Look Back at 92 Years of Miss America Winners

71-year-old competes in 'Miss Texas USA' pageant

71-year-old makes history competing for Miss Texas USA, hopes to inspire others

Prior to the 1980s, no other state had won more than two Miss USA pageants in succession. The five Texan Miss USA winners were all coached by "GuyRex", Richard Guy and Rex Holt, who held the Texas franchise from 1975. The term was first used in 1988 after Gibbs became their fourth consecutive titleholder, with Guy referring to the four queens as "four aces in a deck of cards", with their fifth titleholder, Kim Tomes (1977) as the "wildcard". The following year Gretchen Polhemus became the fifth

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