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From: george@sysvis
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Subject: Re: Miss America info
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Date: Mon, 23-Sep-85 17:38:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 23 17:38:00 1985
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Nf-From: sysvis!george    Sep 23 16:38:00 1985


>> That implies that there's been a Miss Alaska for all 64 years...
>> how could that happen when Alaska's only been a state for 26?
> 
> Well, there hasn't really been a Miss Alaska for all of those years.
> For a while, it was really "Miss Nome."  "Miss Alaska" is really sort of
> a misnomer. (groan)
> 
The one that I saw was more appropriately known as "Miss Gnome".