NEW YORK (AP) — Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and prominent booster of orange juice and other products who became known over the second half of her life for her ...

The latter would later be renamed "The Anita Bryant Show" when she was just 12-years-old. In 1958, Bryant became Miss Oklahoma, and placed as the second runner-up in the Miss America pageant one year ...

and went on to become a runner-up in the Miss America pageant in 1959. Anita Bryant is crowned Miss Oklahoma in 1958. As a popular pop singer in the 1960s, Bryant churned out hit records like ...

Anita Bryant, a beauty queen ... Along with being second runner-up in the 1959 Miss America pageant, she was a singer noted for her powerful renditions of patriotic and Christian ballads, with ...

She was Miss Oklahoma at the Miss America Pageant in 1959. The following year, she released this pop single. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PAPER ROSES") ANITA BRYANT: (Singing) Paper roses. Paper roses.

She was Miss Oklahoma at the Miss America Pageant in 1959. The following year, she released this pop single. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PAPER ROSES") ANITA BRYANT: (Singing) Paper roses. Paper roses. WATSON ...

The way Anita ... But Bryant vowed to fight on. Save Our Children would spread the lie that gay people were predisposed to pedophilia and were systematically grooming America’s kids.