Shopp made history in 1948 as the first Miss Minnesota to be crowned Miss America, winning the national title at just 18. (Dorothy Benham followed in 1977 and Gretchen Carlson in 1989.) ...
Miss New York Cassie Donegan won the Miss America pageant on September 7. Donegan, an actor and singer, told Business Insider she graduated debt-free because of the pageant. She won an additional ...