Presenters Bob Russell Placements 10 Date 11 September 1954 Presenter Bob Russell | Entrants 50 Winner Lee Meriwether Entrant 50 | |
Venue Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey Broadcaster American Broadcasting Company Location Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | ||
Miss america 1955
Miss America 1955, the 28th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 11, 1954, and marked the first live nationally televised broadcast of the competition on ABC.
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Crowned the winner was Lee Meriwether, who later came to fame as co-star of the television series Barnaby Jones and as the character Catwoman in the 1966 film version of Batman.
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