The first and thus far only Jewish Miss America has passed away at the age of 90. Not incidentally she grew up in the same neighborhood as my mother did; she was a year older than my mom and two years younger than my aunt, both of whom knew Myerson slightly when they were kids. I remember my mom speaking quite highly of her when I was young since she insisted on not changing her name to something "less Jewish-sounding" in order to advance her career.
Not a lightweight by any means, she used her award money to study music at Julliard and at Columbia. She was a well-known game-show contestant and was active in Democratic politics in New York, once running unsuccessfully for the Senate and later on holding cultural affairs positions in the administration of mayor Ed Koch. Apparently during her time in the latter position she was embroiled in some sort of scandal which pretty much ended her political career.