Frances Marie Burke was Miss America in 1940. The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Burke, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the first Miss America to be crowned at the Boardwalk Hall. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Boardwalk Hall, also known as the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall is an Arena which served as the primary Convention [1]
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- ^ Miss America History 1940's - Decade in Review. Retrieved on 2006-12-30. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St
| Preceded by Patricia Donnelly |
Miss America 1940 |
Succeeded by Rosemary LaPlanche |
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