- Born
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- Birth nameEvelyn Margaret Ay
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Evelyn Ay was born on March 8, 1933 in Ephrata, Pennsylvania, USA. She was married to Carl G. Sempier. She died on October 18, 2008 in Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA.
- SpouseCarl G. Sempier(November 13, 1954 - 2007) (his death, 2 children)
- Miss America, 1954.
- Born to German immigrants and a native Philadelphian and graduate of Ephrata High School, she began competing in beauty pageants in the early 1950s and won the titles of "Miss Ephrata Fair and Tobacco Queen" (of Lancaster County) and both "Miss Pennsylvania AMVET" and "Miss National AMVET" before winning the crowns of "Miss Pennsylvania" in 1953 and "Miss America" in 1954.
- Her competition in "Miss America" was the last held before the pageant became televised.
- Husband Carl Sempier was a corporate businessman. They had two daughters. He died in 2007.
- Remained active as a local beauty judge and went on to serve as a judge for the 1981 Miss America contest.
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