Tag: Regis Philbin

  • ’96 MISS AMERICA HAILS FROM OKLA.

    Sunday, September 17, 1995 by LARRY SUTTON and MICHAEL O. ALLEN, DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Miss Oklahoma took the famous walk down the runway in Atlantic City last night as she won the 1996 Miss America Pageant. “I don’t believe this,” gasped Shawntel Smith who turned 24 yesterday as her name was announced. Smith won…