Miss America 1942

Miss America 1942, the 16th Miss America pageant, was held at the Warner Theater in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1942. Miss Texas, Jo-Carroll Dennison won the title after winning the swimsuit and talent categories. She was the first Miss Texas to win the Miss America title.^[1][2]

Miss America 1942
Date	September 12, 1942
Presenters	Bob Russell
Venue	Warner Theater, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrants	30
Placements	10
Winner	Jo-Carroll Dennison Texas
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Dennison became an actress and had roles in films such as Winged Victory. She was married at one time to comedian Phil Silvers.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss America 1942	Texas - Jo-Carroll Dennison
1st runner-up	Chicago - Bette Brunk
2nd runner-up	Michigan - Patricia Uline Hill
3rd runner-up	New Jersey - Madeline Layton
4th runner-up	California - Lucille Lambert
Top 10	Birmingham - Marie Lucille Duncan   Florida - Eileen Irma Knapp   Illinois - Patricia Hayes   Miami - Leona Fredericks   New York City - Annyse Diane Sherman

Awards

Preliminary awards

Awards	Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness	Birmingham - Marie Lucille Duncan   Chicago - Bette Brunk   Texas - Jo-Carroll Dennison
Talent	Ohio - Barbara Patterson   New York - Marion Moselle   Texas - Jo-Carroll Dennison

Other awards

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Mississippi - Dorothy Fox

Contestants

Title	Name	Hometown	Age	Talent	Placement	Awards	Notes
Birmingham	Marie Duncan	Birmingham		Vocal, "I Met Him on Monday"	Top 10	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
California	Lucille Lambert	Hollywood		Vocal, "Embraceable You"	4th Runner-up
Central New York	Catherine Victoria Zambon
Chicago	Bette Brunk	Chicago		Hula, "Hawaiian War Chant"	1st Runner-up	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
Columbia	Virginia Pulliam	Columbia
Connecticut	Alice Clifford	Burlington
Delaware	Dorothy McGovern	Wilmington
District of Columbia	Marilyn Makin		18	Vocal
Florida	Eileen Knapp			Tap Dance, "Bye Bye Blues"	Top 10
Illinois	Patricia Hayes	Rochelle		Dramatic Recitation	Top 10
Maryland	Bettye Mitchell	Baltimore
Massachusetts	Paula Boardman	Natick
Miami	Leona Fredericks	Miami		Vocal, "Nobody's Baby"	Top 10
Michigan	Patricia Hill	Detroit		Comedic Recitation	2nd Runner-up
Minnesota	Jane Groerner	Minneapolis
Mississippi	Dorothy Fox	Columbus				Miss Congeniality
Nebraska	Claire Buglewicz			Vocal, "You Made Me Love You"
New Jersey	Madeline Layton	Maywood		Vocal, "Saturday Night"	3rd Runner-up
New Mexico	Marjorie Adams	Roswell
New Orleans	Edna Joyce	New Orleans
New York	Marion Moselle	Utica				Preliminary Talent Award
New York City	Annyse Sherman	New York City		Vocal, "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier	Top 10
North Carolina	Hilda Taylor	Goldsboro
Ohio	Barbara Patterson	Cincinnati				Preliminary Talent Award
Philadelphia	Geraldine Powell	Philadelphia
South Carolina	Nelle Xermenia Owens	Columbia
Texas	Jo-Carroll Dennison	Tyler	19	Vocal & Dance, "Deep in the Heart of Texas"	Winner	Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award Preliminary Talent Award
Virginia	Charlotte Mae Smith	Fredericksburg
Western Pennsylvania	Ruth Elfreda Schmidt	Pittsburgh
Wisconsin	Charlotte Lemmer	Milwaukee	18

References

1. Associated Press (1942-09-13). "Texas Girl Crowned Miss America 1942". Reading Eagle. p. 1.
2. Associated Press (1942-09-14). "Versatile Miss America Can Rope a Steer or Take Dictation With Equal Skill". St. Petersburg Times. p. 3.

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 (1942)