[1][2] The Women's Liberation Front demonstrated at the event[1] and Miss Iowa 1970, Cheryl Browne,[3] was the first African American contestant in the history of the Miss America pageant.
George would later become a noted media personality, featured on the CBS football program The NFL Today, as well as the First Lady of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983.
[6] They were participating in a 22-day United Service Organizations tour for American troops there.
[4][5][6] Browne later commented that she thought "it was one of the last Miss America groups to go to Vietnam.
Co-host of the 1989 & 1990 Miss America pageants with Gary Collins