Miss America 1933

Miss America 1933, the eighth Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 9, 1933. This was the first competition since postponing the event after the 1927 contest.[1]

Miss America 1933
DateSeptember 9, 1933
VenueBoardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrants30
Placements18
WinnerMarian Bergeron
Connecticut

Marian Bergeron, Miss Connecticut, was chosen Miss America but there was so much confusion during and after the vote tabulations that nobody informed Marian she had won. She was unaware of her victory until the dressing assistants placed the banner on her.[2] She was the pageant's youngest winner at age 15.

The pageant was financially unsuccessful and did not return the following year. 1935 was the next year the Miss America Pageant was held in Atlantic City.[3]

Results
Final results Contestant
Miss America 1933
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
Top 18

Contestants
State/City Name Hometown Age Placement
Albuquerque Julia Valdez 18
California Blanche MacDonald 2nd runner-up
Connecticut Marian Bergeron West Haven 15 Winner
Delaware Victoria A. George Wilmington 18
District of Columbia Rita Burns 19
Iowa Eleanor Dankenbring Manning 20
Kansas Pauline Sayre 23
Kentucky Lucille Rader Berea 14 Top 18
Louisiana Marjorie Hagler 17 Top 18
Maine Iva Stewart 19 Top 18
Maryland Dorothy Dennis 16
Massachusetts Elsie Taylor 17 Top 18
Michigan Barbara Strand Top 18
Mississippi Dorothy Ely 24 Top 18
Missouri Marie Marks St. Louis 16 Top 18
New Hampshire Leita Laugley
New Jersey Gertrude Christman 15 Top 18
New York Florence Meyer 19 1st runner-up
North Carolina Leola Councilman 20
Ohio Corinne Porter 18 Top 18
Pennsylvania Geraldine Glassman 17 Top 18
Virginia Evangeline Glidewell Danville 17 3rd runner-up
Washington Gladine Sweetser 22 Top 18
West Virginia Mildred Fetty 20 Top 18
Wisconsin Marie Marguerite Huebner Portage 20 Top 18

References
  1. "Stage, Screen Offers Made Miss America". Atlantic City Press. 1933-09-11. p. 1.
  2. "Miss America History 1933". Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  3. "Miss America 1933 Atlantic City Newspapers". Retrieved 2012-04-13.
  4. http://missamerica1933.com/contestants/ny-meyers.html

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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