Miss America 1927

Miss America 1927, the seventh Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, September 9, 1927.[1][2] The winner was 16-year-old Lois Delander who competed as Miss Illinois. She won the Miss America title on her parents' twentieth wedding anniversary.[3]

Miss America 1927
DateSeptember 9, 1927
PresentersKing Neptune (Eddie Dowling)
VenueMillion Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrants75
Placements15
WinnerLois Delander
Illinois

This marked the last pageant to be held in the 1920s, the next Miss America competition would not be held until 1933.

Results
Contestants of the 1927 Miss America Pageant

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss America 1927
1st runner-up
Top 5
Top 15

Other awards
Awards Contestant
Rolling Chair Parade Winner

Contestants
State/City Name Hometown Age Placement Awards
Baltimore Beulah Goldsborough
Battle Creek Charlotte Jane Lowe Top 15
Biloxi Phyllis Hunt
Boston Ethel Beatrice Pierce Top 15
Bridgeport Antoinette Violet Bridgeport
Buffalo Kay Armstrong
Canton Erma Shorwood Steele
Charleston Mary Claudia Harvin Charleston Top 15
Chicago Myrtle Valsted Chicago
Dallas Moselle Ransome 1st runner-up
Danville Gladys Vile
Denver Elva Yvette Roy
Elizabeth Helen Mankus
El Paso Mildred Casad
Flint Ruth Bushroe
Forth Worth Juanita Gilbert
Gary Anna May Owens Gary
Hammond Anna Howe Top 5
Hartford Leona Faith Monoson Hartford
Huntington Lillian Ward Huntington Top 15
Illinois Lois Delander Joliet 16 Winner
Jamestown Laura Belle Cooper
Jersey City Eunice Geiser
Kalamazoo Florence Nina Clement
Kansas City Marion Kenser
Lansing Margherite Strang
Lockport Peggy Louise Proctor
Lynn Muriel E. Bowers
Madison Marjorie Leffingwell
Miami Marcia Hands
Minneapolis Sylvia Irene Brenner Minneapolis
Missouri Katherine Calloway
Newark Carolyn Pierson Top 15
New England Marion Howarth Fall River
New Haven Dorothy Barton New Haven
New Orleans Gladys Renya Moore New Orleans
New York City Freida Louise Mierse Top 15 Rolling Chair Parade Winner
Oakland Ruby Smith Top 15
Ohio Evelyn Wilgus Russells Point
Passiac Harriet Rita Shelby
Pennsylvania Florence Koons
Philadelphia Kathleen Coyle Top 5
Pittsburgh Mary Millnack
Pittsfield Martha E. Hick Top 15
Pontiac Margaret Tinney
Rhode Island June Frances Costello Providence
Rochester Dorothea B. Ditmer Top 15
Saginaw Charlotte Elaine Bowman
San Francisco Naoma Farrand
Santa Cruz Bertha Weizel Top 15
Seattle Eleanor Maddieux
South Bend Hilda Koch South Bend
South Dakota Ramona Pearl Sorenson Lemmon 18
Southern California Louise Heathman
Spokane Eva King
Springfield Anna G. Bernard Springfield
Storm Lake Geneva Roberts Storm Lake 19
Terre Haute Vera Haspal
Tulsa Virginia Howard Tulsa Top 5
Union City Sue Hoch
Utah Esther Kilpatrick Salt Lake City
Utica Margaret Lockwood
Washington D.C. Gladys Cookman
Watertown Eva M. Bergman
Western New York Betty Schwartz
Wheeling Mildred Dorothy Bright Wheeling
Wichita Mildred Orr
Wilkes-Barre Esther J. Cantor
Wisconsin Virginia Hillyer Fort Atkinson 17
Worcester Dorothy M. Rawson
Yonkers Emma Sackett

References
  1. "Unbobbed Girl, 16, Wins Miss America". The Miami News. 1927-09-10. p. 1.
  2. Associated Press (1927-09-10). "Joliet Girl, 16, 'Miss Illinois,' Queen of Beauty". Decatur Review. p. 1.
  3. "Miss America History 1927". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
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