Bess Myerson, the 1st Jewish Miss America, dies at 90

[guno]

A good full life

'The Bronx-born Myerson was hailed as a Jewish, feminist Jackie Robinson — a groundbreaker for her religion and sex — after parlaying her stunning 1945 Miss America victory into national celebrity."

 

[rightwinger]

Probably the best known Miss America

 

[jwoodie]

I don't remember her trumpeting her religion, so who cares?

 

[Penelope]

And the Best Mess.

 

[guno]

I don't remember her trumpeting her religion, so who cares?

I don't remember her trumpeting her religion, so who cares?

you are one ignorant goy living in jesusland, so of course you don't know

Bess Myerson was born July 16, 1924, the second daughter of Russian immigrants. Raised in a one-bedroom Bronx apartment, she was beloved by her housepainter father, Louis, and beleaguered by her strict mother, Bella.

Myerson won, advancing to Atlantic City for the Miss America pageant. Organizers urged her to change her name — they suggested "Betty Merrick" — but Myerson refused.

Her title, captured as the horrors of the Holocaust were coming to light, made Myerson a hero to her peers. Walking down the stage to cries of "Mazel tov!" from Jews in the audience, Myerson later recalled thinking, "This victory is theirs."

 

[Penelope]

I don't remember her trumpeting her religion, so who cares?

I don't remember her trumpeting her religion, so who cares?

you are one ignorant goy living in jesusland, so of course you don't know

Bess Myerson was born July 16, 1924, the second daughter of Russian immigrants. Raised in a one-bedroom Bronx apartment, she was beloved by her housepainter father, Louis, and beleaguered by her strict mother, Bella.

Myerson won, advancing to Atlantic City for the Miss America pageant. Organizers urged her to change her name — they suggested "Betty Merrick" — but Myerson refused.

Her title, captured as the horrors of the Holocaust were coming to light, made Myerson a hero to her peers. Walking down the stage to cries of "Mazel tov!" from Jews in the audience, Myerson later recalled thinking, "This victory is theirs."

OH no here it comes, right after WWII, how many American men lost their lifes in WWII?

 

[guno]

"You have to understand. I cannot change my name," she recalled telling the pageant director. "I live in a building with 250 Jewish families. If I should win, I want everybody to know that I'm the daughter of Louie and Bella Myerson."

Myerson used her title to fight bigotry and discrimination. Long after her one-year reign, she spoke out on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP and the Urban League.

 

[jwoodie]

"You have to understand. I cannot change my name," she recalled telling the pageant director. "I live in a building with 250 Jewish families. If I should win, I want everybody to know that I'm the daughter of Louie and Bella Myerson."

Myerson used her title to fight bigotry and discrimination. Long after her one-year reign, she spoke out on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP and the Urban League.

Are you eulogizing her because of her religion or her politics?

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

May she rest in peace.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

I don't remember her trumpeting her religion, so who cares?

I don't remember her trumpeting her religion, so who cares?

you are one ignorant goy living in jesusland, so of course you don't know

Bess Myerson was born July 16, 1924, the second daughter of Russian immigrants. Raised in a one-bedroom Bronx apartment, she was beloved by her housepainter father, Louis, and beleaguered by her strict mother, Bella.

Myerson won, advancing to Atlantic City for the Miss America pageant. Organizers urged her to change her name — they suggested "Betty Merrick" — but Myerson refused.

Her title, captured as the horrors of the Holocaust were coming to light, made Myerson a hero to her peers. Walking down the stage to cries of "Mazel tov!" from Jews in the audience, Myerson later recalled thinking, "This victory is theirs."

Had you left out the first sentence you could have had a good post here, Guno.

 

[guno]

I don't remember her trumpeting her religion, so who cares?

I don't remember her trumpeting her religion, so who cares?

you are one ignorant goy living in jesusland, so of course you don't know

Bess Myerson was born July 16, 1924, the second daughter of Russian immigrants. Raised in a one-bedroom Bronx apartment, she was beloved by her housepainter father, Louis, and beleaguered by her strict mother, Bella.

Myerson won, advancing to Atlantic City for the Miss America pageant. Organizers urged her to change her name — they suggested "Betty Merrick" — but Myerson refused.

Her title, captured as the horrors of the Holocaust were coming to light, made Myerson a hero to her peers. Walking down the stage to cries of "Mazel tov!" from Jews in the audience, Myerson later recalled thinking, "This victory is theirs."

OH no here it comes, right after WWII, how many American men lost their lifes in WWII?

why don't you go bow to your statues

 

[Vandalshandle]

I think that Penelope would prefer that we eulogize "wants her name", the woman who played Ellie May on the Beverly Hillbillies who died last week. She was a devoted Christian.

 

[Vandalshandle]

Either that, or she is still upset that Anita Bryant didn't get any respect.

 

[Penelope]

Nope just sick like many others that we continue to hear non stop plight of the Jews in WWII.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

FOX's Gretchen Carlson was a much better looking Miss America.

 

[rightwinger]

Nope just sick like many others that we continue to hear non stop plight of the Jews in WWII.

Yea...like why don't they just get over it.....right?

 

[jwoodie]

Shall we all wear badges so that everyone will know our preferred ethnicities? Is it so terrible to be viewed as an individual?

 

[rightwinger]

Shall we all wear badges so that everyone will know our preferred ethnicities? Is it so terrible to be viewed as an individual?

At the time she became Miss America, they might as well have been wearing badges

 

[AvgGuyIA]

I think that Penelope would prefer that we eulogize "wants her name", the woman who played Ellie May on the Beverly Hillbillies who died last week. She was a devoted Christian.

Donna Douglas. I couldn't believe her age! The 60s was a long time ago. As for Bess Meyerson, she was a class act.

 

[AvgGuyIA]

Nope just sick like many others that we continue to hear non stop plight of the Jews in WWII.

Yea...like why don't they just get over it.....right?

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