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Evelyn Margaret Sempier (née Ay; March 8, 1933 – October 18, 2008) was winner of the 1954 Miss America beauty pageant. ==Biography== Ay was born the daughter of German immigrants in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.〔(Miss America Online Magazine - Winter 2004 ); retrieved September 26, 2008.〕 She had a short but successful career in smaller beauty contests. As Miss Ephrata Fair and Tobacco Queen of Lancaster County in 1950, she wore a crown that looked like tobacco leaves. After graduating from Ephrata High School in 1951, she won the titles of Miss Pennsylvania AMVET and the Miss National AMVET in 1952, as well as the Miss Pennsylvania title in 1953. She was selected Miss America at the last year before the pageant was televised.〔("Evelyn Ay Sempier, at 75, crowned Miss America in 1954", ''Boston Herald'' ), 2008-10-26; retrieved 2009-12-19.〕 In a 1993 interview, "Evvy" said she was surprised at her victories. "That was the ultimate role model, like being Doris Day in real life." She embarked on her career as a favor to a friend who was trying to promote a pageant for the Junior Chamber International (JayCees). She traveled during her yearlong reign, and remained active with the pageant for many years, judging many local pageants and the national Miss America contest in 1981.〔(Evelyn Ay Sempier, Miss America, dies ), October 23, 2008; retrieved October 23, 2008〕 Shortly after passing on the Miss America crown, she married Carl G. Sempier, a Navy veteran and corporate executive on 13 November 1954,〔() ''The Newport Daily News'', October 20, 1954; retrieved September 26, 2008〕 and had two children. Carl Sempier died in 2007. Sempier officially introduced the Nash Metropolitan at the 1954 Chicago Auto Show.〔("RIP: Evelyn Ay Sempier (1933-2008)" ), Torqo.com; retrieved 2009-12-19.〕 She was a spokesperson for Nash Motors in promoting the first American car that was marketed specifically to women.〔Fitzgerald, Craig.( "1961 Nash Metropolitan Convertible", ''Hemmings Classic Car'' ), 2005-10-01; retrieved 2009-12-19.〕 She described her marketing for Nash as the finest among her 40-years of commercial relationships, and the company was "most generous in sponsoring Miss America in many parts of America." Between the 1960s and 1990s, she made frequent appearances as a motivational speaker to women's and business groups. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evelyn Ay Sempier」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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