Bess Myerson

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Bess Myerson (born July 16, 1924) became the first Jewish American and the first Miss New York (1945) to win Miss America pageant in 1945. She appeared on various television shows in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1970s and 1980s, she was involved in New York City politics.