Miss America 1935
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{{Infobox beauty pageant
| winner = Henrietta Leaver
| represented = Pittsburgh
| date = September 7, 1935
| presenters = King Neptune
| entrants = 53
| placements = 14
| venue = Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey
| broadcaster =
| before = 1933
| next = 1936
}}
Miss America 1935, the ninth Miss America pageant, was held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 7, 1935, following a one-year hiatus.{{cite news|title=Miss Pittsburgh Wins Beauty Crown|last=Associated Press|date=1935-09-08|work=The New York Times|page=25}}{{cite news|title=Loretta Young's Double New Queen Of U.S. Beauty|date=1935-09-08|publisher=Syracuse Herald|page=8D}}{{cite news|title=A Crown For Miss America|last=Associated Press Wire Photo|date=1935-09-14|publisher=Daily Democrat-Times|page=5}} Upon arrival in Atlantic City, contestants were strongly encouraged to exhibit some form of talent during the pageant, which was a first for the pageant.{{cite web | url= http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1930/1935.aspx | title= Henrietta Leaver 1935 | access-date= 2010-08-19 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100929220436/http://missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1930/1935.aspx | archive-date= 2010-09-29 }} Aside from Henrietta Leaver, Miss Pittsburgh winning the Miss America crown, entrants from Pennsylvania placed as three of the nine semi-finalists.
Judges included: Louis St. John (president of the Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce), Nils Granlund (of New York), Vincent Trotta (art director at Paramount Pictures), Elias Goldensky (photographer in Philadelphia), Walter Thornton, Willard Van der Veer (Academy Award winner for cinematography), and Giuseppe Donato (sculptor).{{cite news|title=Miss Philadelphia Fourth in 2d Test|date=1935-09-05|publisher=Philadelphia Evening Bulletin}}
Results
=Placements=
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! Placement ! Contestant |
| Miss America 1935
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| 1st Runner-Up
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| 2nd Runner-Up
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| Top 12{{cite news|title=Where the Little Lady From Smoky City Scored|date=1935-09-10|publisher=Los Angeles Illustrated Daily News}}
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Contestants
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|+ !Location !Name !Hometown !Age !Talent !Placement !Awards |
| {{Flagicon|Atlanta}} Atlanta
|LaRue Wilson | | | | |
| {{Flagicon image|Flag of Baltimore, Maryland.svg}} Baltimore
|Frances Stine | | |Top 12 | |
| Birmingham
|Adelynn Owen | | | | |
| Bloomfield
|Mildred Hughes | | | | | |
| Bridgeport, CT
|Sonia Banks | | | | |
| Bridgeport, PA
|Loretta Gale Tarle | | | | |
| Bridgeton
|Geraldine Hester | | | | |
| Brooklyn
|Grace Travis | |Piano | | |
| Burlington
|Mary Dillinger | |Vocal, "Every Little Moment" |Top 12 | |
| {{Flagicon|California}} California
|Virginia Donham | |Vocal, "Chlo-e" & "I Ain't Got Nobody" |Top 12 | |
| Camden
|Lena Melamed | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Cleveland}} Cleveland
|Eleanore Papin | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Cincinnati}} Cincinnati
|Beatrice Pfeiffer | |Vocal | | |
| {{Flagicon|Connecticut}} Connecticut
|Margaretta Kling | | | |Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
| Conshohocken
|Helen Rita Skelly | | | | |
| Delaware County
|Florence Carman | | | | |
| Des Moines
|Connie Rosefield |18 | | | |
| {{Flagicon|District of Columbia|1917}} District of Columbia
|Helen Clum | |18 |Vocal & Dance, "Every Day I'll In Love With You" |Top 12 | |
| {{Flagicon|Florida|1900}} Florida
|Elizabeth Hull | |Vocal Medley, "East of the Sun" & "When I Grow too Old to Dream" |Top 12 | |
| Greater Hartford
|Veronica Turosky | | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Hartford}} Hartford
|Margaret Holmes | | | | |
| Hillside
|Dorothy Wainwright | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Kentucky}} Kentucky
|Jean Megerle |18 |Vocal/Acrobatic Dance, "I'll Never Say Never Again" |2nd runner-up | |
| Lake Hopatcong
|Ann Golden | | | | | |
| Leominster
|Rita Mae King | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Maine}} Maine
|Edith Lucresa Smith | | | | | |
| Mayfair
|Margie Godwin | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Minnesota|1893}} Minnesota
|Mildred Barrett | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Mississippi|1894}} Mississippi
|LeFrance Boyett | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Missouri}} Missouri
|Edna Smith |19 |Piano/Vocal, "Prelude No. 20" by Chopin & "When Day is Done" |1st runner-up | |
| Montgomery County
|Marie Baumgard | | | | |
| Mount Holly
|Esther Moore | | | | |
| Newark
|Ann Harvey | | | | |
| New Haven
|Ruth S. Rubin | | |Top 12 | |
| {{Flagicon|New Jersey|1896}} New Jersey
|Norine Hughes | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|New York}} New York
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| Norristown
|Helen Keaser | |Vocal Medley, "Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight" & "You're a Heavenly Thing" |Top 12 | |
| Penns Grove
|Elizabeth Koehler | |Vocal Medley, "Without a Song" & "Roll Out of Bed With a Smile" |Top 12 | |
| {{Flagicon|Philadelphia}} Philadelphia
|Jean McCool | |Vocal Medley, "Lovely to Look At" & "Little Things You Used to Do" |Top 12 | |
| Pittsburgh
|19 |Vocal/Tap Dance, "Living in a Great Big Way" |Winner | |
| Poughkeepsie
|Laura Baker | | | | |
| Providence
|Beatrice McKenzie | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Quincy}} Quincy
|Mary Stanley | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Rhode Island}} Rhode Island
|Marianne Ranallo Grasso | | | | | |
| Riverside
|Othelia March | | | | |
| Scranton
|Alice Brown | | | | |
| Tamaqua
|Claire Spirt | | | | |
| {{Flagicon|Tennessee}} Tennessee
|Sarah Beard | | | | |
| West Orange
|Ann Halko | | | | |
| West Philadelphia
|Lenora Pollock | |Vocal, Piano, Banjo, & Dance, "Dark Eyes" & "My Man" |Top 12 | |
| West Warwick
|Leona Mucha | | | | |
| Wilkes-Barre
|Gertrude Schappert | | | | |
| Woodbury
|Thelma Fouks | | | | |
References
{{Reflist}}
=Secondary sources=
{{refbegin}}
- {{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}}
{{refend}}
External links
- [http://www.missamerica.org/ Miss America official website]
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Category:1935 in the United States