Leaver, Henrietta (c. 1916–1993)
Leaver, Henrietta (c. 1916–1993)
Miss America. Born Henrietta Leaver, c. 1916, in McKeesport, PA; died in Sept 1993; m. and div.; children: 2 daughters.
Named Miss Pittsburgh (1935); named Miss America (1935); had a successful West Coast modeling career.
See also Frank Deford, There She Is (Viking, 1971).
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