Barbara Jo Walker

Barbara Jo Walker Hummel (March 12, 1926–June 7, 2000) was Miss America in 1947.

She was the last Miss America to be crowned in her bathing suit; all since 1947 have been crowned in their evening gowns see (Timeline of major beauty pageants). Walker, was Miss Memphis, the last city representative to win the crown. She died in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 7, 2000.^[1]

She attended the University of Memphis and is an alumna of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.

External links

University of Memphis - Alpha Gamma Delta

According to Rob Jovanovic's 2005 biography of the band Big Star, Barbara Jo Hummel's son Andrew Hummel was born in 1951. He was a musician, playing bass guitar for the highly influential 1970s power-pop band Big Star.

References

^ "Miss America History 1947". Archived from the original on 2006-12-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20061221100234/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1940/1947.asp. Retrieved 2006-12-30.

Miss America titleholders (1940–1959)

Frances Marie Burke (1940) · Rosemary LaPlanche (1941) · Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942) · Jean Bartel (1943) · Venus Ramey (1944) · Bess Myerson (1945) · Marilyn Buferd (1946) · Barbara Jo Walker (1947) · BeBe Shopp (1948) · Jacque Mercer (1949) Yolande Betbeze (1951) · Colleen Kay Hutchins (1952) · Neva Jane Langley (1953) · Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954) · Lee Meriwether (1955) · Sharon Ritchie (1956) · Marian McKnight (1957) · Marilyn Van Derbur (1958) · Mary Ann Mobley (1959)

Complete list · (1921–1939) · (1940–1959) · (1960–1979) · (1980–1999) · (2000–2019)

Tennessee Pageant Winners

Miss Tennessee	Barbara Jo Walker (1947) · Kellye Cash (1986) · Allison Alderson (1999) · Beth Hood (2000) · Stephanie Culberson (2001) · Ashley Eicher (2004)

Miss Tennessee USA	Sandra Force (1968) · Linda Thompson (1972) · Molly Brown (1987) · Kimberly Payne (1989) · Lynnette Cole (2000) · Lisa Tollett (2001) · Allison Alderson (2002) · Beth Hood (2003) · Stephanie Culberson (2004) · Amy Colley (2005) · Lauren Grissom (2006) · Rachel Smith (2007) · Tucker Perry (2010) · Ashley Durham (2011)

Miss Tennessee Teen USA	Molly Brown (1984) · Allison Alderson (1994) · Lynnette Cole (1995) · Shelly Moore (1997) · Rachel Boston (1999) · Rachel Smith (2002) · Ashley Durham (2006) · Stormi Henley (2009)

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Name	Walker, Barbara Jo
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Date of birth	1926
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Date of death	2000
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