
|-
| 1st Runner-Up
|
* {{flag|Wisconsin|1913}} – Judy Hieke<ref name="Press 1"/>
|-
| 2nd Runner-Up
|
* {{flag|New Jersey}} – [[Suzanne Plummer]]<ref name="Press 1"/>
|-
| 3rd Runner-Up
|
* {{flag|Louisiana|1912}} – Debbie Ward<ref name="Press 1"/>
|-
| 4th Runner-Up
|
* {{flag|Pennsylvania}} – [[Tina Louise Thomas]]<ref name="Press 1"/>
|-
| Top 10
|
* {{flag|California}} – Susan Shipley
* {{flag|Illinois}} – Colleen Metternich
* {{flag|Oklahoma}} – Andrea Hanson
* {{flag|Texas}} – Judy Mallett
* {{flag|Washington}} – Leslie Ann Mays<ref name="Press 1"/>
|}

===Awards===
====Preliminary awards====
{| class="wikitable"
! Awards
! Contestant
|-
| '''[[Miss America award winners#Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness award|Lifestyle and Fitness]]'''
|
* {{flagicon|New Jersey}} [[Miss New Jersey|New Jersey]] - [[Suzanne Plummer]]
* {{flagicon|Washington}} [[Miss Washington|Washington]] - Leslie Ann Mays
* {{flagicon|Wisconsin|1913}} [[Miss Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] - Judy Hieke
|-
| '''[[Miss America award winners#Preliminary talent award|Talent]]'''
|
* {{flagicon|Illinois}} [[Miss Illinois|Illinois]] - Colleen Metternich
* {{flagicon|Louisiana|1912}} [[Miss Louisiana|Louisiana]] - Debbie Ward
* {{flagicon|Pennsylvania}} [[Miss Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] - [[Tina Louise Thomas]]
|}
====Other awards====
{| class="wikitable"
! Awards
! Contestant
|-
| '''Non-finalist Talent'''
|
* {{flagicon|Florida|1900}} [[Miss Florida|Florida]] - Ellen Rowena Meade
* {{flagicon|Massachusetts}} [[Miss Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] - Rena Diane Walmsley
* {{flagicon|Montana}} [[Miss Montana|Montana]] - Debbie Reber
* {{flagicon|New Hampshire}} [[Miss New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] - Michelle Annette Cote
* {{flagicon|Ohio}} [[Miss Ohio|Ohio]] - Cheryl Ann Yourkvitch
* {{flagicon|Utah|1913}} [[Miss Utah|Utah]] - Brenda Richardson
* {{flagicon|Vermont}} [[Miss Vermont|Vermont]] - Joylynn McCraw<ref name="Press 10">{{cite news |last1=Lilleband |first1=Eleanor |last2=Seider |first2=Gale |last3=Long |first3=William |title=Colorado Beauty New Miss America |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/922444825 |access-date=12 December 2023 |work=[[Press of Atlantic City]] |date=9 Sep 1973 |page=10 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| '''[[Miss America award winners#Miss Congeniality|Miss Congeniality]]'''
|
* {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Miss Hawaii|Hawaii]] - Kanoelehua Kaumeheiwa<ref name="Press 1"/>
|-
| '''[[Neat as a Pin]]'''
|
* {{flagicon|Colorado}} [[Miss Colorado|Colorado]] – Rebecca Ann King (tie)
* {{flagicon|New Hampshire}} [[Miss Nevada|Nevada]] – Echo Layne Ross (tie)
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.missamerica.org/ Miss America official website]


{{Miss America}}
{{Miss America}}
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[[Category:Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey]]

Latest revision as of 23:24, 16 September 2024

Miss America 1974
Rebecca Ann King as Miss America 1974
DateSeptember 8, 1973
PresentersBert Parks[1]
VenueBoardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
BroadcasterNBC
WinnerRebecca Ann King
Colorado
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Miss America 1974, the 47th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1973, and broadcast on NBC.[2]

The winner was Rebecca Ann King, whose daughter Diana Dreman would become Miss Colorado and a contender for Miss America 2012, the first daughter of a victorious Miss America to compete in the pageant.

Suzanne Plummer, second runner-up, is known today as Sue Lowden, who became chairperson of the Republican Party in Nevada and a 2010 U.S. Senate candidate there. Another contestant, Michelle Marshall of Missouri, is now the political analyst and blogger Taylor Marsh.

Results

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Placements

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Placement Contestant
Miss America 1974
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10

Awards

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Preliminary awards

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Awards Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness
Talent

Other awards

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Awards Contestant
Non-finalist Talent
Miss Congeniality
Neat as a Pin

References

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  1. ^ a b Lilleband, Eleanor; Seider, Gale; Long, William (9 Sep 1973). "Colorado Beauty New Miss America". Press of Atlantic City. p. 10. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Lilleband, Eleanor; Seider, Gale; Long, William (9 Sep 1973). "Colorado Beauty Miss America". Press of Atlantic City. p. 1. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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