Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945 photograph Summary: Circus parade around tents

Summary: Circus parade around tents

Houses with Billboard

Printed in France

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945 photograph Summary: Circus parade around tentsBess Myerson became the first Jewish woman to win the Miss America pageant in 1945. Later in life Myerson was New York City's first Commissioner of Consumer Affairs (under Mayor John Lindsay), later serving as Commissioner of Cultural Affairs under Mayor Ed Koch. Throughout the late 1970s and the beginning of his mayoral ambitions, Myerson was a frequent public companion of Ed Koch. In 1980, Myerson ran for the Democratic nomination for New York's U.