Miss America 1936

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
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
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Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss America 1936	Philadelphia - Rose Veronica Coyle
1st runner-up	California - Phyllis Hume Dobson
2nd runner-up	Connecticut - Tillie Theodora Cecilia Grey
3rd runner-up	Cook County - Arlene Causey
4th runner-up	Birmingham - Gloria Levinge
Top 15	Alabama - Tommy Marie Peck   Blue Grass - Jean M. Megerle Buckeye Lake - Evelyn Townley Chester - Elaine Miller   Corpus Christi - Patricia Allen Green   Kentucky - Charlet Hiteman   New Hampshire - Edna Dean Jones   Pittsburgh - Bonnie Boyle Reading - Anna Julia Zaker   Virginia - Dolores Taylor

Awards

Preliminary awards

Awards	Contestant
Talent	Birmingham - Gloria Levinge   California - Phyllis Hume Dobson   Philadelphia - Rose Veronica Coyle

Contestants

Location	Name	Hometown	Age	Talent	Placements	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Tommy Marie Peck				Top 15
Anthracite	Margie Sossong	Scranton
Atlanta	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	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	Genevieve Anderson	Chicago
Cincinnati	Dorothy A. Duncan	Cincinnati
Cook County	Arlene Causey	Chicago			3rd Runner-up	Best Model Best in Evening Gown Miss Outdoors Girl
Connecticut	Tillie Grey	Waterbury			2nd runner-up	Miss Personality
Corpus Christi	Patricia Allen Green	Corpus Christi			Top 15
Delaware	Lillian Shamers	Wilmington
District of Columbia	Shirley Schwartz						First Jewish Titleholder
Flint	June Ursula Forbes	Flint
Georgia	Hilda Veale	Watkinsville
Illinois	Virginia Moeller	Springfield
Iowa	Carol Bailey	Waterloo	16
Kentucky	Charlet Hiteman	Newport			Top 15
Lancaster	Ellen McCormick	Lancaster
Long Island	Evelyn Lemhart
Maine	Dolly Stewart	Rockland
Maryland	Ethel Holland	Berlin
Massachusetts	Marion Flynn	Norwood	18
Minnesota	Irene Martineau	Minneapolis
Mississippi	Rachel Smith	Booneville
Missouri	Margaret Price	Lexington
Montgomery County	Joan Frankenburg	Miquon
New Hampshire	Edna Jones	Roxbury			Top 15
New Orleans	Doris Huet	New Orleans
Philadelphia	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	Mary Margaret Rogers	Johnston
Roton Point	Evelyn Lenhart	Greenwich
South Jersey	Evelyn Pierce	Riverside
Virginia	Dolores Taylor	Ocean View			Top 15
Virginia Peninsula	Mary Virginia Ash	Phoebus
Wisconsin	Aline Schwartz	Milwaukee	18
Western New York	Susan Georgianna Green	Bolwar
Western Pennsylvania	Marie Ketter	Ridgway
York	Sallie Hinton	York

References

1. "Philadelphia Girl is "Miss America"". The La Crosse Tribune. Associated Press. September 13, 1936. p. 1.
2. Associated Press Wire Photo (1936-09-14). "Win Beauty Awards". The Lowell (MA) Sun. p. 1.

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.

External links

• Miss America official website