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![From the first Jewish Miss America to the Bess Mess, the FBI had an eye on Bess Myerson for her entire career](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/besscov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
From the first Jewish Miss America to the Bess Mess, the FBI had an eye on Bess Myerson for her entire career
by
Beryl Lipton
When the FBI first officially encountered Bess Myerson, she was a well-known television personality still wearing the glow of her historic Miss America crown. When they last investigated her, she was at the crux of a scandal that cost her her job and the tarnish-free sheen of a successful life in the public eye.