Miss America 1924 Explained

Winner:Ruth Malcomson
Represented:
Date:September 6, 1924
Presenters:King Neptune
Entrants:83
Placements:15
Venue:Million Dollar Pier Ballroom, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Before:1923
Next:1925

Miss America 1924, the fourth Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Saturday, September 6, 1924.[1] [2] Mary Katherine Campbell, who won the title the previous two years, placed as 1st runner-up. Pageant officials later instituted a rule allowing competitors to be crowned only once.[3] Ruth Malcomson competing as Miss Philadelphia was named Miss America of 1924 against a field of 83 entrants, the largest number of contestants in Miss America history.[4]

Second runner-up Fay Lanphier would become Miss America 1925. Another of the finalists, Beatrice Roberts, became an actress who appeared in more than 50 Hollywood productions.

Results

Placements

Placement Contestant
Miss America 1924
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
  • – Lillian Knight
4th Runners-Up
Top 10
  • – Estelle Bradley
  • – Emily Borbach
  • – Margie Booth
  • – Emerita Monsch
  • Oklahoma City – Willie Mae Stockton
Top 15
  • Milwaukee – Clara Koehler
  • Newark – Edith Becker
  • – Louise Moore
  • Youngstown – Pauline James

Contestants

!Location[5] !Name!Age!Placement!Notes
AltoonaKatherine Brown
AtlantaEstelle BradleyTop 10
AustinVera Simpson
BaltimoreMary Rose Kenny
Bay RidgeDorothea Kenna
BeaumontFreeda Rowley
BiloxiVivian Ruth Shaddinger
BirminghamMildred Adams
BostonMildred M. Prendergast
Bradley BeachEdith Wright
BronxFrancis Harten
BrooklynHildur Johnson
Cape MayEmily BorbachTop 10
ChicagoMargaret Leigh4th runner-up (tie)
Anne Davis
Lenore O'Ryan
Coney Island, New YorkAgnes I. Leonard
Cumberland, MarylandGretchen Carney
Dallas, TexasEtta Mae Collins
Decatur, IllinoisVirginia Lipscomb
Delaware County, PennsylvaniaMargaret McGee
Elizabeth, New JerseyHelen Mankus
Fort Worth, TexasHazel Doolin
Galveston, TexasLorraine Holzhaus
Greater New York, New YorkMargie BoothTop 10
Hammonton, New JerseyAlice Kind
Hoboken, New JerseyEmerita MonschTop 10
Houston, TexasMary C. Wilmot
Jackson, MississippiMabel Batson
Jacksonville, FloridaRoberta Russell
Jersey City, New JerseyBonnie Blair
Johnstown, PennsylvaniaLetne von Alt
Lakeland, FloridaMargaret Swindell
Lancaster, PennsylvaniaStella Springer
Los Angeles, CaliforniaLillian Knight3rd runner-up
Louisville, KentuckyJuanita Hobbs
Manhattan, New YorkAlice Beatrice Roberts4th runner-up (tie)
Margate City, New JerseyMyrtle Marshall
Milwaukee, WisconsinClara Ethel KoehlerTop 15
Miss America 1922 & 1923Mary Katherine Campbell181st runner-up
Nashville, TennesseeAnn Elizabeth Warner
Newark, New JerseyEdith BeckerTop 15
Newburgh, New YorkMary Griggs
New Orleans, LouisianaLouise MooreTop 15
Norristown, PennsylvaniaDorothy E. Gross
Oakland, CaliforniaIrma Frazier
Oklahoma City, OklahomaWillie Mae StocktonTop 10
Paducah, KentuckyKathleen McElroy
Pensacola, FloridaLottie Eitzen
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaRuth MalcomsonWinnerAunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Malcomson Ringler, and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham
Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaHelen Steubne
Pleasantville, New JerseyGertrude McDonough
Providence, Rhode IslandFreida Leamon
Queens, New YorkMary Carlson
Reading, PennsylvaniaNellie M. Paige
Richmond, New YorkMelise Danning
Rochester, New YorkKatherine Skuse
St. Louis, MissouriHelen Moore
San Antonio, TexasKatherine Hensley
Santa Cruz, CaliforniaFay Lanphier182nd runner-up
Sioux City, IowaAlta Sterling
Somers Point, New JerseyEthel Sipps
Stamford, ConnecticutHelen Haddock
Syracuse, New YorkAlma Jeanne Williams
Tampa, FloridaVirginia McRae
Texas City, TexasThelma Kirsch
Tulsa, OklahomaRose Everett
Washington D.C.Helen Sweeney
Watertown, New YorkHilda Farrell
West Palm Beach, FloridaFrances Payne
Wichita, KansasDonna Frye
Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaTheresa Matzer
Yonkers, New YorkFlorence Kreisler
Youngstown, OhioPauline JamesTop 15

References

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Notes and References

  1. News: "Miss Philadelphia" Designated "Miss America" for 1924. 1924-09-09. The Free Lance. 2.
  2. News: Beauty Queen Will Not Let It Affect Her Head. International News Service. 1924-09-17. Indiana Evening Gazette. 1.
  3. Web site: 1924 Ruth Malcomson . 2010-08-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419185649/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1920/1924.aspx . 2012-04-19 .
  4. Web site: Miss America History 1924 . 2012-04-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120419185649/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1920/1924.aspx . 2012-04-19 .
  5. Web site: 2018-06-28. Miss America 1924 Candidates. 2020-06-15. Miss America. en-US.

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