Miss America 1924

Miss America 1924
Miss America 1924
Date	September 6, 1924
Presenters	King Neptune
Venue	Million Dollar Pier Ballroom, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrants	83
Placements	15
Winner	Ruth Malcomson; Philadelphia
	← 1923 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 edit

Placements edit

Placement	Contestant
Miss America 1924	Philadelphia – Ruth Malcomson
1st Runner-Up	Miss America 1922 & 1923 – Mary Katherine Campbell
2nd Runner-Up	Santa Cruz – Fay Lanphier
3rd Runner-Up	Los Angeles – Lillian Knight
4th Runners-Up	New York City – Beatrice Roberts (tie) Chicago – Margaret Leigh (tie)
Top 10	Atlanta – Estelle Bradley Cape May – Emily Borbach Greater New York – Margie Booth Hoboken – Emerita Monsch Oklahoma City – Willie Mae Stockton
Top 15	Milwaukee – Clara Koehler New Jersey Newark – Edith Becker New Orleans – Louise Moore Youngstown – Pauline James

Contestants edit


Location^[5]	Name	Age	Placement	Notes
Altoona	Katherine Brown
Atlanta	Estelle Bradley		Top 10
Austin	Vera Simpson
Baltimore	Mary Rose Kenny
Bay Ridge	Dorothea Kenna
Beaumont	Freeda Rowley
Biloxi	Vivian Ruth Shaddinger
Birmingham	Mildred Adams
Boston	Mildred M. Prendergast
Bradley Beach	Edith Wright
Bronx	Francis Harten
Brooklyn	Hildur Johnson
Cape May	Emily Borbach		Top 10
Chicago	Margaret Leigh		4th runner-up (tie)
Columbus, Georgia\|Columbus GA	Anne Davis
Columbus OH	Lenore O'Ryan
Coney Island, New York	Agnes I. Leonard
Cumberland, Maryland	Gretchen Carney
Dallas, Texas	Etta Mae Collins
Decatur, Illinois	Virginia Lipscomb
Delaware County, Pennsylvania	Margaret McGee
Elizabeth, New Jersey	Helen Mankus
Fort Worth, Texas	Hazel Doolin
Galveston, Texas	Lorraine Holzhaus
Greater New York, New York	Margie Booth		Top 10
Hammonton, New Jersey	Alice Kind
Hoboken, New Jersey	Emerita Monsch		Top 10
Houston, Texas	Mary C. Wilmot
Jackson, Mississippi	Mabel Batson
Jacksonville, Florida	Roberta Russell
Jersey City, New Jersey	Bonnie Blair
Johnstown, Pennsylvania	Letne von Alt
Lakeland, Florida	Margaret Swindell
Lancaster, Pennsylvania	Stella Springer
Los Angeles, California	Lillian Knight		3rd runner-up
Louisville, Kentucky	Juanita Hobbs
Manhattan, New York	Alice Beatrice Roberts		4th runner-up (tie)
Margate City, New Jersey	Myrtle Marshall
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Clara Koehler		Top 15
Miss America 1922 & 1923	Mary Katherine Campbell	18	1st runner-up
Nashville, Tennessee	Ann Elizabeth Warner
Newark, New Jersey	Edith Becker		Top 15
Newburgh, New York	Mary Griggs
New Orleans, Louisiana	Louise Moore		Top 15
Norristown, Pennsylvania	Dorothy E. Gross
Oakland, California	Irma Frazier
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Willie Mae Stockton		Top 10
Paducah, Kentucky	Kathleen McElroy
Pensacola, Florida	Lottie Eitzen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Ruth Malcomson		Winner	Aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Malcomson Ringler, and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham^{[citation needed]}
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Helen Steubne
Pleasantville, New Jersey	Gertrude McDonough
Providence, Rhode Island	Freida Leamon
Queens, New York	Mary Carlson
Reading, Pennsylvania	Nellie M. Paige
Richmond, New York	Melise Danning
Rochester, New York	Katherine Skuse
St. Louis, Missouri	Helen Moore
San Antonio, Texas	Katherine Hensley
Santa Cruz, California	Fay Lanphier	18	2nd runner-up
Sioux City, Iowa	Alta Sterling
Somers Point, New Jersey	Ethel Sipps
Stamford, Connecticut	Helen Haddock
Syracuse, New York	Alma Jeanne Williams
Tampa, Florida	Virginia McRae
Texas City, Texas	Thelma Kirsch
Tulsa, Oklahoma	Rose Everett
Washington D.C.	Helen Sweeney
Watertown, New York	Hilda Farrell
West Palm Beach, Florida	Frances Payne
Wichita, Kansas	Donna Frye
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	Theresa Matzer
Yonkers, New York	Florence Kreisler
Youngstown, Ohio	Pauline James		Top 15

References edit

^ ""Miss Philadelphia" Designated "Miss America" for 1924". The Free Lance. 1924-09-09. p. 2.
^ International News Service (1924-09-17). "Beauty Queen Will Not Let It Affect Her Head". Indiana Evening Gazette. p. 1.
^ "1924 Ruth Malcomson". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
^ "Miss America History 1924". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
^ "Miss America 1924 Candidates". Miss America. 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

Secondary sources edit

Saulino Osborne, Angela (1995). "Miss Americas and their Courts". Miss America The Dream Lives On. Taylor Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87833-110-7.

External links edit

Miss America official website

[1] ""Miss Philadelphia" Designated "Miss America" for 1924". The Free Lance. 1924-09-09. p. 2.

[2] International News Service (1924-09-17). "Beauty Queen Will Not Let It Affect Her Head". Indiana Evening Gazette. p. 1.

[3] "1924 Ruth Malcomson". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-08-17.

[4] "Miss America History 1924". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-13.

[5] "Miss America 1924 Candidates". Miss America. 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

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