Miss America 1924
{{Short description|4th Miss America pageant}}
{{Infobox beauty pageant
| winner = Ruth Malcomson
| represented = {{flag|Philadelphia}}
| date = September 6, 1924
| presenters = King Neptune
| entrants = 83
| placements = 16
| venue = Million Dollar Pier Ballroom, Atlantic City, New Jersey
| broadcaster =
| 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.{{cite news|title="Miss Philadelphia" Designated "Miss America" for 1924| date=1924-09-09|publisher=The Free Lance|page=2}}{{cite news|title=Beauty Queen Will Not Let It Affect Her Head|last=International News Service| date=1924-09-17|publisher=Indiana Evening Gazette|page=1}} 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.{{cite web | url= http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1920/1924.aspx | title= 1924 Ruth Malcomson | access-date= 2010-08-17 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120419185649/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1920/1924.aspx | archive-date= 2012-04-19 }} 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.{{cite web | url= http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1920/1924.aspx | title= Miss America History 1924 | access-date= 2012-04-13 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120419185649/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1920/1924.aspx | archive-date= 2012-04-19 }}
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
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! Placement ! Contestant |
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| Top 11
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| Top 16
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Contestants
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|+ !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) | |
| Miss Georgia (U.S. state) {{small|GA}}
|Anne Davis | | | |
| Columbus {{small|OH}}
|Lenore O'Ryan | | | |
| Coney Island, New York
|Agnes I. Leonard | | | |
| Cumberland, Maryland
|Gretchen Carney | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Dallas}} 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 | |
| {{Flagicon|Houston}} Houston, Texas
|Mary C. Wilmot | | | |
| Jackson, Mississippi
|Mabel Batson | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Jacksonville}} Jacksonville, Florida
|Roberta Russell | | | |
| Jersey City, New Jersey
|Bonnie Blair | | | |
| Johnstown, Pennsylvania
|Letne von Alt | | | |
| Lakeland, Florida
|Margaret Swindell | | | |
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania
|Stella Springer | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Los Angeles}} Los Angeles, California
| |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 Ethel Koehler | |Top 15 | |
| Miss America 1922 & 1923
|18 |1st runner-up | |
| Nashville, Tennessee
|Ann Elizabeth Warner | | | |
| Newark, New Jersey
|Edith Becker | |Top 15 | |
| Newburgh, New York
|Mary Griggs | | | |
| {{Flagicon|New Orleans}} 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 | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Philadelphia}} Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| |Winner |Aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Malcomson Ringler, and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham{{cn|date=June 2020}} |
| 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 | | | |
| {{Flagicon|St. Louis}} St. Louis, Missouri
|Helen Moore | | | |
| {{Flagicon|San Antonio}} San Antonio, Texas
|Katherine Hensley | | | |
| Santa Cruz, California
|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 | | | |
| {{Flagicon|District of Columbia|1917}} 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
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=Secondary sources=
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- {{cite book | last=Saulino Osborne | first=Angela | title=Miss America The Dream Lives On | publisher=Taylor Publishing Company | year=1995 | isbn=0-87833-110-7 | chapter=Miss Americas and their Courts}}
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External links
- [http://www.missamerica.org/ Miss America official website]
{{Miss America}}
Category:1924 in the United States