Miss America 1936 | |
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Date | September 12, 1936 |
Presenters | King Neptune |
Venue | Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Entrants | 47 |
Placements | 15 |
Withdrawals | Bloomfield, Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Bridgeton, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Connecticut, Conshohocken |
Returns | Camden |
Winner | Rose Veronica Coyle![]() |
Miss America 1936, the tenth Miss America pageant, was held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 12, 1936.[1] Despite winning three of the pageant's contests ("most beautiful girl in evening gown", "most perfect model", and "Miss Outdoors Girl"), Miss Cook County was awarded 3rd runner-up. Miss Connecticut, the 2nd runner-up, won the "Miss Personality" prize, while Miss Philadelphia, Rose Veronica Coyle, sang and tap danced her way to the "Talent Award", as well as winning the coveted crown.[2] Entrants from Pennsylvania took the top honor as well as capturing three other positions in the Top 15.
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Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss America 1936 | |
1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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3rd Runner-Up |
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4th Runner-Up |
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Top 15 |
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Awards
Preliminary awards
Award | Contestant |
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Talent |
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Contestants
47 contestants competed for the title.
Represented | Contestant | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placements | Awards | Notes |
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Tommy Marie Peck | Top 15 | |||||
Anthracite | Margie Sossong | Scranton | |||||
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Ora York | Atlanta | |||||
Baltimore | Anne Margaret Kane | Baltimore | |||||
Birmingham | Gloria Levinge | Birmingham | Tap Dance | 4th Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Blue Grass | Jean Megerle | Fort Thomas | 19 | Top 15 | |||
Buckeye Lake | Evelyn Townley | Acrobatic Dance | Top 15 | ||||
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Phyllis Dobson | Hollywood | Drama | 1st Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Camden | Thelma Bieber | Camden | |||||
Charlotte | Thelma Perkins | Charlotte | |||||
Chester | Elaine Miller | Chester | Top 15 | ||||
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Genevieve Anderson | Chicago | |||||
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Dorothy A. Duncan | Cincinnati | |||||
Cook County | Arlene Causey | Chicago | 3rd Runner-up | Best Model
Best in Evening Gown Miss Outdoors Girl |
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Tillie Grey | Waterbury | 2nd runner-up | Miss Personality | |||
Corpus Christi | Patricia Allen Green | Corpus Christi | Top 15 | ||||
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Lillian Shamers | Wilmington | |||||
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Shirley Schwartz | First Jewish Titleholder | |||||
Flint | June Ursula Forbes | Flint | |||||
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Hilda Veale | Watkinsville | |||||
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Virginia Moeller | Springfield | |||||
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Carol Bailey | Waterloo | 16 | ||||
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Charlet Hiteman | Newport | Top 15 | ||||
Lancaster | Ellen McCormick | Lancaster | |||||
Long Island | Evelyn Lemhart | ||||||
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Dolly Stewart | Rockland | |||||
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Ethel Holland | Berlin | |||||
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Marion Flynn | Norwood | 18 | ||||
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Irene Martineau | Minneapolis | |||||
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Rachel Smith | Booneville | |||||
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Margaret Price | Lexington | |||||
Montgomery County | Joan Frankenburg | Miquon | |||||
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Edna Jones | Roxbury | Top 15 | ||||
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Doris Huet | New Orleans | |||||
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Rose Coyle | Philadelphia | Vocal/Tap Dance, "I Can't Escape From You" & "Truckin'" | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Pittsburgh | Bonnie Boyle | Pittsburgh | Top 15 | ||||
Portland | Edna Smith | Portland | |||||
Reading | Anna Julia Zaker | Reading | Top 15 | ||||
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Mary Margaret Rogers | Johnston | |||||
Roton Point | Evelyn Lenhart | Greenwich | |||||
South Jersey | Evelyn Pierce | Riverside | |||||
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Dolores Taylor | Ocean View | Top 15 | ||||
Virginia Peninsula | Mary Virginia Ash | Phoebus | |||||
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Aline Schwartz | Milwaukee | 18 | ||||
Western New York | Susan Georgianna Green | Bolwar | |||||
Western Pennsylvania | Marie Ketter | Ridgway | |||||
York | Sallie Hinton | York |
References
Secondary sources
- 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
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