Kaye also notably handled music supervision for multiple years of Miss America and Miss USA pageants, as well as for Lip Sync ...

In the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, women’s roles were changing, largely because of their work experiences during two world wars.

The first crown ever bestowed upon a Miss America winner — Margaret Gorman in 1921 — was modeled to look like the headpiece worn by the Statue of Liberty.