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Mrs. America, relax!
Associated Press · September 7, 1952
Asbury Park, N.J. -- Mrs. Evelyn Joyce Schenk of Irvington, N.J., entered in the contest as Mrs. North Jersey, shuts her eyes and faints tonight as she hears the judges' decision that she has been named Mrs. America, 1953, after demonstrating her ability at homemaking and parading before judges and 5,000 spectators in a one-piece, rose-colored bathing suit. Other contestants, happy and applauding, are, left to right: Mrs. New York City, Mrs. Edna Murphy of North Bellmore, L.I..; Mrs.Florida, Mrs. Ann Rhoda Wetz of Hialeah, and Mrs. Louisiana, Mrs. Donna Lee Leonard of New Orleans.
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