Yolande Fox

Yolande Betbeze Fox was the Miss America in 1951. Fox entered Miss Alabama for the scholarship chance the pageant presented. Having been educated in a convent school, she was unwilling to pose in a swimsuit and refused to do so after she won Miss America. That led the swim suit company, Catalina, to take out their sponsorship of the Miss America pageant and eventually brought about the creation

Jean Bartel

Jean Bartel was crowning Miss California and Miss America 1943. She won ability and swimsuit awards at the national pageant.Bartel was the tallest parade winner at the time. There had been comparisons between Bartel and accepted blond actress Carol Lombard. Bartel initially enter the pageant after learning one of the judges was Broadway actor and producer W. Horace Schmidlapp. This ploy worked.