Anita Jane Bryant is an American singer and anti-gay rights activist. She had three top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission.
From Billboard, January 1971
Anita Bryant with a sailor during a Bob Hope USO show on the USS Ticonderoga in 1965
Bryant during a photoshoot for Coca-Cola
Fundraising card for the Save Our Children campaign
The Miss Oklahoma competition selects a winner to compete on behalf of Oklahoma in the Miss America pageant. Miss Oklahoma has won the Miss America crown on five occasions. Also, in the years when city representatives were common, Norma Smallwood won, competing as Miss Tulsa, giving the state of Oklahoma a total of six crowns. Oklahoma is also one of three states to win back to back Miss America titles.
Norma Smallwood, Miss Tulsa 1926 and Miss America 1926
Jennifer Berry, Miss Oklahoma 2005 and Miss America 2006
Lauren Nelson, Miss Oklahoma 2006 and Miss America 2007