September 11th, 1955 - The Miss America beauty pageant made its network TV debut on ABC. Miss California, Lee Ann Meriwether, was the winner.

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I thought she did a great job as Catwoman in the movie, too bad she didn't play the role in the series although Eartha Kitt wasn't that bad either but of course I still prefer Julie Newmar overall.