Miss America 1924

Miss America 1924, the fourth Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 6, 1924.[1][2] Mary Katherine Campbell, who won the title the previous two years, placed as 1st runner-up. Pageant officials later instituted a rule allowing competitors to be crowned only once.[3] Ruth Malcomson competing as Miss Philadelphia was named Miss America of 1924 against a field of 83 entrants, the largest number of contestants in Miss America history.[4]

Miss America 1924
DateSeptember 6, 1924
PresentersKing Neptune
VenueMillion Dollar Pier Ballroom, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrants83
Placements6
WinnerRuth Malcomson
Philadelphia

Second runner-up Fay Lanphier would become Miss America 1925. Another of the finalists, Beatrice Roberts, became an actress who appeared in more than 50 Hollywood productions.

Miss America, Ruth Malcomson, and her mother, Augusta

Results
Final results Contestant
Miss America 1924
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runners-up
Top 10
Top 15

Contestants
Location[5] Name Age Placement Notes
Altoona, Pennsylvania Katherine Brown
Atlanta, Georgia Estelle Bradley Top 10
Austin, Texas Vera Simpson
Baltimore, Maryland Mary Rose Kenny
Bay Ridge, New York Dorothea Kenna
Beaumont, Texas Freeda Rowley
Biloxi, Mississippi Vivian Ruth Shaddinger
Birmingham, Alabama Mildred Adams
Boston, Massachusetts Mildred M. Prendergast
Bradley Beach, New Jersey Edith Wright
Bronx, New York Francis Harten
Brooklyn, New York Hildur Johnson
Cape May, New Jersey Emily Borbach Top 10
Chicago, Illinois Margaret Leigh 4th runner-up (tie)
Columbus, Georgia Anne Davis
Columbus, Ohio Lenore O'Ryan
Coney Island, New York Agnes I. Leonard
Cumberland, Maryland Gretchen Carney
Dallas, Texas Etta Mae Collins
Decatur, Illinois Virginia Lipscomb
Delaware County, Pennsylvania Margaret McGee
Elizabeth, New Jersey Helen Mankus
Fort Worth, Texas Hazel Doolin
Galveston, Texas Lorraine Holzhaus
Greater New York, New York Margie Booth Top 10
Hammonton, New Jersey Alice Kind
Hoboken, New Jersey Emerita Monsch Top 10
Houston, Texas Mary C. Wilmot
Jackson, Mississippi Mabel Batson
Jacksonville, Florida Roberta Russell
Jersey City, New Jersey Bonnie Blair
Johnstown, Pennsylvania Letne von Alt
Lakeland, Florida Margaret Swindell
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Stella Springer
Los Angeles, California Lillian Knight 3rd runner-up
Louisville, Kentucky Juanita Hobbs
Manhattan, New York Alice Beatrice Roberts 4th runner-up (tie)
Margate City, New Jersey Myrtle Marshall
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Clara Koehler Top 15
Miss America 1922 & 1923 Mary Katherine Campbell 18 1st runner-up
Nashville, Tennessee Ann Werner
Newark, New Jersey Edith Becker Top 15
Newburgh, New York Mary Griggs
New Orleans, Louisiana Louise Moore Top 15
Norristown, Pennsylvania Dorothy E. Gross
Oakland, California Irma Frazier
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Willie Mae Stockton Top 10
Paducah, Kentucky Kathleen McElroy
Pensacola, Florida Lottie Eitzen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ruth Malcomson Winner Aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Malcomson Ringler, and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Helen Steubne
Pleasantville, New Jersey Gertrude McDonough
Providence, Rhode Island Freida Leamon
Queens, New York Mary Carlson
Reading, Pennsylvania Nellie M. Paige
Richmond, New York Melise Danning
Rochester, New York Katherine Skuse
St. Louis, Missouri Helen Moore
San Antonio, Texas Katherine Hensley
Santa Cruz, California Fay Lanphier 18 2nd runner-up
Sioux City, Iowa Alta Sterling
Somers Point, New Jersey Ethel Sipps
Stamford, Connecticut Helen Haddock
Syracuse, New York Alma Jeanne Williams
Tampa, Florida Virginia McRae
Texas City, Texas Thelma Kirsch
Tulsa, Oklahoma Rose Everett
Washington D.C. Helen Sweeney
Watertown, New York Hilda Farrell
West Palm Beach, Florida Frances Payne
Wichita, Kansas Donna Frye
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Theresa Matzer
Yonkers, New York Florence Kreisler
Youngstown, Ohio Pauline James Top 15
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References
  1. ""Miss Philadelphia" Designated "Miss America" for 1924". The Free Lance. 1924-09-09. p. 2.
  2. International News Service (1924-09-17). "Beauty Queen Will Not Let It Affect Her Head". Indiana Evening Gazette. p. 1.
  3. "1924 Ruth Malcomson". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  4. "Miss America History 1924". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  5. "Miss America 1924 Candidates". Miss America. 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2020-06-15.

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.
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