Miss America 1925

Miss America 1925
Miss America 1925
Date	September 11, 1925
Presenters	King Neptune (Ernest Torrence)
Venue	Million Dollar Pier Ballroom, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrants	66
Placements	15
Winner	Fay Lanphier; California
	← 1924 1926 →

Miss America 1925, the fifth Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, September 11, 1925. Entrants from the West Coast, Miss California, Fay Lanphier from Oakland, and Miss Los Angeles, Adrienne Dore, captured the top two awards. The newly crowned beauty queen was a runner-up in the 1924 competition.^[1]^[2] Lanphier was also the first Miss America crowned representing an entire state.^[3]

Reports were received that King Neptune, portrayed by actor Ernest Torrence, somehow fell into the ocean and had to be pulled out ("rescued") by lifeguards. Also on hand for the final night of pageant activities was Triton, son of Neptune, played by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.^[4]

Ruth Malcomson the winner from the previous year decided not to defend her title due to her belief that professionals were entering the Inter-City competition as a Hollywood film was to be shot around the 1925 pageant. Her decision drew controversy in the press, and began false speculation that the pageant wasn't honest. The pageant committee quickly instituted a new rule that no Miss America could return to competition.^[5]

Contestants of the 1925 Miss America Pageant

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss America 1925	California – Fay Lanphier
1st Runner-Up	Los Angeles – Adrienne Dore
Top 5	Bronx – Edith Higgins Greater New York – Alice Beatrice Roberts Syracuse – Fern Jackson
Top 15	Biloxi – Laurice McFarland Cleveland – Elsie Connor Detroit – Jane Porter Jersey City – Frances M. Glowaski Louisville – Madeline O’Laughlin Miami – Ruth Wooddall Minneapolis – Lucille McGinnity Newark – Helen Corcoran Omaha – Myrtis Roach Pittsburgh – Mildred Walker

Other awards

Awards	Contestant
Rolling Chair Parade Winner	Pensacola - Lucy Davis Young

Contestants

City / State	Name	Age	Placement	Special awards
Albuquerque, New Mexico	Celina Chauvin
Baltimore, Maryland	Thelma Krakan
Bay Ridge, New York	Ethel Groesback^[6]
Biloxi, Mississippi	Laurice McFarland		Top 15
Birmingham, Alabama	Nellie Kincaid
Boston, Massachusetts	Nina Wolff
Bridgeport, Connecticut	Alta Sommerville
The Bronx, New York	Edith Higgins		Top 5
Brooklyn, New York	Peggy Moore
California	Fay Lanphier	19	Winner
Chicago, Illinois	Margarita Gonzales
Cleveland, Ohio	Elsie Connor		Top 15
Dallas, Texas	Elinore Wilkens
Detroit, Michigan	Jane Porter		Top 15
Elgin, Illinois	Lucille Burns
Erie, Pennsylvania	Mary Ann Guth
Fort Worth, Texas	Mary Louis Kilman
Frederick, Maryland	Mildred Lee Purdy
Greater New York, New York	Alice Beatrice Roberts		Top 5
Hagerstown, Maryland	Aleda Bradford Cook
Hartford, Connecticut	Mary Brandaburg
Houston, Texas	Edna Francis
Huntington, West Virginia	Eleanor McCracken
Jersey City, New Jersey	Francis M. Glowaski		Top 15
Lancaster, Pennsylvania	Estella Wittell
Los Angeles, California	Adrienne Dore		1st runner-up
Louisville, Kentucky	Mary Madeline O'Laughlin		Top 15
Manchester, Connecticut	Helen Kanehl
Miami, Florida	Ruth Wooddall		Top 15
Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Virginia Armstrong
Minneapolis, Minnesota	Lucille McGinty		Top 15
Newark, New Jersey	Helen Corcoran		Top 15
New England	Katherine Kearns
New Jersey	Lee Bartlett
New Orleans, Louisiana	Thelma Roeling
Norfolk, Virginia	Dorothea Price
Ohio	Elarka Towne
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Fern Marlow
Omaha, Nebraska	Myrtle Roach		Top 15
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Mildred Walker		Top 15
Pensacola, Florida	Lucy Davis Young			Rolling Chair Parade Winner
Pottsville, Pennsylvania	Elsie Gallagher
Reading, Pennsylvania	Florence Zawidski
Rhode Island	Loretta Berchman
St. Louis, Missouri	Eileen Wenzel
San Francisco, California	Edyth Flynn
Santa Cruz, California	Yetta Haber
Scranton, Pennsylvania	Beula Keator
Seattle, Washington	Evelyn Carman
Sioux City, Iowa	Dorothy Nordyke
St. Paul, Minnesota	Dorothy Bastyr
Syracuse, New York	Fern Jackson		Top 5
Toledo, Ohio	Emilia Kaniewska
Tulsa, Oklahoma	Sue Starkey
Uniontown, Pennsylvania	Mildred Sherman
Washington, D.C.	Abbie Eagan
Watertown, New York	Florence V. Andrews
Westchester, New York	Emma Soltis
Wichita, Kansas	Wildeana Withers
Yonkers, New York	Wilma Ansell
Youngstown, Ohio	Isabel Robertson

References

^ "Miss America's Smile Her Greatest Asset". The Pittsburgh Press. 1925-09-23. p. 6.
^ "Miss America Is Fay Lanphier Of California". Sandusky Star-Journal. 1925-09-12. p. 11.
^ "Miss America History 1925". Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
^ Universal Service (1924-09-11). "16 Entrants In Beauty Finals". San Antonio Light. p. 2.
^ "Miss America History 1924". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
^ "illegible". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. March 30, 1926. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com. Miss Dorothea Kenna and Miss Ethel Groesback, who were, selected as the most beautiful girls in Bay Ridge in 1924 and 1925 respectively...

External links

Miss America official website

[1] "Miss America's Smile Her Greatest Asset". The Pittsburgh Press. 1925-09-23. p. 6.

[2] "Miss America Is Fay Lanphier Of California". Sandusky Star-Journal. 1925-09-12. p. 11.

[3] "Miss America History 1925". Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2012-04-13.

[4] Universal Service (1924-09-11). "16 Entrants In Beauty Finals". San Antonio Light. p. 2.

[5] "Miss America History 1924". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-13.

[6] "illegible". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. March 30, 1926. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com. Miss Dorothea Kenna and Miss Ethel Groesback, who were, selected as the most beautiful girls in Bay Ridge in 1924 and 1925 respectively...

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