58th Annual Miss America Pageant
- TV Special
- 1978
The telecast increased from one and a half hours to two hours. Every state titleholder was assured of at least a $1000 scholarship at their respective state pageants before arriving in Atlan... Read allThe telecast increased from one and a half hours to two hours. Every state titleholder was assured of at least a $1000 scholarship at their respective state pageants before arriving in Atlantic City for the Miss America finals. Miss America's scholarship was raised to $10,000. Th... Read allThe telecast increased from one and a half hours to two hours. Every state titleholder was assured of at least a $1000 scholarship at their respective state pageants before arriving in Atlantic City for the Miss America finals. Miss America's scholarship was raised to $10,000. The television audience increased to sixty million viewers.