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  • Bess Myerson after being crowned Miss America 1945.(Associated Press)
    Bess Myerson after being crowned Miss America 1945.(Associated Press)
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    There She Is: Bess Myerson (1924-2014)

    ‘I never wanted to be Miss America, even when I was 7. But I wanted to be pretty. I wanted to be loved.’

    byRachel Shukert
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