Miss Pennsylvania
The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, has won the Miss America crown on 5 occasions.
Original held in Hershey, the pageant moved to West Chester where pageants were held during the 1950s. The pageant was held in Altoona from 1974. In 1994, Easton was chosen as the new venue of the pageant and the date was shifted from June to May. In November 2008, the pageant was moved to the Pittsburgh area.
Katie Schreckengast of Palmyra was crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2017 on June 17, 2017 at Hillman Center for the Performing Arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2018 on September 10, 2017 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Results summary
The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Ruth Malcomson (1924), Henrietta Leaver (1935), Rose Coyle (1936), Francis Marie Burke (1940), Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954)
- 1st runners-up: Roselle Hannon (1941)
- 2nd runners-up: Linda Olson (1973), Susan Spafford (2000)
- 3rd runners-up: Barbara Sue Nager (1955), Maureen Wimmer (1972)
- 4th runners-up: Marion Green (1923), Maggie Walker (1971), Tina Louise Thomas (1974)
- Top 5: Kathleen Coyle (1927)
- Top 10: Dorothea Ditmer (1927), Emma Hammermeister (1943), Patricia Hunt (1953), Lois Janet Piercy (1960), Marie McLaughlin (1977), Lynn Carol Grote (1978), Carolyn Louise Black (1980), Michelle Kline (1990), Marla Wynne (1991), Melissa Jeka (2001), Nicole Brewer (2006), Emily Wills (2007)
- Top 12: Lenore Pollock (1935), Jean McCool (1935), Helen Keaser (1935), Margie Dorie (1944)
- Top 13: Gloria Bair (1945)
- Top 15: Mildred Walker (1925), Anna Mae Reefer (1926), Anna Julia Zaker (1936), Bonnie Boyle (1936), Elaine Miller (1936), Kathryn Buckley (1938), Mildred Saha (1940), Lillian Handford (1947)
- Top 16: Eleanor Kramer (1946), Janice Murray (1951)
- Top 18: Geraldine Glassman (1933)
- Top 20: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
- Top 23: Jane Ondeck (1923), Betty Grening (1923), Helen R. Knisely (1923)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954), Emily Wills (2007)
- Preliminary Talent: Roselle Hannon (1941), Eleanor Kramer (1946), Jennie Rebecca Blatchford (1958), Lois Janet Piercy (1960), Maureen Wimmer (1972), Tina Louise Thomas (1974), Lynn Carol Grote (1978), Amanda Smith (2015)
- Preliminary Presentation: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Lorna Malcomson Ringler (1957), Judith Lynn McConnell (1966), Gale Veronica Rothwell (1967), Connie Harness (1976), Lea Schiazza (1986), Linda O'Boyle (1992), Candace Otto (2004), Rachel Brooks (2008), Kendria Percy (2009), Amanda Smith (2015)
Other awards
- Miss Congeniality: N/A
- Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award: Candace Otto (2004)
- Cavalier Scholarship: Katarina Sitaris (1988)
- Community Achievement Award: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
- Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Charmaine Kowalski (1979), Shannon Doyle (2010)
- Quality of Life Award Winners: Michelle Kline (1990)
- Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Marla Wynne (1991)
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Katie Schreckengast | Palmyra | 20 | Miss Central Pennsylvania | Saxophone | TBD | TBD | Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2013 |
| 2016 | Samantha Lambert | Mequon, Wisconsin | 22 | Miss Laurelwood | Acrobatic Dance | Eligible as a student at the University of Pittsburgh | ||
| 2015 | Ashley Schmider | South Fayette | 23 | Miss Neshaminy Valley | Tap Dance "Feel This Moment" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 Miss United States Continental 2014[1] | ||
| 2014 | Amanda Smith | Dade City, Florida | 21 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera | Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award |
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| 2013 | Annie Rosellini | Butler | 21 | Miss Greater Juniata Valley | Lyrical Dance "Let It Be" | Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2005 | ||
| 2012 | Jordyn Colao | Erie | 22 | Miss Freedom Forge | Tap Dance "Whatever Lola Wants" | |||
| 2011 | Juliann Sheldon | Plum Borough | 21 | Miss Jewel of the West | Lyrical Dance "I Believe" | 2017 Carolina Panthers TopCat Cheerleader | ||
| 2010 | Courtney Thomas | Sigel | 21 | Miss Jewel of the West | Fiddle Solo "Orange Blossom Special" | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2009 | ||
| 2009 | Shannon Doyle[2] | Wilkes-Barre | 24 | Miss Armstrong County | Tap Dance "A Little Polish" | Dr.David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 2008 | Kendria Perry[3] | Pittsburgh/Raleigh, NC | 23 | Miss Armstrong County | Piano "Ballade No. 1" by F. Chopin | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2007 | Rachel Brooks[4] | Broomall | 24 | Miss River City | Vocal "Summertime" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2006 | Emily Wills[5] | Beaver | 24 | Miss Armstrong County | Vocal "If I Ain't Got You" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Previously Pennsylvania's Junior Miss 2001 2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2005 |
| 2005 | Nicole Brewer[6] | Philadelphia | 22 | Miss Allegheny Valley | Vocal "The Wizard and I" from Wicked | Top 10 | Sister of Miss Maryland 2016, Hannah Brewer | |
| 2004 | Victoria Bechtold[7] | Johnstown | 21 | Miss Pittsburgh | Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette | |||
| 2003 | Candace Otto[8] | Murrysville | 23 | Miss Three Rivers | Classical Vocal "Non Ti Scordar di Me" by Ernesto De Curtis | Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award Non-finalist Talent Award |
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| 2002 | Autumn Marisa][9] | Waynesburg | 22 | Miss Armstrong County | Lyrical Dance "The Bells of St. Paul" | |||
| 2001 | Rosalyn Menon[10] | Hazleton | 22 | Miss Three Rivers | Classical Piano "Piano Sonata in C Minor" by Beethoven | Top 20 | Community Achievement Award Preliminary Presentation Award |
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| 2000 | Melissa Jeka[11] | Warminster | 23 | Miss Allegheny Valley | Ballet en Pointe "The Diamond" | Top 10 | ||
| 1999 | Susan Spafford[12] | Erie | 24 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Violin Solo "Polish Caprice" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1998 | Mayra Acosta[13] | Lewistown | 22 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Popular Vocal "To Love You More" | |||
| 1997 | Heather Busin[14] | Grove City | 20 | Miss Butler County | Vocal "I Will Listen" | |||
| 1996 | GiGi Gordon[15] | Butler | 23 | Miss Armstrong County | Lyrical Dance "When a Man Loves a Woman" | |||
| 1995 | Linette Mertz[16] | Kutztown | 23 | Miss Susquehanna Valley | Country Vocal "Why Haven't I Heard from You" | |||
| 1994 | Kirstin Border[17] | Glen Rock | 24 | Miss State Capitol | Violin Solo "Czardas with a Twist of Orange" | |||
| 1993 | Diane Fabiano[18] | Lansdale | 24 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Vocal "City Lights" | |||
| 1992 | Judy Fitch[19] | Dallas | 24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Vocal "Sincerely" | |||
| 1991 | Linda O'Boyle[20] | Dupont | 23 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Technique Tap Dance "Hoofin'" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1990 | Marla Wynne[21] | Easton | 23 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Ventriloquism "Together (Wherever We Go)" | Top 10[22] | Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up[23] | Described by broadcaster Larry King as the "ugliest girl" in the pageant.[24] King later rescinded his remarks. Later was a phone guest on The Howard Stern Show[citation needed] Mother, Marlene Wynne, was the Executive Director of the Miss Pennsylvania pageant until death in June 2008[citation needed] |
| 1989 | Michelle Kline[25] | Easton | 24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville | Top 10 | Quality of Life Award Winner | |
| 1988 | Denise Meyer[26] | Pittsburgh | 21 | Miss Bedford | Popular Vocal "Over the Rainbow" | |||
| 1987 | Katarina Sitaris[27] | Wilkes-Barre | 24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | Cavalier Scholarship | ||
| 1986 | Darlene Deeley[28] | Philadelphia | 25 | Miss Greater Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Gymnastics / Dance Routine | |||
| 1985 | Lea Schiazza[29] | Philadelphia | 23 | Miss Montgomery County | Vocal "My Mammy" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1984 | Gina Major[30] | Huntsville | 24 | Miss Lehigh Valley | Vocal: Judy Garland Medley | |||
| 1983 | Jennifer Eshelman[31] | Hegins | 23 | Miss Pocono | Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus | |||
| 1982 | Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh[32] | Belle Vernon | 22 | Miss Washington County | Baton Twirling, "Pop Goes to the Movies" | |||
| 1981 | Jill Shaffer[33] | Dover | 22 | Miss Lebanon | Piano Solo "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor" | |||
| 1980 | Anita Ellen Patton[34] | Lebanon | 21 | Miss Lebanon | Vocal "If You Believe" from The Wiz | |||
| 1979 | Carolyn Louise Black[35] | Elizabethtown | 22 | Miss Lancaster County | Vocal "All the Things You Are" | Top 10 | ||
| 1978 | Charmaine Kowalski[36] | State College | 22 | Miss Penn State | Piano Solo "Warsaw Concerto" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1977 | Lynn Carol Grote[37] | Bowmansville | 22 | Miss Lancaster County | Piano Medley "I Got Rhythm" "The Man I Love" & "Rhapsody in Blue" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1976 | Marie McLaughlin[38] | Levittown | 23 | Miss Lehigh Valley | Ventriloquism "Together (Wherever We Go)" | Top 10 | ||
| 1975 | Connie Harness[39] | Mechanicsburg | 20 | Miss Cumberland Valley | Classical Vocal "Romance" from The Desert Song | Non-finalist Talent Award | Named All American Natural Beauty by Good Housekeeping Magazine[citation needed] Still singing and acting on stage in Pennsylvania[citation needed] Her two daughters, Chelsea and Cameron, released their first CD two years ago[citation needed] | |
| 1974 | Karen Lynn Kuhn[40] | Levittown | 20 | Miss Lower Bucks County | Ballet "Shubert Alley Overture" | |||
| 1973 | Tina Louise Thomas[41] | 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[citation needed] |
| 1972 | Linda Olson[42] | Corry | 20 | Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Piano Solo "Gershwin Medley" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1971 | Maureen Wimmer[43] | Perkasie | 20 | Miss Bucks County | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo" | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe |
| 1970 | Maggie Walker[44] | Harrisburg | 18 | Miss York County | Gymnastic Ballet on the Uneven Parallel Bars "Contessa" | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1969 | Trudy Lee Pedersen[45] | Etters | 18 | Miss York County | Vocal "The Sound of Music" | |||
| 1968 | Susan Robinson[46] | Pittsburgh | 22 | Miss Pittsburgh | Comedy Monologue "Sis Hopkins" | |||
| 1967 | Doris Ann Lausch[47] | Lancaster | 20 | Miss Lancaster County | Vocal "Love In a Home" from Li'l Abner | Appeared as a Contestant on "MATCH GAME 76"[citation needed] | ||
| 1966 | Gale Veronica Rothwell[48] | Philadelphia | 21 | Miss Germantown | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1965 | Judith Lynn McConnell | Pittsburgh | 21 | Miss Pittsburgh | Dramatic Reading "Saint Joan" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Best known for her role in the Santa Barbara soap opera[citation needed] | |
| 1964 | Marilyn Cutaiar March | Havertown | 19 | Miss Delaware County | Toe Dance Ballet "Dance of the Painted Doll" | |||
| 1963 | Cheryl Lynn Kegley | Salisbury | Miss Central Pennsylvania | Classical Ballet "Ritual Fire Dance" | Replaced Donna Loar who relinquished her title after two months due to her having mononucleosis | |||
| 1962 | Crystale Leigh Martin | Milton | 19 | Miss Susquehanna Valley | Dramatic Presentation with self-accompaniment on the Harp or Zither "The Mad Scene" from Hamlet | |||
| 1961 | E. Lynne Maloney | King of Prussia | 20 | Miss Montgomery County | Charcoal Drawing Display & Pantomime Routine | |||
| 1960 | Priscilla Mae Hendricks | Shillington | 19 | Miss Reading | Original Display of Art Work | |||
| 1959 | Lois Janet Piercy[49] | Springfield | 21 | Miss Centre County | Original Flute Solo & Art Display "Night Rain on the City" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1958 | Rosalie Samley | Bethlehem | Miss Lehigh Valley | Ballet "I Won't Dance" | ||||
| 1957 | Jennie Rebecca Blatchford | Hollidaysburg | Miss Central Pennsylvania | Baton Twirling "St. Louis Blues" & "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1956 | Lorna Malcomson Ringler[50] | Upper Darby | Miss Delaware County | Vocal | Non-finalist Talent Award | Niece of Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson | ||
| 1955 | Pam Ulrich[51] | Sinking Spring | Miss Reading | Drama "Proper Recitation" | ||||
| 1954 | Barbara Sue Nager[52] | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Egyptian Ballet Dance "Egyptian Suite" | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1953 | Evelyn Margaret Ay[53] | Ephrata | 20 | Miss Lancaster County | Poetry Recitation "Footsteps" from Leaves from a Grass-House by Don Blanding | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1952 | Miriam Smith[54] | McAlisterville | Miss Susquehanna Valley | Pipe Organ "Tico Tico" | ||||
| Patricia Hunt | Philadelphia | Drama | Top 10 | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||
| 1951 | Clare Lippert[55] | Tarentum | Miss Kiski Valley | Vocal "Lullaby of Broadway" | ||||
| Margaret Ramsdale | Philadelphia | Vocal "Danny Boy" | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| 1950 | Emile Longacre | Phoenixville | Miss Chester County | Vocal "You're My Everything" | ||||
| Janice Murray | Philadelphia | Classical Vocal "O Don Fatale" from Don Carlos | Top 16 | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||
| 1949 | Marlene Carozzo[56] | Kennett Square | Miss Chester County | Piano "Clair de Lune" | ||||
| Miriam Lopayowker | Philadelphia | Electric Guitar "I'm in the Mood for Love" | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| 1948 | Ruth Douglas[57] | Harrisburg | Vocal Medley "Let My Song Fill Your Heart" & "Lover" | |||||
| Betty Jane Bruce | Philadelphia | Vocal "Fool That I Am" & "Mean to Me" | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| Sarah Cromwell | Pittsburgh | Competed as Miss Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1947 | Dorothy Gresh | Williamsport | Vocal "Lover, Come Back to Me" | |||||
| Kay McClane | Philadelphia | Vocal "Sketching" | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| Lillian Handford | Pittsburgh | Painting Display | Top 15 | Competed as Miss Pittsburgh | ||||
| 1946 | Eleanor Kramer | Lebanon | Vocal "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier | Top 16 | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| Virginia Brown | Philadelphia | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1945 | Timmy Weston | Clairton | ||||||
| Gloria Bair | Philadelphia | Dance "Temptation" | Top 13 | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||
| 1944 | Margie Dorie | Pittsburgh | Vocal "Big Boy Blue" | Top 12 | ||||
| Itha Duerrhammer | Philadelphia | Vocal & Dance | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| 1943 | Betty Merle Marcus | Kensington | Competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | |||||
| June McAdams | Philadelphia | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Emma Hammermeister | Pittsburgh | Dance & Baton Twirling | Top 10 | Competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania | ||||
| 1942 | Geraldine Powell | Philadelphia | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| Ruth Elfreda Schmidt | Pittsburgh | Competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 1941 | Catherine Jane Albert | Coatesville | Competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | |||||
| Carre DeLudo | Philadelphia | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Roselle Hannon | Pittsburgh | Vocal "Because of You" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania | |||
| 1940 | Frances Marie Burke | Philadelphia | Vocal / Dance "I Can't Love You Anymore" | Winner | Crowned Miss America as Miss Philadelphia | |||
| Dorothy A. Wall | Lansdowne | Competed as Miss Delaware County | ||||||
| Mildred Saha | Secane | Top 15 | Competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | |||||
| Alberta Louise Carts | Pittsburgh | Competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 1939 | Ruth Phyllis Willock | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| Emma Louise Knoell | Philadelphia | Competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Nancy Lee | Philadelphia | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1938 | Wilma Kasper | Rahns | Competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | |||||
| Kathryn Buckley | Philadelphia | Swing Vocal | Top 15 | Competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||
| Ruth Willock | Pittsburgh | Competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania. Original winner Peggy Neenan was disqualified for having been married and divorced. | ||||||
| 1937 | Beryl Kober | Chalfont | Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Kathryn Crase | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Kathryn H. Kendrick | Sunnybrook | Miss Sunnybrook | ||||||
| 1936 | Margie Sossong | Scranton | Miss Anthracite | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Elaine Miller | Chester | Miss Chester | Top 15 | |||||
| Ellen McCormick | Lancaster | Miss Lancaster | ||||||
| Joan Frankenburg | Miquon | Miss Montgomery County | ||||||
| Rose Coyle | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Vocal / Tap Dance "I Can't Escape From You" & "Truckin'" | Winner | ||||
| Bonnie Boyle | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | Top 15 | |||||
| Anna Julia Zaker | Reading | Miss Reading | Top 15 | |||||
| Marie Ketter | Ridgway | Miss Western Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Sallie Hinton | York | Miss York | ||||||
| 1935 | Loretta Gale Tarle | Bridgeport | Miss Bridgeport | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Helen Rita Skelly | Conshocken | Miss Conshohocken | ||||||
| Florence Carman | Upper Darby | Miss Delaware County | ||||||
| Margie Godwin | Philadelphia | Miss Mayfair | ||||||
| Marie Baumgard | Norristown | Miss Montgomery County | ||||||
| Helen Keaser | Norristown | Miss Norristown | Vocal Medley "Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight" & "You're a Heavenly Thing" | Top 12 | ||||
| Jean McCool | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Vocal Medley "Lovely To Look At" & "Little Things You Used To Do" | Top 12 | ||||
| Henrietta Leaver | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | Vocal / Tap Dance "Living In a Great Big Way" | Winner | ||||
| Alice Brown | Scranton | Miss Scranton | ||||||
| Claire Spirit | Tamaqua | Miss Tamaqua | ||||||
| Lenore Pollock | West Philadelphia | Miss West Philadelphia | Vocal, Piano, Banjo & Dance "Dark Eyes" & "My Man" | Top 12 | ||||
| Gertrude Schappert | Wilkes Barre | Miss Wilkes Barre | ||||||
| 1933 | Geraldine Glassman | 17 | Top 18 | |||||
| 1927 | Florence Koons | Miss Pennsylvania | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
| Kathleen Coyle | Miss Philadelphia | Top 5 | ||||||
| Mary Millnack | Miss Pittsburgh | |||||||
| Dorothea Ditmer | Miss Rochester | Top 10 | ||||||
| Esther J. Cantor | Miss Wilkes Barre | |||||||
| 1926 | Name unknown | Miss Lancaster | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
| Anna Mae Reefer | Miss Philadelphia | Top 15 | ||||||
| Thelma Williams | Miss Pittsburgh | |||||||
| Esther Weissinger | Miss Pottsville | |||||||
| Illa Williams | Miss Scranton | |||||||
| Helen Villet Grant | Miss Wilkes Barre | |||||||
| Name unknown | Miss Williamsport | |||||||
| 1925 | ||||||||
| Annette Jackson | Miss Philadelphia | N/A | N/A | Disqualified for being a professional model | ||||
| Mary Ann Guth | Miss Erie | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||||
| Estella Wittell | Miss Lancaster | |||||||
| Mildred Walker | Miss Pittsburgh | Top 15 | ||||||
| Elsie Gallagher | Miss Pottsville | |||||||
| Florence Zawidski | Miss Reading | |||||||
| Beula Keator | Miss Scranton | |||||||
| Mildred Sherman | Miss Uniontown | |||||||
| 1924 | ||||||||
| Ruth Malcomson[58] | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Winner | Aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Malcomson Ringler, and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham | ||||
| Katherine Brown | Miss Altoona | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||||
| Margaret McGee | Miss Delaware County | |||||||
| Name unknown | Miss Erie | |||||||
| Letne von Alt | Johnstown | Miss Johnstown | ||||||
| Stella Springer | Lancaster | Miss Lancaster | ||||||
| Name unknown | Miss Marcus Hook | |||||||
| Dorothy E. Gross | Norristown | Miss Norristown | ||||||
| Helen Steubne | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | ||||||
| Nellie M. Paige | Reading | Miss Reading | ||||||
| Theresa Matzer | Miss Wilkes Barre | |||||||
| 1923 | Helen Noble | Allentown | Miss Allentown | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Margaret Lillian Ross | Miss Altoona | |||||||
| Agnes Connelly | Erie | Miss Erie | ||||||
| Helen R. Knisely | Harrisburg | Miss Harrisburg | Top 23 | |||||
| Betty Grening | Johnstown | Miss Johnstown | Top 23 | |||||
| Cora Frey | Lancaster | Miss Lancaster | ||||||
| Grace Kohr | Lebanon | Miss Lebanon | ||||||
| Mildred Maconachy | Norristown | Miss Norristown | ||||||
| Marion Green | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | 4th runner-up | |||||
| Isabel Lynch | Miss Pottsville | |||||||
| Jane Ondeck | Reading | Miss Reading | Top 23 | |||||
| Mary Botto | Miss Sunbury | |||||||
| 1922 | Ellen Sherr | Allentown | Miss Allentown | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Anna Maria Burke | Miss Chester | |||||||
| Dorothy Haupt | Easton | Miss Easton | ||||||
| Thera McDonnel | Erie | Miss Erie | ||||||
| Gertrude Shoemack | Harrisburg | Miss Harrisburg | ||||||
| Velma Zeigler | Johnstown | Miss Johnstown | ||||||
| Elsie Blumenstock | Lancaster | Miss Lancaster | ||||||
| Kitty Molineaux | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Rae Bennett | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | ||||||
| Leah Knapp | Miss Pottstown | |||||||
| Evelyn Renninger | Reading | Miss Reading | ||||||
| Gladys Greenmeyer | West Philadelphia | Miss West Philadelphia | Amateur Division Winner | |||||
| 1921 | Emma Pharo | Harrisburg | Miss Harrisburg | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Nellie Orr | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Thelma Matthews | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh |
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