LOS ANGELES -- The first Jewish Miss America, who parlayed her stunning 1945 victory into national celebrity, has died. Bess Myerson was 90. The Los Angeles coroner's office and Department of Public ...

Bess Myerson, center, was crowned Miss America in 1945, but was turned away from hotels that did not admit Jews when she went on tour. AP photo/Sam Myers As reported antisemitic incidents in the U.S.

LOS ANGELES – Bess Myerson, a New York favorite daughter who basked in the public eye for decades – as Miss America 1945, as a television personality, as a force in public affairs and finally, under a ...

In 1945, Myerson became the first Jewish Miss America. The win to propelled her onto the national stage, but her image eventually became tainted... When Bess Myerson borrowed a bathing suit in 1945 to ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America and a New York political force until a series of scandals dubbed the “Bess Mess” forced her into obscurity, has died. She was 90. Myerson ...