Evelyn Margaret Ay

Evelyn Margaret Ay from Ephrata, Pennsylvania was the winner of the Miss America pageant in 1953, giving her the title of (Miss America 1954), the last year the show was not televised. For her talent competition, she read an edited version of the poem "Leaves from a Grass-House" by Don Blanding. Shortly after winning the title, she appeared on the game show The Name's the Same and stated that an ambition of hers was to be the mother of three children.