Miss America 1976

Miss America 1976, the 49th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1975, and broadcast on NBC.

The winner, Tawny Godin, representing New York, later became better known as Tawny Little, a television personality in Los Angeles who married actor John Schneider, star of the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. She was the first woman with the title of Miss New York to take the crown, Bess Myerson having won the 1945 pageant entered as Miss New York City. At 5ft 10+1/2in, Godin was the tallest Miss America to that point.

Judges

 * Colonel Gilbert Mitchell
 * Jeanne Meixell
 * Frank DeFord
 * Dorothy Alexander
 * Joseph Campanella
 * Lee Meriwether
 * Don Galloway