Miss America 1983, the 56th Miss America pageant, was from on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 11, 1982 on NBC Network. Pageant winner Debra Maffett later became a television personality and producer.

Debra Sue Maffett (born November 9, 1956) is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Cut and Shoot, Texas and was named Miss America 1983. [1] Maffett graduated from S.P. Waltrip High School in Houston, Texas, in 1975. [2]

1983 Miss America Pageant, Sept. 18, 1982- Atlantic City, NJMiss America 1983: Debbie Maffett, Miss California1st Runner-Up: Desiree Daniels, Miss Tennessee2...

Miss America is an annual competition open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. Originating in 1921 as a beauty pageant, the competition now judges competitors' talent performances and interviews in addition to their physical appearance.

2015年9月14日 · Vanessa Williams became the first black Miss America winner in 1983, but she was forced to resign 10 months later after Penthouse magazine published nude photos of her. Williams, who was 21 at...

2009年11月13日 · On September 17, 1983, 20-year-old Vanessa Williams becomes the first Black woman to win the Miss America crown. Less than a year later, on July 23, 1984, Williams gave up her crown after...

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1982年9月12日 · Debra Sue Maffett, a brainy, breezy and confident 25-year-old singer, captured the coveted crown at the 1982 Miss America Pageant Saturday, capping a four-year quest filled with frustration...

2015年9月11日 · A record Convention Hall crowd of 22,600 and more than 53 million television viewers watched Williams as Miss America 1983, Debra Sue Maffett of California, placed the rhinestone...

Williams was the first African-American recipient of the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984 on September 17, 1983. Several weeks before the end of her reign, a scandal arose when Penthouse magazine bought and published unauthorized nude photographs of her.