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Miss Pennsylvania
The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, has won the Miss America crown on five occasions.
| Formation | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Type | Scholarship competition |
| Location | |
Membership | Miss America |
| Website | misspa |
Originally held in Hershey, the pageant moved to West Chester where pageants were held during the 1950s. The pageant was held in Altoona from 1974. In 1994, Easton was chosen as the new venue of the pageant and the date was shifted from June to May. In November 2008, the pageant was moved to the Pittsburgh area. In 2019, the competition moved to York, Pennsylvania.[citation needed]
In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the Miss Pennsylvania organization's license as well as licenses from Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, and West Virginia.[1][2]
Alysa Bainbridge of Leesport was crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2022 on June 18, 2022 at The Appell Center for Performing Arts in York. She competed at Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut in December 2022.
Gallery of past titleholders
Tina Louise Thomas,
Miss Pennsylvania 1974Nicole Brewer,
Miss Pennsylvania 2005
Results summary
The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Pennsylvania titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.
Placements
- Miss Americas: Ruth Malcomson (1924), Henrietta Leaver (1935), Rose Coyle (1936), Frances Marie Burke (1940), Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954)
- 1st runners-up: Rosella Hannon (1941)
- 2nd runners-up: Linda Olson (1973), Susan Spafford (2000)
- 3rd runners-up: Barbara Sue Nager (1955), Maureen Wimmer (1972)
- 4th runners-up: Marion Green (1923), Maggie Walker (1971), Tina Louise Thomas (1974)
- Top 4: Gladys Greenamyer (1922)
- Top 5: Kathleen Coyle (1927)
- Top 10: Dorothea Ditmer (1927), Emma Hammermeister (1943), Patricia Hunt (1953), Lois Janet Piercy (1960), Marie McLaughlin (1977), Lynn Carol Grote (1978), Carolyn Louise Black (1980), Michelle Kline (1990), Marla Wynne (1991), Melissa Jeka (2001), Nicole Brewer (2006), Emily Wills (2007), Katie Schreckengast (2018)
- Top 12: Lenore Pollock (1935), Jean McCool (1935), Helen Keaser (1935), Margie Dorie (1944)
- Top 13: Gloria Bair (1945)
- Top 15: Mildred Walker (1925), Anna Mae Reefer (1926), Anna Julia Zaker (1936), Bonnie Boyle (1936), Elaine Miller (1936), Kathryn Buckley (1938), Alberta Louise Carts (1940), Mildred Saha (1940), Lillian Handford (1947)
- Top 16: Eleanor Kramer (1946), Janice Murray (1951)
- Top 18: Geraldine Glassman (1933)
- Top 20: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
Awards
Preliminary awards
- Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954), Emily Wills (2007)
- Preliminary Presentation: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
- Preliminary Talent: Rose Coyle (1936), Rosella Hannon (1941), Eleanor Kramer (1946), Jennie Rebecca Blatchford (1958), Lois Janet Piercy (1960), Maureen Wimmer (1972), Tina Louise Thomas (1974), Lynn Carol Grote (1978), Amanda Smith (2015)
Non-finalist awards
- Non-finalist Talent: Lorna Malcomson Ringler (1957), Judith Lynn McConnell (1966), Gale Veronica Rothwell (1967), Connie Harness (1976), Lea Schiazza (1986), Linda O'Boyle (1992), Candace Otto (2004), Rachel Brooks (2008), Kendria Perry (2009), Amanda Smith (2015)
Other awards
- Miss Congeniality: N/A
- Amateur Beauty Award: Gladys Greenamyer (1922)
- Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award: Candace Otto (2004)
- Cavalier Scholarship: Katarina Sitaris (1988)
- Community Achievement Award: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
- Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Charmaine Kowalski (1979), Shannon Doyle (2010)
- Equity and Justice Award Finalist: Meghan Sinisi (2022)
- Quality of Life Award Winners: Michelle Kline (1990)
- Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Marla Wynne (1991)
- Roller Chair Parade (Intercity) Second Prize: Leah M. Knapp (1922)
- Roller Chair Parade Third Prize: Marion Green (1923)
- Women in Business Scholarship Award: Meghan Sinisi (2022)
Winners
- Declared as winner
- Ended as a runner-up
- Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Alysa Bainbridge | Leesport | 23 | Miss Greater Reading | Lyrical Dance | Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2016 | ||
| 2021 | Meghan Sinisi[3] | Altoona | 25 | Miss Central Pennsylvania | Baton Twirling | Equity and Justice Award Finalist Women in Business Award | ||
| 2019–20 | Tiffany Seitz[4] | Freeport | 23 | Miss Laurelwood | Dance | |||
| 2018 | Kayla Repasky[5] | Gettysburg | 22 | Miss Greater Carlisle | Contemporary Dance, "Every Breath You Take" | |||
| 2017 | Katie Schreckengast[6] | Palmyra | 20 | Miss Central Pennsylvania | Alto Saxophone, “Listen” from Dreamgirls | Top 10[7] | Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2013[8] | |
| 2016 | Samantha Lambert | Pittsburgh | 22 | Miss Laurelwood | Acrobatic Dance, "Game of Shadows" | |||
| 2015 | Ashley Schmider | South Fayette | 23 | Miss Neshaminy Valley | Tap Dance, "Feel This Moment" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant | ||
| 2014 | Amanda Smith[9] | Dade City, FL | 21 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Vocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera | Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award[10] | ||
| 2013 | Annie Rosellini[11] | Butler | 21 | Miss Greater Juniata Valley | Lyrical Dance, "Let It Be" | Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2005[12] | ||
| 2012 | Jordyn Colao[13] | Erie | 22 | Miss Freedom Forge | Tap Dance, "Whatever Lola Wants" from Damn Yankees | |||
| 2011 | Juliann Sheldon | Plum | 21 | Miss Jewel of the West | Lyrical Dance, "I Believe" | Former NFL cheerleader for the Carolina Panthers | ||
| 2010 | Courtney Thomas[14] | Sigel | 21 | Fiddle, "Orange Blossom Special" | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant | |||
| 2009 | Shannon Doyle[15] | Wilkes-Barre | 24 | Miss Armstrong County | Tap Dance, "A Little Polish" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 2008 | Kendria Perry[16] | Nazareth | 23 | Piano, "Ballade No. 1" by Chopin | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 2007 | Rachel Brooks[17] | Broomall | 24 | Miss River City | Vocal, "Summertime" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2006 | Emily Wills[18] | Beaver | 24 | Miss Armstrong County | Vocal, "If I Ain't Got You" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | 2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant |
| 2005 | Nicole Brewer[19] | Philadelphia | 22 | Miss Allegheny Valley | Vocal, "The Wizard and I" from Wicked | Top 10 | Sister of Miss Maryland 2016, Hannah Brewer | |
| 2004 | Victoria Bechtold[20] | Johnstown | 21 | Miss Pittsburgh | Classical Vocal, "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette | |||
| 2003 | Candace Otto[21] | Murrysville | 23 | Miss Three Rivers | Classical Vocal, "Non Ti Scordar di Me" by Ernesto De Curtis | Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2002 | Autumn Marisa[22] | Waynesburg | 22 | Miss Armstrong County | Lyrical Dance, "The Bells of St. Paul" | |||
| 2001 | Rosalyn Menon[23] | Hazleton | 22 | Miss Three Rivers | Classical Piano, "Piano Sonata in C Minor" by Beethoven | Top 20 | Community Achievement Award Preliminary Presentation Award | |
| 2000 | Melissa Jeka[24] | Warminster | 23 | Miss Allegheny Valley | Ballet en Pointe, "The Diamond" | Top 10 | ||
| 1999 | Susan Spafford[25] | Erie | 24 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Violin, "Polish Caprice" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1998 | Mayra Acosta[26] | Lewistown | 22 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Popular Vocal, "To Love You More" | |||
| 1997 | Heather Busin[27] | Grove City | 20 | Miss Butler County | Vocal, "I Will Listen" | |||
| 1996 | GiGi Gordon[28] | Butler | 23 | Miss Armstrong County | Lyrical Dance, "When a Man Loves a Woman" | |||
| 1995 | Linette Mertz[29] | Kutztown | 23 | Miss Susquehanna Valley | Country Vocal, "Why Haven't I Heard from You" | |||
| 1994 | Kirstin Border[30] | Glen Rock | 24 | Miss State Capitol | Violin, "Czardas with a Twist of Orange" | |||
| 1993 | Diane Fabiano[31] | Lansdale | 24 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Vocal, "City Lights" | |||
| 1992 | Judy Fitch[32] | Dallas | 24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Vocal, "Sincerely" | |||
| 1991 | Linda O'Boyle[33] | Dupont | 23 | Technique Tap Dance, "Hoofin'" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1990 | Marla Wynne[34] | Easton | 23 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Ventriloquism, "Together (Wherever We Go)" | Top 10[35] | Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up[36] | Described by broadcaster Larry King as the "ugliest girl" in the pageant.[37] King later rescinded his remarks Mother, Marlene Wynne, was the executive director of the Miss Pennsylvania pageant until death in June 2008[citation needed] |
| 1989 | Michelle Kline[38] | 24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Classical Vocal, "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville | Top 10 | Quality of Life Award | ||
| 1988 | Denise Meyer[39] | Pittsburgh | 21 | Miss Bedford | Popular Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" | |||
| 1987 | Katarina Sitaris[40] | Wilkes-Barre | 24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" from La bohème | Cavalier Scholarship | ||
| 1986 | Darlene Deeley[41] | Philadelphia | 25 | Miss Greater Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Gymnastics / Dance Routine | |||
| 1985 | Lea Schiazza[42] | 23 | Miss Montgomery County | Vocal, "Who’s Sorry Now" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1984 | Gina Major[43] | Huntsville | 24 | Miss Lehigh Valley | Vocal, Judy Garland Medley | |||
| 1983 | Jennifer Eshelman[44] | Hegins | 23 | Miss Pocono | Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus | |||
| 1982 | Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh[45] | Belle Vernon | 22 | Miss Washington County | Baton Twirling, "Pop Goes to the Movies" | |||
| 1981 | Jill Shaffer[46] | Dover | 22 | Miss Lebanon | Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Grieg | |||
| 1980 | Anita Ellen Patton[47] | Lebanon | 21 | Vocal, "If You Believe" from The Wiz | ||||
| 1979 | Carolyn Louise Black[48] | Elizabethtown | 22 | Miss Lancaster County | Vocal, "All the Things You Are" | Top 10 | ||
| 1978 | Charmaine Kowalski[49] | State College | 22 | Miss Penn State | Piano, Warsaw Concerto | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1977 | Lynn Carol Grote[50] | Bowmansville | 22 | Miss Lancaster County | Piano Medley, "I Got Rhythm," "The Man I Love," & Rhapsody in Blue | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1976 | Marie McLaughlin[51] | Levittown | 23 | Miss Lehigh Valley | Ventriloquism, "Together (Wherever We Go)" | Top 10 | ||
| 1975 | Connie Harness[52] | Mechanicsburg | 20 | Miss Cumberland Valley | Classical Vocal, "Romance" from The Desert Song | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1974 | Karen Lynn Kuhn[53] | Levittown | 20 | Miss Lower Bucks County | Ballet, "Shubert Alley Overture" | |||
| 1973 | Tina Louise Thomas[54] | Lancaster | 18 | Miss Lancaster County | Gospel Vocal, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1972 | Linda Olson[55] | Corry | 20 | Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Piano, Gershwin Medley | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1971 | Maureen Wimmer[56] | Perkasie | 20 | Miss Bucks County | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" from La bohème | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1970 | Maggie Walker[57] | Harrisburg | 18 | Miss York County | Gymnastic Ballet on Uneven Parallel Bars, "Contessa" | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1969 | Trudy Lee Pedersen[58] | Etters | 18 | Miss York County | Vocal, "The Sound of Music" | |||
| 1968 | Susan Robinson[29] | Pittsburgh | 22 | Miss Pittsburgh | Comedy Monologue, "Sis Hopkins" | |||
| 1967 | Doris Ann Lausch[59] | Lancaster | 20 | Miss Lancaster County | Vocal, "Love In a Home" from Li'l Abner | |||
| 1966 | Gale Veronica Rothwell[60] | Philadelphia | 21 | Miss Germantown | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" from La bohème | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1965 | Judith Lynn McConnell | Pittsburgh | 21 | Miss Pittsburgh | Dramatic Reading from Saint Joan | Non-finalist Talent Award | Best known for her role in the soap opera, Santa Barbara[citation needed] | |
| 1964 | Marilyn Cutaiar March | Havertown | 19 | Miss Delaware County | Toe Dance Ballet, "Dance of the Painted Doll" | |||
| 1963 | Cheryl Lynn Kegley | Salisbury | Miss Central Pennsylvania | Classical Ballet, "Ritual Fire Dance" | Replaced Donna Loar who relinquished her title after two months due to her having mononucleosis | |||
| 1962 | Crystale Leigh Martin | Milton | 19 | Miss Susquehanna Valley | Dramatic Presentation with self-accompaniment on harp, "The Mad Scene" from Hamlet | |||
| 1961 | E. Lynne Maloney | King of Prussia | 20 | Miss Montgomery County | Charcoal Drawing Display & Pantomime Routine | |||
| 1960 | Priscilla Mae Hendricks | Shillington | 19 | Miss Reading | Original Display of Art Work | |||
| 1959 | Lois Janet Piercy[61] | Springfield | 21 | Miss Centre County | Original Flute & Art Display, "Night Rain on the City" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1958 | Rosalie Samley | Bethlehem | Miss Lehigh Valley | Ballet, "I Won't Dance" | ||||
| 1957 | Jennie Rebecca Blatchford | Hollidaysburg | Miss Central Pennsylvania | Baton Twirling, "St. Louis Blues" & "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1956 | Lorna Malcomson[62][63] | Upper Darby | Miss Delaware County | Vocal | Non-finalist Talent Award | Niece of Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson,[64] and mother of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham[63] | ||
| 1955 | Pam Ulrich[65] | Sinking Spring | Miss Reading | Drama, "Proper Recitation" | ||||
| 1954 | Barbara Sue Nager[65] | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Egyptian Ballet Dance, "Egyptian Suite" | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1953 | Evelyn Margaret Ay[66] | Ephrata | 20 | Miss Lancaster County | Poetry Recitation, "Footsteps" from Leaves from a Grass-House by Don Blanding | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1952 | Patricia Hunt | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Drama | Top 10 | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||
| Miriam Smith[67] | McAlisterville | Miss Pennsylvania | Pipe Organ, "Tico Tico" | |||||
| 1951 | Margaret Ramsdale | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Vocal, "Danny Boy" | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||
| Clare Lippert[67] | Tarentum | Miss Pennsylvania | Vocal, "Lullaby of Broadway" | |||||
| 1950 | Janice Murray | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Classical Vocal, "O Don Fatale" from Don Carlos | Top 16 | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||
| Emilie Longacre | Phoenixville | Miss Pennsylvania | Vocal, "You're My Everything" | |||||
| 1949 | Miriam Lopayowker | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Electric Guitar, "I'm in the Mood for Love" | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||
| Marlene Carozzo[68] | Kennett Square | Miss Pennsylvania | Piano, Clair de Lune | |||||
| 1948 | Betty Jane Bruce | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Vocal, "Fool That I Am" & "Mean to Me" | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||
| Ruth Douglas[69] | Harrisburg | Miss Pennsylvania | Vocal Medley, "Let My Song Fill Your Heart" & "Lover" | |||||
| Sarah Cromwell | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1947 | Kay McClane | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Vocal, "Sketching" | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||
| Dorothy Gresh | Williamsport | Miss Pennsylvania | Vocal, "Lover, Come Back to Me" | |||||
| Lillian Handford | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | Painting Display | Top 15 | ||||
| 1946 | Virginia Brown | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Eleanor Kramer | Lebanon | Miss Pennsylvania | Vocal, "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier | Top 16 | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1945 | Timmie Weston | Clairton | Miss Pennsylvania | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Gloria Bair | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Dance, "Temptation" | Top 13 | ||||
| 1944 | Margie Dorie | Pittsburgh | Miss Pennsylvania | Vocal, "Big Boy Blue" | Top 12 | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||
| Itha Duerrhammer | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Vocal & Dance | |||||
| 1943 | Betty Marie Marcus | Kensington | Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| June McAdams | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Emma Hammermeister | Pittsburgh | Miss Western Pennsylvania | Dance & Baton Twirling | Top 10 | ||||
| 1942 | Geraldine Powell | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Ruth Elfreda Schmidt | Pittsburgh | Miss Western Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 1941 | Catherine Jane Albert | Coatesville | Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Carrie de Ludo | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Roselle Hannon | Pittsburgh | Miss Western Pennsylvania | Vocal, "Because of You" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1940 | Dorothy A. Wall | Lansdowne | Miss Delaware County | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Mildred Saha | Secane | Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | Top 15 | |||||
| Frances Marie Burke | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Vocal / Dance, "I Can't Love You Anymore" | Winner | ||||
| Alberta Louise Carts | Pittsburgh | Miss Western Pennsylvania | Top 15 | |||||
| 1939 | Emma Louise Knoell | Philadelphia | Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Ruth Phyllis Willock | Pittsburgh | Miss Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Nancy Lee | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1938 | Wilma Kaspar | Rahns | Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Kathryn “Kay” Buckley | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Swing Vocal | Top 15 | ||||
| Ruth Willock | Pittsburgh | Miss Western Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 1937 | Beryl Kober | Chalfont | Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Kathryn Crase | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Kathryn H. Kendrick | Sunnybrook | Miss Sunnybrook | ||||||
| 1936 | Margie Sossong | Scranton | Miss Anthracite | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Elaine Miller | Chester | Miss Chester | Top 15 | |||||
| Ellen McCormick | Lancaster | Miss Lancaster | ||||||
| Joan Frankenburg | Miquon | Miss Montgomery County | ||||||
| Rose Coyle | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Vocal / Tap Dance, "I Can't Escape From You" & "Truckin'" | Winner | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| Bonnie Boyle | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | Top 15 | |||||
| Anna Julia Zaker | Reading | Miss Reading | Top 15 | |||||
| Marie Ketter | Ridgway | Miss Western Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Sallie Hinton | York | Miss York | ||||||
| 1935 | Loretta Gale Tarle | Bridgeport | Miss Bridgeport | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||
| Helen Rita Skelly | Conshocken | Miss Conshohocken | ||||||
| Florence Carman | Upper Darby | Miss Delaware County | ||||||
| Margie Godwin | Philadelphia | Miss Mayfair | ||||||
| Marie Baumgard | Norristown | Miss Montgomery County | ||||||
| Helen Keaser | Norristown | Miss Norristown | Vocal Medley, "Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight" & "You're a Heavenly Thing" | Top 12 | ||||
| Jean McCool | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Vocal Medley, "Lovely To Look At" & "Little Things You Used To Do" | Top 12 | ||||
| Henrietta Leaver[70] | Pittsburgh | 19 | Miss Pittsburgh | Vocal / Tap Dance, "Living In a Great Big Way" | Winner | |||
| Alice Brown | Scranton | Miss Scranton | ||||||
| Claire Spirit | Tamaqua | Miss Tamaqua | ||||||
| Lenore Pollock | West Philadelphia | Miss West Philadelphia | Vocal, Piano, Banjo & Dance, "Dark Eyes" & "My Man" | Top 12 | ||||
| Gertrude Schappert | Wilkes Barre | Miss Wilkes Barre | ||||||
| 1934 | No national pageant was held[71] | |||||||
| 1933 | Geraldine Glassman | 17 | Top 18 | |||||
| 1932 | No national pageants were held[71] | |||||||
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| 1928 | ||||||||
| 1927 | Florence Koons | Miss Pennsylvania | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
| Kathleen Coyle | Miss Philadelphia | Top 5 | ||||||
| Mary Millnack | Miss Pittsburgh | |||||||
| Dorothea Ditmer | Miss Rochester | Top 10 | ||||||
| Esther J. Cantor | Miss Wilkes Barre | |||||||
| 1926 | Name unknown | Miss Lancaster | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||||
| Anna Mae Reefer | Miss Philadelphia | Top 15 | ||||||
| Thelma Williams | Miss Pittsburgh | |||||||
| Esther Weissinger | Miss Pottsville | |||||||
| Illa Williams | Miss Scranton | |||||||
| Helen Villet Grant | Miss Wilkes Barre | |||||||
| Name unknown | Miss Williamsport | |||||||
| 1925 | ||||||||
| Annette Jackson | Miss Philadelphia | N/A | Disqualified for being a professional model | |||||
| Mary Ann Guth | Miss Erie | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||||
| Estella Wittell | Miss Lancaster | |||||||
| Mildred Walker | Miss Pittsburgh | Top 15 | ||||||
| Elsie Gallagher | Miss Pottsville | |||||||
| Florence Zawidski | Miss Reading | |||||||
| Beula Keator | Miss Scranton | |||||||
| Mildred Sherman | Miss Uniontown | |||||||
| 1924 | ||||||||
| Ruth Malcomson[72] | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Winner | Aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Malcomson Ringler, and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham | ||||
| Katherine Brown | Miss Altoona | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||||||
| Margaret McGee | Miss Delaware County | |||||||
| Name unknown | Miss Erie | |||||||
| Letne von Alt | Johnstown | Miss Johnstown | ||||||
| Stella Springer | Lancaster | Miss Lancaster | ||||||
| Name unknown | Miss Marcus Hook | |||||||
| Dorothy E. Gross | Norristown | Miss Norristown | ||||||
| Helen Steubne | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | ||||||
| Nellie M. Paige | Reading | Miss Reading | ||||||
| Theresa Matzer | Miss Wilkes Barre | |||||||
| 1923 | Helen Noble[73] | Allentown | Miss Allentown | N/A[74] | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | |||
| Margaret Lillian Ross[75] | Altoona | Miss Altoona | ||||||
| Agnes Connelly[76] | Easton | Miss Easton | ||||||
| Dorothy Haupt[76] | Erie | Miss Erie | Also competed in Miss America 1922 pageant as Miss Easton[77] | |||||
| Helen R. Knisely[78] | Harrisburg | Miss Harrisburg | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | |||||
| Betty Grening[79] | Johnstown | Miss Johnstown | ||||||
| Grace Kohr[80] | Lebanon | Miss Lebanon | ||||||
| Mildred Maconachy[81] | Norristown | Miss Norristown | ||||||
| Marion Green[82] | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | 4th runner-up[83] | Roller Chair Parade Third Prize[84] | ||||
| Isabel Lynch[73] | Pottsville | Miss Pottsville | Roller Chair Parade Fourth Prize[84] | |||||
| Jane Ondeck[85] | Reading | Miss Reading | ||||||
| Mary Botto[78] | Sunbury | Miss Sunbury | ||||||
| 1922 | Ellen E. Sherr[86] | Allentown | Miss Allentown | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | ||||
| Anna Marie Burke[87] | Chester | Miss Chester | ||||||
| Dorothy Haupt[77] | Easton | Miss Easton | Also competed in Miss America 1923 pageant as Miss Erie[76] | |||||
| Thora McDannel[88] | Erie | Miss Erie | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | |||||
| Gertrude Shoemack[89] | Harrisburg | Miss Harrisburg | ||||||
| Velma Ziegler[90] | Johnstown | Miss Johnstown | ||||||
| Elsie Blumenstock[91] | Lancaster | Miss Lancaster | ||||||
| Kathryn “Kitty” Molineaux[92] | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Rae Bennett[87] | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | ||||||
| Leah M. Knapp[93] | Fountain Springs | Miss Pottstown | Intercity Roller Chair Parade Second Prize[94] | |||||
| Evelyn Renninger[87] | Reading | Miss Reading | ||||||
| Gladys Greenamyer[95] | West Philadelphia | 18 | Miss West Philadelphia | Top 4[96][97] | Amateur Beauty Award[98] | |||
| 1921 | Emma Pharo[99] | Harrisburg | Miss Harrisburg | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | ||||
| Nellie Orr[100] | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Thelma Matthews[101] | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | ||||||
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...talent contest that was established in 1935.
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Photograph shows Thelma Matthews who was the Pittsburgh contestant in the 1921 Inter-City Beauty Contest, which became the Miss America pageant.
External links
- Miss Pennsylvania official website