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Cloris Leachman’s Time Competing in the 1946 Miss America Pageant Paved the Way for Her Illustrious Acting Career

The actress, who would have turned 100 today, had a way of finding the spotlight before she devoted herself to the stage and screen. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, on April 30, 1926, Leachman hitchhiked a coal truck, with her mother’s encouragement, to nearby Drake University, where she auditioned for and won a part in a children’s radio show at just 11 years old

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Miss America Announces National Alliance with America250 

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] April 28, 2026 — As Miss America continues its nationwide efforts to commemorate the United States’ 250th anniversary, the organization is proud to announce its latest major initiative: a national alliance with America250, the national, nonpartisan organization charged by Congress to lead the commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, marking America’s Semiquincentennial.

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