Miss America 1936
WinnerRose Coyle
RepresentedPhiladelphia
DateSeptember 12, 1936
PresentersKing Neptune
VenueSteel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey
WithdrawsBloomfield, Bridgeport, Bridgeport, Bridgeton, Brooklyn, Cleveland, Connecticut, Conshohocken
ReturnsCamden
Entrants47
Placements15
Before1935
Next1937

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.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss America 1936
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
  • US – Arlene Causey
4th Runner-Up
Top 15

Awards

Preliminary awards

AwardContestant
Talent

Contestants

47 contestants competed for the title.

RepresentedContestantHometownAgeTalentPlacementsAwardsNotes
AlabamaTommy Marie PeckTop 15
AnthraciteMargie SossongScranton
AtlantaOra YorkAtlanta
BaltimoreAnne Margaret KaneBaltimore
BirminghamGloria LevingeBirminghamTap Dance4th Runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
Blue GrassJean MegerleFort Thomas19Top 15
Buckeye LakeEvelyn TownleyAcrobatic DanceTop 15
CaliforniaPhyllis DobsonHollywoodDrama1st Runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
CamdenThelma BieberCamden
CharlotteThelma PerkinsCharlotte
ChesterElaine MillerChesterTop 15
ChicagoGenevieve AndersonChicago
CincinnatiDorothy A. DuncanCincinnati
Cook CountyArlene CauseyChicago3rd Runner-up

Best Model Best in Evening Gown

Miss Outdoors Girl

ConnecticutTillie GreyWaterbury2nd runner-upMiss Personality
Corpus ChristiPatricia Allen GreenCorpus ChristiTop 15
DelawareLillian ShamersWilmington
District of ColumbiaShirley SchwartzFirst Jewish titleholder
FlintJune Ursula ForbesFlint
GeorgiaHilda VealeWatkinsville
IllinoisVirginia MoellerSpringfield
IowaCarol BaileyWaterloo16
KentuckyCharlet HitemanNewportTop 15
LancasterEllen McCormickLancaster
Long IslandEvelyn Lemhart
MaineDolly StewartRockland
MarylandEthel HollandBerlin
MassachusettsMarion FlynnNorwood18
MinnesotaIrene MartineauMinneapolis
MississippiRachel SmithBooneville
MissouriMargaret PriceLexington
Montgomery CountyJoan FrankenburgMiquon
New HampshireEdna JonesRoxburyTop 15
New OrleansDoris HuetNew Orleans
PhiladelphiaRose CoylePhiladelphiaVocal/Tap Dance, "I Can't Escape From You" & "Truckin'"WinnerPreliminary Talent Award
PittsburghBonnie BoylePittsburghTop 15
PortlandEdna SmithPortland
ReadingAnna Julia ZakerReadingTop 15
Rhode IslandMary Margaret RogersJohnston
Roton PointEvelyn LenhartGreenwich
South JerseyEvelyn PierceRiverside
VirginiaDolores TaylorOcean ViewTop 15
Virginia PeninsulaMary Virginia AshPhoebus
WisconsinAline SchwartzMilwaukee18
Western New YorkSusan Georgianna GreenBolwar
Western PennsylvaniaMarie KetterRidgway
YorkSallie HintonYork

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.