Bess Myerson, who rose from working-class Bronx roots to become the first Jewish woman to be crowned Miss America and went on to become a television star and a prominent figure in New York City ...

LOS ANGELES - Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America and a New York political force until a series of scandals dubbed the "Bess Mess" forced her into obscurity, has died. She was 90. Myerson died ...

Bess Myerson, the first and only Jewish Miss America and, later, a power player in New York politics, was born on July 16, 1924. Myerson, a figure of glamour and, eventually, scandal, was a sign of ...

Bess Myerson was crowned Miss America in 1945 and was the only Jewish-American woman to ever hold the title. She went on to have a long career in... Bess Myerson Was An Author, TV Personality, Civil ...

Barra Grant, the only child of pageant queen Bess Myerson, previews her new play, 'Miss America's Ugly Daughter,' a dark comedy premiering July 14 at The Edye in Santa Monica, the Broad Stage's ...

For Barra Grant, it wasn’t easy growing up with Miss America for a mom. Bess Myerson, who reigned as the beauty queen in 1945, found fame as a beloved game show panelist, advised three presidents and ...

Editor's Note: This is the second article in a two-part series published by American Banker. Previously: The late Bess Myerson, a former Miss America who died in December 2014, came to Citibank in the ...

A new book, "Exceptional Hatred," explores the struggle, mostly set in Chicago, to respect free speech while constraining ...

The Miss America contest will no longer continue the bathing suit and evening gown portion of the pageant according to Gretchen Carlson, the new organization’s chairwoman. After all, the idea of men ...

When Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America, was accused of getting her sewer-­contractor lover’s ­alimony payments ­reduced—in exchange for a job for the judge’s daughter, Sukhreet Gabel—she had ...