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Miss America 1971. Miss Texas 1970. Phyllis Ann George (June 25, 1949 – May 14, 2020) was an American businesswoman, actress, and sportscaster. In 1975, George was hired as a reporter and co-host of the CBS Sports pre-show The NFL Today, becoming one of the first women to hold an on-air position in national televised sports broadcasting.
Phyllis George, Miss America 1971 Mary Harum (Mary Hart), Miss South Dakota 1970. Miss America 1971, the 44th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1970. The Women's Liberation Front demonstrated at the event and Miss Iowa 1970, Cheryl Browne, was the first African American contestant ...
Brown was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the daughter of businessman and former Governor of Kentucky John Y. Brown Jr. and former Miss America and businesswoman Phyllis George (1949–2020). George took maternity leave from her duties on CBS' NFL pregame show, The NFL Today, to give birth to Pamela.
Kentucky Governor John Y. Brown Jr. and his wife, former Miss America and CBS sportscaster Phyllis George, eye the backstretch during the running of the 1983 Kentucky Derby.
Cheryl Adrienne Browne Hollingsworth, Miss Iowa 1970, is an American former ballet dancer and beauty pageant titleholder. She is known as the first African American contestant in the history of the Miss America pageant (Miss America 1971) following the abolition of the pageant's rule number seven, instituted during the 1930s, which read: "contestants must be of good health and of the white race".
Phyllis George was the first female sportscaster to work at a major TV network, and hosted CBS’s “The NFL Today” for nearly a decade.
Brown eventually sold his interest in the team to co-owner Harry Mangurian in 1979. John and Phyllis Brown circa 1981. Brown and his first wife divorced in 1977. On March 17, 1979, he married former Miss America and CBS sportscaster Phyllis George. The ceremony was performed by Norman Vincent Peale.
Ruth Malcomson, Miss America 1924. Norma Smallwood, Miss America 1926. Lois Delander, Miss America 1927. Jean Bartel, Miss America 1943. Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945. Marilyn Buferd, Miss America 1946. Jacque Mercer, Miss America 1949. Yolanda Betbeze, Miss America 1951. Lee Meriwether, Miss America 1955.