There She Was, Miss America

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Less than two months ago, Miss America 1943 Jean Bartel was in
Las Vegas for the pageant’s 90th anniversary celebration. She was
the oldest living winner of the pageant and she had played the
Strip as a singer at Bugsy Siegel’s Flamingo back in the day.
Steve interviewed her for his Jan. 19 column for the Las Vegas
Weekly, and she sounded hale and hearty then. But on March 6, she
died at the age of 87, so we remember her by playing Bartel’s
final interview. In it, she offers her recollections as a
groundbreaking Miss America who led the charge to create the
scholarship program that is now its hallmark. Bartel also was the
first Miss America to go to college, sold the most bonds in 1943
to support the World War II and even helped the US with some
espionage work during the Cold War.  During this
conversation, she tells of hanging out with Danny Thomas at the
Flamingo, reveals that her crown is on display at the Smithsonian
and recalls Beth Myerson, Vanessa Williams and many other former
beauty queens.

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