Jean Bartel was Miss California and Miss America 1943.
Bartel after winning Miss America 1943
Autographed photo on 1955 postcard
The Miss California competition selects the representative for the state of California in the Miss America competition. Six women have gone on to win Miss America.
Jean Bartel
…Jean Bartel (born Jean Bartlemeh; October 26, 1923 – March 6, 2011) was Miss California and Miss America 1943. Bartel was from Los Angeles. She was born Jean Bartlemeh; later her name was shortened to Bartel…
Rosemary LaPlanche, Miss California 1940 and 1941 in 1940
Marilyn Buferd, Miss California 1946 and Miss America 1946 in 1953
Sharon Terrill, Miss California 1968, at Arlington State College in Texas in 1965