At Atlantic City, Sharon Kay Ritchie failed to finish among the top three girls in swimsuit and talent contests. But high ratings in personality, character and facial beauty made her Miss America.
When the contest ended. Sharon Kay packed away her bathing suit and made ready to capitalize on herself as a tidy business property. Her sponsors-citrus fruit growers. makers of autos, fabrics, TV sets and soaps-have each given her $2.500 and will add $100 for every day they employ her. She will make $500 a day for appearances at such affairs as the Alabama Peanut Festival. If her zeal and stamina hold up, Sharon Kay should earn $60,000 in her year as queen.
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