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词条 Frances Marie Burke
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  1. Biography

  2. References

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Frances Marie Kenney (née Burke; May 4, 1922 – December 2, 2017) was an American beauty pageant contestant who was the winner of Miss America in 1940.

Biography

Burke, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was crowned Miss America at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on September 7, 1940.

She competed in the pageant as Miss Philadelphia.[2]

After winning the Miss America title Burke worked as a successful model. Despite opportunities in Hollywood, she chose to stay close to her family in Philadelphia.

Burke was married to Lawrence Kenney for 72 years and had four children (Missy, Wendy, Lawrence, and William) and was the grandmother of five boys and five girls.[3][4][5]

She died at the home of her daughter on December 2, 2017 at the age of 95.[6]

References

1. ^{{cite news|title = Miss America Says Sisters Prettiest|newspaper = Evening Independent|page = 1|date = 1940-09-09|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2-FPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rFQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3936,3299301&dq=frances-marie-burke&hl=en|accessdate = 2012-11-21}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1940/review.asp |title=Miss America History 1940's - Decade in Review |accessdate=2006-12-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923042556/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1940/review.asp |archivedate=2006-09-23 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
3. ^{{cite web|first1=Michelle |last1=Tauber |first2=Mike |last2=Neill |first3=Lisa |last3=Russell |first4=Joanne|last4=Fowler |first5=Julie |last5=Dam |first6=Alex |last6=Tresniowski |first7=Samantha |last7=Miller |first8=Steve |last8=Dougherty |first9=Ting |last9=Yu |title= American Beauties: 80 Years |work= People |url=https://people.com/archive/american-beauties-80-years-vol-54-no-16/ |date=October 16, 2000}}
4. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1940/1940.aspx | title= Miss America: 1940 }}
5. ^{{cite web | url= http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1920/1939.aspx | title= Miss America History 1939 | accessdate = 2012-04-13}}
6. ^Frances Burke Kenney Obituary
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6 : 1922 births|2017 deaths|Miss America 1940s delegates|Miss America Preliminary Swimsuit winners|Miss America winners|People from Philadelphia

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