| Winner: | Rebecca Ann King |
| Represented: | Colorado |
| Date: | September 8, 1973 |
| Presenters: | Bert Parks |
| Venue: | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Broadcaster: | NBC |
| Before: | 1973 |
| Next: | 1975 |
Miss America 1974, the 47th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1973, and broadcast on NBC.[1]
The winner was Rebecca Ann King, whose daughter Diana Dreman would become Miss Colorado and a contender for Miss America 2012, the first daughter of a victorious Miss America to compete in the pageant.
Suzanne Plummer, second runner-up, is known today as Sue Lowden, who became chairperson of the Republican Party in Nevada and a 2010 U.S. Senate candidate there. Another contestant, Michelle Marshall of Missouri, is now the political analyst and blogger Taylor Marsh.
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| Miss America 1974 | ||
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up | ||
| Top 10 |
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| Awards | Contestant | |
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| Lifestyle and Fitness |
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| Talent |
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| Awards | Contestant | |
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| Non-finalist Talent |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Neat as a Pin |