| Year |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Local Title |
Talent at Miss America |
Placement at Miss America |
Special scholarships at Miss America |
Notes |
| 2011 |
Juliann Sheldon |
Plum Borough |
21 |
Miss Jewel of the West |
Lyrical Dance "I Believe" |
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| 2010 |
Courtney Thomas |
Sigel |
21 |
Miss Jewel of the West |
Fiddle Solo "Orange Blossom Special" |
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Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2009 |
| 2009 |
Shannon Doyle[1] |
Wilkes-Barre |
24 |
Miss Armstrong County |
Tap Dance "A Little Polish" |
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Miss America Dr.David Allman Medical Scholarship |
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| 2008 |
Kendria Perry[2] |
Pittsburgh |
23 |
Miss Armstrong County |
Piano |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 2007 |
Rachel Brooks[3] |
Broomall |
24 |
Miss River City |
Vocal "Summertime" |
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Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 2006 |
Emily Wills[4] |
Beaver |
24 |
Miss Armstrong County |
Vocal "If I Ain't Got You" |
Top 10 Semi-finalist Miss America 2007 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award |
2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart 2005; Previously Pennsylvania's Junior Miss 2001 |
| 2005 |
Nicole Brewer[5] |
Philadelphia |
22 |
Miss Allegheny Valley |
Vocal "The Wizard and I" from Wicked |
Top Ten Semi-finalist |
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| 2004 |
Victoria Bechtold[6] |
Johnstown |
21 |
Miss Pittsburgh |
Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette |
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| 2003 |
Candace Otto[7] |
Murrysville |
23 |
Miss Three Rivers |
Classical Vocal "Non Ti Scordar di Me" by Ernesto De Curtis |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award, Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award |
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| 2002 |
Autumn Marisa[8] |
Waynesburg |
22 |
Miss Armstrong County |
Lyrical Dance "The Bells of St. Paul" |
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| 2001 |
Rosalyn Menon[9] |
Hazleton |
22 |
Miss Three Rivers |
Classical Piano "Piano Sonata in C Minor" by Beethoven |
Top 20 Quarter-finalist |
Preliminary Presentation & Community Achievement Winner |
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| 2000 |
Melissa Jeka[10] |
Warminster |
23 |
Miss Allegheny Valley |
Ballet en Pointe "The Diamond" |
Top Ten Semi-finalist |
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| 1999 |
Susan Spafford[11] |
Erie |
24 |
Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania |
Violin Solo "Polish Caprice" |
2nd Runner-up |
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| 1998 |
Mayra Acosta[12] |
Lewistown |
22 |
Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania |
Popular Vocal "To Love You More" |
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| 1997 |
Heather Busin[13] |
Grove City |
20 |
Miss Butler County |
Vocal "I Will Listen" |
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| 1996 |
GiGi Gordon[14] |
Butler |
23 |
Miss Armstrong County |
Lyrical Dance "When a Man Loves a Woman" |
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| 1995 |
Linette Mertz[15] |
Kutztown |
23 |
Miss Susquehanna Valley |
Country Vocal "Why Haven't I Heard from You" |
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| 1994 |
Kirstin Border[16] |
Glen Rock |
24 |
Miss State Capitol |
Violin Solo "Czardas with a Twist of Orange" |
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| 1993 |
Diane Fabiano[17] |
Lansdale |
24 |
Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania |
Vocal "City Lights" |
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| 1992 |
Judy Fitch[18] |
Dallas |
24 |
Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton |
Vocal "Sincerely" |
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| 1991 |
Linda O'Boyle[19] |
Dupont |
23 |
Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton |
Technique Tap Dance "Hoofin'" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award, Quality of Life Award |
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| 1990 |
Marla Wynne[20] |
Easton |
23 |
Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania |
Ventriloquism "Together (Wherever We Go)" |
Top Ten Semifinalist[21] |
2nd runner-up, Quality of Life Award [22] |
Described by broadcaster Larry King as the "ugliest girl in the pageant.[23] King later rescinded his remarks. Marla was a phone guest on The Howard Stern Show Oct.10 1990. Her mother, Marlene Wynne, was the Executive Director of the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant until her death in June 2008. |
| 1989 |
Michelle Kline[24] |
Easton |
24 |
Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton |
Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville |
Top Ten Semi-finalist |
Quality of Life Award (first time awarded) |
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| 1988 |
Denise Meyer[25] |
Pittsburgh |
21 |
Miss Bedford |
Popular Vocal "Over the Rainbow" |
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| 1987 |
Katarina Sitaris[26] |
Wilkes-Barre |
24 |
Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton |
Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" |
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Cavalier Scholarship Winner |
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| 1986 |
Darlene Deeley[27] |
Philadelphia |
25 |
Miss Greater Wilkes-Barre/Scranton |
Gymnastics / Dance Routine |
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| 1985 |
Lea Schiazza[28] |
Philadelphia |
23 |
Miss Montgomery County |
Vocal "My Mammy" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1984 |
Gina Major[29] |
Huntsville |
24 |
Miss Lehigh Valley |
Vocal: Judy Garland Medley |
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| 1983 |
Jennifer Eshelman[30] |
Hegins |
23 |
Miss Pocono |
Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus |
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| 1982 |
Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh[31] |
Belle Vernon |
22 |
Miss Washington County |
Baton Twirling "Pop Goes to the Movies" |
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| 1981 |
Jill Shaffer[32] |
Dover |
22 |
Miss Lebanon |
Piano Solo "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor" |
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| 1980 |
Anita Ellen Patton[33] |
Lebanon |
21 |
Miss Lebanon |
Vocal "If You Believe" from The Wiz |
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| 1979 |
Carolyn Louise Black[34] |
Elizabethtown |
22 |
Miss Lancaster County |
Vocal "All the Things You Are" |
Top Ten Semi-finalist |
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| 1978 |
Charmaine Kowalski[35] |
State College |
22 |
Miss Penn State |
Piano Solo "Warsaw Concerto" |
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recipient of the Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship |
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| 1977 |
Lynn Carol Grote[36] |
Bowmansville |
22 |
Miss Lancaster County |
Piano Medley "I Got Rhythm" "The Man I Love" & "Rhapsody in Blue" |
Top Ten Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1976 |
Marie McLaughlin[37] |
Levittown |
23 |
Miss Lehigh Valley |
Ventriloquism "Together (Wherever We Go)" |
Top Ten Semi-finalist |
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| 1975 |
Connie Harness[38] |
Mechanicsburg |
20 |
Miss Carlisle |
Classical Vocal "Romance" from The Desert Song |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1974 |
Karen Lynn Kuhn[39] |
Levittown |
20 |
Miss Lower Bucks County |
Ballet "Shubert Alley Overture" |
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| 1973 |
Tina Louise Thomas[40] |
Lancaster |
18 |
Miss Lancaster County |
Gospel Vocal "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" |
4th Runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Released the sacred music album "Servant" shortly after competing for Miss America |
| 1972 |
Linda Olson[41] |
Corry |
20 |
Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
Piano Solo "Gershwin Medley" |
2nd Runner-up |
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| 1971 |
Maureen Wimmer[42] |
Perkasie |
20 |
Miss Lower Bucks County |
Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo" |
3rd Runner-up |
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toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1970 |
Maggie Walker[43] |
Harrisburg |
18 |
Miss York County |
Gymnastic Ballet on the Uneven Parallel Bars "Contessa" |
4th Runner-up |
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| 1969 |
Trudy Lee Pedersen[44] |
Etters |
18 |
Miss York County |
Vocal "The Sound of Music" |
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| 1968 |
Susan Robinson[45] |
Pittsburgh |
22 |
Miss Pittsburgh |
Comedy Monologue "Sis Hopkins" |
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| 1967 |
Doris Ann Lausch[46] |
Lancaster |
20 |
Miss Lancaster County |
Vocal "Love In a Home" from Li'l Abner |
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| 1966 |
Gale Veronica Rothwell[47] |
Philadelphia |
21 |
Miss Germantown |
Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
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| 1965 |
Judith Lynn McConnell |
Pittsburgh |
21 |
Miss Pittsburgh |
Dramatic Reading "Saint Joan" |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
Long career as an actress, best known for her role in the Santa Barbara soap opera |
| 1964 |
Marilyn Cutaiar March |
Havertown |
19 |
Miss Delaware County |
Toe Dance Ballet "Dance of the Painted Doll" |
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| 1963 |
Cheryl Lynn Kegley |
Salisbury |
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Miss Central Pennsylvania |
Classical Ballet "Ritual Fire Dance" |
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replaced Donna Loar who relinquished her title after two months due to illness |
| 1962 |
Crystale Leigh Martin |
Milton |
19 |
Miss Susquehanna Valley |
Dramatic Presentation with self-accompaniment on the Harp or Zither "The Mad Scene" from Hamlet |
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| 1961 |
E. Lynne Maloney |
King of Prussia |
20 |
Miss Montgomery County |
Charcoal Drawing Display & Pantomime Routine |
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| 1960 |
Priscilla Mae Hendricks |
Shillington |
19 |
Miss Reading |
Original Display of Art Work |
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| 1959 |
Lois Janet Piercy[48] |
Springfield |
21 |
Miss Centre County |
Original Flute Solo & Art Display "Night Rain on the City" |
Top Ten Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1958 |
Rosalie Samley |
Bethlehem |
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Miss Lehigh Valley |
Ballet "I Won't Dance" |
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| 1957 |
Jennie Rebecca Blatchford |
Hollidaysburg |
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Miss Central Pennsylvania |
Baton Twirling |
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Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 1956 |
Lorna Malcomson Ringler[49] |
Upper Darby |
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Miss Delaware County |
Vocal |
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Non-Finalist Talent Award |
Niece of Miss America 1924 Ruth Malcomson |
| 1955 |
Pam Ulrich[50] |
Sinking Spring |
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Miss Reading |
Drama "Proper Recitation" |
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| 1954 |
Barbara Sue Nager[51] |
Philadelphia |
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Miss Greater Philadelphia |
Egyptian Ballet Dance "Egyptian Suite" |
3rd Runner-up |
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| 1953 |
Evelyn Margaret Ay[52] |
Ephrata |
20 |
Miss Lancaster County |
Poetry Recitation "Footsteps" from Leaves from a Grass-House by Don Blanding |
Winner |
Preliminary Swimsuit Winner |
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| 1952 |
Miriam Smith[53] |
McAlisterville |
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Miss Susquehanna Valley |
Pipe Organ "Tico Tico" |
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| Patricia Hunt |
Philadelphia |
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Drama |
Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| 1951 |
Clare Lippert[54] |
Tarentum |
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Miss Kiski Valley |
Vocal "Lullaby of Broadway" |
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| Margaret Ramsdale |
Philadelphia |
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Vocal "Danny Boy" |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| 1950 |
Emile Longacre |
Phoenixville |
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Miss Chester County |
Vocal "You're My Everything" |
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| Janice Murray |
Philadelphia |
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Classical Vocal "O Don Fatale" from Don Carlos |
Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| 1949 |
Marlene Carozzo[55] |
Kennett Square |
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Miss Chester County |
Piano "Clair de Lune" |
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| Miriam Lopayowker |
Philadelphia |
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Electric Guitar "I'm in the Mood for Love" |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| 1948 |
Ruth Douglas[56] |
Harrisburg |
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Vocal Medley "Let My Song Fill Your Heart" & "Lover" |
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| Betty Jane Bruce |
Philadelphia |
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Vocal "Fool That I Am" & "Mean to Me" |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| Sarah Cromwell |
Pittsburgh |
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competed as Miss Pittsburgh |
| 1947 |
Dorothy Gresh |
Williamsport |
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Vocal "Lover, Come Back to Me" |
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| Kay McClane |
Philadelphia |
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Vocal "Sketching" |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| Lillian Handford |
Pittsburgh |
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Painting Display |
Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Pittsburgh |
| 1946 |
Eleanor Kramer |
Lebanon |
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Vocal "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier |
Semi-finalist |
Preliminary Talent Award |
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| Virginia Brown |
Philadelphia |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| 1945 |
Timmy Weston |
Clairton |
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| Gloria Bair |
Philadelphia |
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Dance "Temptation" |
Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| 1944 |
Margie Dorie |
Pittsburgh |
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Vocal "Big Boy Blue" |
Semi-finalist |
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| Itha Duerrhammer |
Philadelphia |
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Vocal & Dance |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| 1943 |
Betty Merle Marcus |
Kensington |
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competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania |
| June McAdams |
Philadelphia |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| Emma Hammermeister |
Pittsburgh |
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Dance & Baton Twirling |
Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania |
| 1942 |
Geraldine Powell |
Philadelphia |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| Ruth Elfreda Schmidt |
Pittsburgh |
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competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania |
| 1941 |
Catherine Jane Albert |
Coatesville |
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competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania |
| Carre DeLudo |
Philadelphia |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| Roselle Hannon |
Pittsburgh |
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Vocal "Because of You" |
1st runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania |
| 1940 |
Frances Marie Burke |
Philadelphia |
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Vocal / Dance "I Can't Love You Anymore" |
Winner |
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*Crowned Miss America as Miss Philadelphia |
| Dorothy A. Wall |
Lansdowne |
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competed as Miss Delaware County |
| Mildred Saha |
Secane |
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Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania |
| Alberta Louise Carts |
Pittsburgh |
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competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania |
| 1939 |
Ruth Phyllis Willock |
Pittsburgh |
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| Emma Louise Knoell |
Philadelphia |
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competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania |
| Nancy Lee |
Philadelphia |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| 1938 |
Wilma Kasper |
Rahns |
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competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania |
| Kathryn Buckley |
Philadelphia |
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Swing Vocal |
Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| Ruth Willock |
Pittsburgh |
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Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania |
| 1937 |
Beryl Kober |
Chalfont |
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competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania |
| Kathryn Crase |
Philadelphia |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| Kathryn H. Kendrick |
Sunnybrook |
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competed as Miss Sunnybrook |
| 1936 |
Rose Coyle |
Philadelphia |
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Vocal / Tap Dance "I Can't Escape From You" & "Truckin'" |
Winner |
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*crowned Miss America as Miss Philadelphia |
| Margie Sossong |
Scranton |
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competed as Miss Anthracite |
| Elaine Miller |
Chester |
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Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Chester |
| Ellen McCormick |
Lancaster |
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competed as Miss Lancaster |
| Joan Frankenburg |
Miquon |
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competed as Miss Montgomery County |
| Bonnie Boyle |
Pittsburgh |
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Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Pittsburgh |
| Anna Julia Zaker |
Reading |
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Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Reading |
| Marie Ketter |
Ridgway |
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competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania |
| Sallie Hinton |
York |
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competed as Miss York |
| 1935 |
Henrietta Leaver |
Pittsburgh |
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Vocal / Tap Dance "Living In a Great Big Way" |
Winner |
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crowned Miss America as Miss Pittsburgh |
| Loretta Gale Tarle |
Bridgeport |
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competed as Miss Bridgeport |
| Helen Rita Skelly |
Conshocken |
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competed as Miss Conshocken |
| Florence Carman |
Upper Darby |
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competed as Miss Delaware County |
| Margie Godwin |
Philadelphia |
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competed as Miss Mayfair |
| Marie Baumgard |
Norristown |
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competed as Miss Montgomery County |
| Helen Keaser |
Norristown |
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Vocal Medley "Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight" & "You're a Heavenly Thing" |
Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Norristown |
| Jean McCool |
Philadelphia |
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Vocal Medley "Lovely To Look At" & "Little Things You Used To Do" |
Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss Philadelphia |
| Alice Brown |
Scranton |
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competed as Miss Scranton |
| Claire Spirit |
Tamaqua |
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competed as Miss Tamaqua |
| Lenore Pollock |
West Philadelphia |
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Vocal, Piano, Banjo & Dance "Dark Eyes" & "My Man" |
Semi-Finalist |
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competed as Miss West Philadelphia |
| Gertrude Schappert |
Wilkes Barre |
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competed as Miss Wilkes Barre |
| 1933 |
Geraldine Glassman |
|
17 |
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Semi-Finalist |
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| 1927 |
Florence Koons |
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Kathleen Coyle, Miss Philadelphia was a Finalist and Dorothea Ditmer, Miss Rochester was a Semi-Finalist in the pageant. Also representing Pennsylvania were Mary Millnack, Miss Pittsburgh and Esther J. Cantor, Miss Wilkes Barre |
| 1926 |
No Miss Pennsylvania |
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Anna Mae Reefer, Miss Philadelphia was a Finalist in the pageant. Also representing Pennsylvania were: Esther Weissinger, Miss Pottsville; Illa Williams, Miss Scranton & Helen Villet Grant, Miss Wilkes Barre. There was also a Miss Lancaster whose name is not known. |
| 1925 |
No Miss Pennsylvania |
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Mildred Walker, Miss Pittsburgh was a finalist in the pageant. Also representing Pennsylvania were: Mary Ann Guth, Miss Erie; Estella Wittell, Miss Lancaster; Annette Jackson, Miss Philadelphia; Elsie Gallagher, Miss Pottsville; Florence Zawidski, Miss Reading; Beula Keator, Miss Scranton; Mildred Sherman, Miss Uniontown |
| 1924 |
Ruth Malcomson[57] |
Philadelphia |
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Winner |
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*crowned Miss America representing Philadelphia, aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956- Lorna Malcomson Ringler and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981- Jodi Meade Graham |
| No Miss Pennsylvania |
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Other contestants representing Pennsylvania were: Katherine Brown, Miss Altoona; Margaret McGee, Miss Delaware County; Letne von Alt, Miss Johnstown; Stella Springer, Miss Lancaster; Dorothy E. Gross, Miss Norristown; Helen Steubner, Miss Pittsburgh; Nellie M. Paige, Miss Reading & Theresa Matzer, Miss Wilkes Barre. Also competing were a Miss Erie and a Miss Marcus Hook whose names are not known. |
| 1923 |
No Miss Pennsylvania |
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Marion Green, Miss Philadelphia was 4th runner-up; Betty Grening, Miss Johnstown & Jane Ondeck, Miss Reading were Semi-Finalists. Also representing Pennsylvania were: Helen Noble, Miss Allentown; Margaret Lillian Ross, Miss Altoona; Agnes Connelly, Miss Erie; Helen R. Knisely, Miss Harrisburg; Cora Frey, Miss Lancaster; Grace Kohr, Miss Lebanon; Mildred Maconachy, Miss Norristown; Isabel Lynch, Miss Pottsville & Mary Botto, Miss Sunbury. There was also a Miss Easton who competed but her name is not known. |
| 1922 |
No Miss Pennsylvania |
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Representing Pennsylvania were: Ellen Sherr, Miss Allentown; Anna Maria Burke, Miss Chester; Dorothy Haupt, Miss Easton; Thera McDonnel, Miss Erie; Gertrude Shoemack, Miss Harrisburg; Velma Zeigler, Miss Johnstown; Elsie Blumenstock, Miss Lancaster; Kitty Molineaux, Miss Philadelphia; Rae Bennett, Miss Pittsburgh; Leah Knapp, Miss Pottstown & Evelyn Renninger, Miss Reading |
| 1921 |
No Miss Pennsylvania |
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Representing Pennsylvania were: Emma Pharo, Miss Harrisburg; Nellie Orr, Miss Philadelphia & Thelma Matthews, Miss Pittsburgh |