Ruth Malcomson
{{Short description|American model (1906–1988)}}
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|caption = Ruth Malcomson as Miss Philadelphia in 1924
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|04|16}}
|birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1988|05|25|1906|04|16}}
|death_place = Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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|title = Miss Philadelphia 1924
Miss America 1924
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|predecessor = Mary Katherine Campbell
|successor = Fay Lanphier
|spouse = {{marriage|Carl Schaubel|1931}}
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File:Ruth and Augusta Malcomson.jpg
Ruth Augusta Malcomson (April 16, 1906 – May 25, 1988) was named Miss America in 1924, earning the title at the age of eighteen.{{cite news|title="Miss Philadelphia" Designated "Miss America" for 1924| date=1924-09-09|publisher=The Free Lance|page=2}}
Biography
Malcomson, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the amateur winner in the 1923 contest and returned to defeat incumbent Mary Campbell, who was seeking her third consecutive crown.{{cite web | url= http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1920/1924.asp | title= Miss America History 1924 | accessdate = 2006-12-23 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060923040432/http://www.missamerica.org/our-miss-americas/1920/1924.asp |archivedate = 2006-09-23}} At the time, the relatively new beauty contest was sometimes still referred to as "The Atlantic City Pageant," with the winner called "The Golden Mermaid."{{cite news|title=Miss America|date=1924-11-09|publisher=The Pittsburgh Press|page=5}}
In a published article following the contest, Malcomson provided others with her ten rules for beauty. Listed briefly, they are:
- Rise early.
- Eat a hearty breakfast.
- Exercise.
- No alcohol.
- Smoking is detrimental.
- Get outdoors.
- Eat a light lunch.
- Eat a satisfying dinner.
- Early to bed.
- Sleep.{{cite news|title="How I Became Miss America" - Ruth Malcomson Gives Ten Rules For Beauty|last=N.E.A. Service|date=1924-09-15|publisher=The Rock Hill Herald|page=7}}
Her niece, Lorna Ringler Graham, was Miss Pennsylvania 1956 (and a non-finalist talent winner at the 1956 Miss America pageant), and Ruth's grand-niece, Jodi Meade Graham, was Miss Delaware 1981, who did not place or win awards at the 1981 Miss America competition in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Malcomson died in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania on May 25, 1988 at age 82.
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- [http://www.shorpy.com/node/880?size=thumbnail Photograph of Ruth Malcomson in 1924]
- [https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KURjqZN3bGY/VV4QQaxQT6I/AAAAAAABhrc/hNoDb_q-hrw/s1600/Colored%2B%252825%2529.jpg Another photograph of Ruth Malcomson in 1924]
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{{succession box
| before=Mary Katherine Campbell
| title=Miss America
| years=1924
| after=Fay Lanphier
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{{succession box
| before=Marion Green
| title=Miss Philadelphia
| years=1924
| after=Annette Jackson
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Category:Burials at Arlington Cemetery (Pennsylvania)
Category:Miss America 1920s delegates