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1. Dec 22,  · Bess Myerson was born in the Bronx on July 16, , and was the middle of three daughters. A brother died of diphtheria at 3, leaving her mother in a state of perpetual anguish.

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2. Myerson was crowned Miss New York City. was the first year that the Miss America Pageant offered a college scholarship and that was incentive enough for Bess to enter the competition. But in the fall of a Jewish woman competing in Miss America, had broader implications than a .

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