AP PHOTO

AP Photo/Sam Myers

Miss America, Bess Myerson, center, poses with her two sisters, Helen Myerson, left, and Sylvia M. Grace, after walking off with the honors at the annual Beauty Pageant held at Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 8, 1945. An accomplished flautist, she plans to use the $5,000 scholarship accompanying her title for the advanced study of music here and abroad.