Miss America 1936, the tenth Miss America pageant, was held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 12, 1936.[1] Despite winning three of the pageant's contests ("most beautiful girl in evening gown", "most perfect model", and "Miss Outdoors Girl"), Miss Cook County was awarded 3rd runner-up. Miss Connecticut, the 2nd runner-up, won the "Miss Personality" prize, while Miss Philadelphia, Rose Veronica Coyle, sang and tap danced her way to the "Talent Award", as well as winning the coveted crown.[2] Entrants from Pennsylvania took the top honor as well as capturing three other positions in the Top 15.
| Miss America 1936 | |
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| Date | September 12, 1936 |
| Presenters | King Neptune |
| Venue | Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Entrants | 47 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Withdrawals | Bloomfield, Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Bridgeton, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Connecticut, Conshohocken |
| Returns | Camden |
| Winner | Rose Veronica Coyle Philadelphia |
Results
editPlacements
edit| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss America 1936 | |
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 15 |
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Awards
editPreliminary awards
edit| Award | Contestant |
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| Talent |
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Contestants
edit47 contestants competed for the title.
| Represented | Contestant | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placements | Awards | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alabama
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Tommy Marie Peck | Top 15 | |||||
| Anthracite | Margie Sossong | Scranton | |||||
 Atlanta
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Ora York | Atlanta | |||||
| Baltimore | Anne Margaret Kane | Baltimore | |||||
| Birmingham | Gloria Levinge | Birmingham | Tap Dance | 4th Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| Blue Grass | Jean Megerle | Fort Thomas | 19 | Top 15 | |||
| Buckeye Lake | Evelyn Townley | Acrobatic Dance | Top 15 | ||||
 California
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Phyllis Dobson | Hollywood | Drama | 1st Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| Camden | Thelma Bieber | Camden | |||||
| Charlotte | Thelma Perkins | Charlotte | |||||
| Chester | Elaine Miller | Chester | Top 15 | ||||
 Chicago
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Genevieve Anderson | Chicago | |||||
 Cincinnati
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Dorothy A. Duncan | Cincinnati | |||||
| Cook County | Arlene Causey | Chicago | 3rd Runner-up | Best Model
Best in Evening Gown Miss Outdoors Girl |
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 Connecticut
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Tillie Grey | Waterbury | 2nd runner-up | Miss Personality | |||
| Corpus Christi | Patricia Allen Green | Corpus Christi | Top 15 | ||||
 Delaware
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Lillian Shamers | Wilmington | |||||
 District of Columbia
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Shirley Schwartz | First Jewish titleholder | |||||
| Flint | June Ursula Forbes | Flint | |||||
 Georgia
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Hilda Veale | Watkinsville | |||||
 Illinois
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Virginia Moeller | Springfield | |||||
 Iowa
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Carol Bailey | Waterloo | 16 | ||||
 Kentucky
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Charlet Hiteman | Newport | Top 15 | ||||
| Lancaster | Ellen McCormick | Lancaster | |||||
| Long Island | Evelyn Lemhart | ||||||
 Maine
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Dolly Stewart | Rockland | |||||
 Maryland
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Ethel Holland | Berlin | |||||
 Massachusetts
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Marion Flynn | Norwood | 18 | ||||
 Minnesota
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Irene Martineau | Minneapolis | |||||
 Mississippi
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Rachel Smith | Booneville | |||||
 Missouri
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Margaret Price | Lexington | |||||
| Montgomery County | Joan Frankenburg | Miquon | |||||
 New Hampshire
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Edna Jones | Roxbury | Top 15 | ||||
 New Orleans
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Doris Huet | New Orleans | |||||
| Philadelphia
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Rose Coyle | Philadelphia | Vocal/Tap Dance, "I Can't Escape From You" & "Truckin'" | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| Pittsburgh | Bonnie Boyle | Pittsburgh | Top 15 | ||||
| Portland | Edna Smith | Portland | |||||
| Reading | Anna Julia Zaker | Reading | Top 15 | ||||
 Rhode Island
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Mary Margaret Rogers | Johnston | |||||
| Roton Point | Evelyn Lenhart | Greenwich | |||||
| South Jersey | Evelyn Pierce | Riverside | |||||
 Virginia
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Dolores Taylor | Ocean View | Top 15 | ||||
| Virginia Peninsula | Mary Virginia Ash | Phoebus | |||||
 Wisconsin
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Aline Schwartz | Milwaukee | 18 | ||||
| Western New York | Susan Georgianna Green | Bolwar | |||||
| Western Pennsylvania | Marie Ketter | Ridgway | |||||
| York | Sallie Hinton | York |
References
editSecondary sources
edit- Saulino Osborne, Angela (1995). "Miss Americas and their Courts". Miss America The Dream Lives On. Taylor Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87833-110-7.