There she is, the new Miss America chairman. Miss America Organization’s board of directors announced Monday that 1989 crown winner Gretchen Carlson will take over as chairman effective ...

Gretchen Carlson, Miss America 1989, Is Picked to Lead Pageant Following Email Scandal. The new leadership comes less than two weeks after leaked emails surfaced showing CEO Sam Haskell making ...

Miss America 1989 — and new chair of the organization's board of directors — Gretchen Carlson was also on board to talk to "GMA" about the shift. "We are no longer a pageant, we are a ...

The pageant had a contract with ABC through September's pageant. After that, Miss America's future is uncertain, ... and then platforms, were added to the competition, in 1935 and 1989, respectively.

Gretchen Carlson (Miss America 1989) and Regina Hopper (Miss Arkansas 1983), two of those leaders, have responded to Mund and the former pageant winners supporting her, all while promising changes ...

On Sept. 16, 1989, Debbye Turner became the first Miss Missouri to win the title of Miss America. Here is our original coverage from that event.

Miss America will be a competition, not a pageant, Carlson said on the show Tuesday. ... Finally, Gretchen Carlson, the advocate and former Fox News host, was Miss America 1989.

The Miss America Pageant and its sponsor, the Miss America Organization, has evolved from a beach-side showcase for frolicking bathing beauties to a competition that still includes bathing suits ...