Overview
The Philco Corporation and ABC network televised the first live Miss America broadcast on Saturday September 11, 1954. Twenty seven million viewers from coast to coast shared the thrills of the Boardwalk Hall audience as they watched from their own homes as California's Lee Meriwether captured the title for 1955. Bob Russell was the emcee. For the first time, the pageant also featured it's first "Illuminated Night Parade" down the Boardwalk.
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8 - 1The Miss America Story September 04, 1955 -
8 - 2The Outsiders September 18, 1955
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8 - 3A Man is Ten Feet Tall October 02, 1955
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8 - 4A Business Proposition October 23, 1955
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8 - 5The Mechanical Heart November 06, 1955
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8 - 6One Mummy Too Many November 20, 1955
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8 - 7The Trees December 04, 1955
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8 - 8Christmas 'Til Closing December 18, 1955
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8 - 9Rise Up and Walk January 01, 1956
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8 - 10This Land is Mine January 15, 1956
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8 - 11The Starlet January 29, 1956
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8 - 12Kyria Katina February 12, 1956