14. Norman Rockwell Debuted as One Of the First Judges
Norman Rockwell was the illustrator best known for his work in The Saturday Evening Post. When people see a Rockwell piece, his characters are almost always living the quintessential idea of American life. Rockwell always used human models as the subjects of his paintings. Most of the time, he would take a photograph of people and then draw and paint them later. It would only make sense that he would be scoping potential talent for models at the Miss America Pageant that he wanted to draw in the future. However, Rockwell only judged the competition for one year.
Another artist named Howard Chandler Christy came back four years in a row to judge the contest. He may not be well-remembered today, but he was famous for painting most of the art on war bond posters during World War I.