Kathleen Crowley Born on December 26, 1929, in the Green Bank section of Washington Township, ( ), [ , ], [ ] Burlington County, New Jersey, Crowley graduated from Egg Harbor City High School in 1946. On August 7, 1949, the 19-year-old won the title Miss New Jersey at a contest held at Asbury Park; As Miss New Jersey, she entered the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 10, 1949, finishing seventh; [ ] At the time she was a bookkeeper