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  1. Bess Myerson
    American model, city commissioner, TV show celebrity; first Jewish-American and first Miss New York elected Miss America

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  1. Jan 5, 2015 · Myerson, who won the crown in 1945, was the first Jewish Miss America, and one of the few in the competition’s history to hold onto the spotlight for the rest of her life. Here’s how TIME ...

  2. Jan 5, 2015 · 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 died Dec. 14 at her home in Santa Monica, California, according to the Los Angeles coroner’s office and Department of Public Health Vital ...

  3. Jan 6, 2015 · Myerson died on Dec. 14 at the age of 90. Her death was not publicly announced but was confirmed through coroner office records in Los Angeles County. Survivors include her daughter, Barra Grant...

  4. Jan 5, 2015 · ANGELES — Bess Myerson, the former beauty queen, television personality and New York politician who spent four decades in the public eye before her glamorous image was tainted by scandal, has...

  5. The first Jewish Miss America, Bess Myerson transformed the fame bestowed upon her because of her beauty into an illustrious public career. Born in the Bronx on July 16, 1924, to Louis and Bella Myerson, immigrants from Russia, Myerson grew up during the Depression.

  6. Jan 5, 2015 · Jan. 5, 2015 2:17 PM PT. Bess Myerson, the former beauty queen, television personality and New York politician who spent four decades in the public eye before her glamorous image was tarnished...

  7. Jan 5, 2015 · Bess Myerson, the 1945 Miss America winner who became a celebrated media personality and public servant and then was brought down by scandal, has died. She was 90. According to a statement from...

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