Photos: LIFE.com images from Miss America 1945

The winner of the 1945 Miss America pageant, 21-year-old Bess Myerson of New York ? the first Jewish woman to win the crown. She went on to a career in public service. (Alfred Eisenstaedt?Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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