Miss America 1976

Miss America 1976
Tawny Godin, Miss America 1976
DateSeptember 6, 1975
PresentersBert Parks
Phyllis George
VenueBoardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
BroadcasterNBC
WinnerTawny Godin
New York state
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Miss America 1976, the 49th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1975, and broadcast on NBC.

The winner, Tawny Godin, representing New York, later became better known as Tawny Little, a television personality in Los Angeles who married actor John Schneider, star of the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. She was the first woman with the title of Miss New York to take the crown, Bess Myerson having won the 1945 pageant entered as Miss New York City. At 5 ft 10+12 in (1.79 m), Godin was the tallest Miss America to that point.[1]

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