<page_title> Miss Gay America </page_title> <section_title> List of past winners </section_title> <table> <cell> 1973 <col_header> Miss Gay America winners </col_header> <col_header> Year </col_header> </cell> <cell> Norma Kristie <col_header> Miss Gay America winners </col_header> <col_header> Titleholder </col_header> </cell> <cell> Norman Jones <col_header> Miss Gay America winners </col_header> <col_header> Given name </col_header> </cell> <cell> As the first Miss Gay America titleholder, Norma Kristie holds the title of Miss Gay America Emeritus. In 1975, he assumed ownership of the pageant and ran it until his retirement in 2005. <col_header> Miss Gay America winners </col_header> <col_header> Notes </col_header> </cell> </table>
Norman Jones, performing as Norma Kristie, and was crowned as the winner of the 1973 pageant and emeritus titleholder of the Miss Gay America Pageant system.