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Miss America 1952

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Entrants
  
51

Placements
  
15

Date
  
September 8, 1951 (1951-09-08)

Venue
  
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Winner
  
Colleen Kay Hutchins Utah

Congeniality
  
Otilia Jimenez Puerto Rico

Miss America 1952, the 25th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1951. At age 25 (the maximum age that an entrant may be), Colleen Kay Hutchins is the second-oldest contestant to capture the crown (Debra Sue Maffett, Miss America 1983, is the oldest by a few months).

The first Miss Utah to win the crown, Hutchins, who died in 2010, was the mother of pro basketball player and executive Kiki Vandeweghe and grandmother of tennis player Coco Vandeweghe.

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Miss America 1952 Wikipedia