Miss America 1927, the seventh Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, September 9, 1927. The winner was 16-year-old Lois Delander who competed as Miss Illinois. She won the Miss America title on her parents' twentieth wedding anniversary.
After newspaper articles alleged that young women were being falsely lured into the competition with claims of a screen test and the promise of a likely film career, public pressure resulted in the 1927 competition being the last pageant to be held in the 1920s.Miss America: A History at www.missamerica.org The next Miss America pageant would not be held until 1933, during the Great Depression.
Results
Placements Placement Contestant Miss America 1927 Illinois – Lois Delander 1st Runner-Up Dallas – Moselle Ransome Top 5 Philadelphia – Kathleen Coyle Tulsa – Virginia Howard Hammond – Anne Howe Top 15 Battle Creek – Charlotte Jane Lowe Boston – Ethel Beatrice Pierce Charleston – Claudia Harvin Huntington – Lillian Ward New York City – Frieda Louise Mierse Newark – Carolyn Pierson Oakland – Ruby Smith Pittsfield – Martha E. Hick Rochester – Dorothea Ditmer Santa Cruz – Bertha Weizel
Other awards Award Contestant Rolling Chair Parade Winner New York City – Freida Louise Mierse
Contestants 75 contestants competed for the title. +RepresentedNameHometownAgeAwardsBaltimoreBeulah GoldsboroughBattle CreekCharlotte Jane LoweBiloxiPhyllis Hunt BostonEthel Beatrice PierceBridgeportAntoinette VioletBridgeport BuffaloKay ArmstrongCantonErma Shorwood SteeleCharlestonMary Claudia HarvinCharleston ChicagoMyrtle ValstedChicago DallasMoselle RansomeDanvilleGladys VileDenverElva Yvette RoyElizabethHelen Mankus 5 sep 1927 Atlantic City Press - MankusEl PasoMildred CasadFlintRuth BushroeFort WorthJuanita GilbertGaryAnna May OwensGaryHammondAnna Howe HartfordLeona Faith MonosonHartfordHuntingtonLillian WardHuntington IllinoisLois DelanderJoliet16JamestownLaura Belle CooperJersey CityEunice GeiserKalamazooFlorence Nina ClementKansas CityMarion KenserLansingMargherite StrangLockportPeggy Louise ProctorLynnMuriel E. BowersMadisonMarjorie Leffingwell MiamiMarcia Hands MinneapolisSylvia Irene BrennerMinneapolis MissouriKatherine CallowayNewarkCarolyn PiersonNew EnglandMarion HowarthFall RiverNew HavenDorothy BartonNew Haven New OrleansGladys Renya MooreNew Orleans New York CityFreida Louise MierseRolling Chair Parade WinnerOaklandRuby Smith OhioEvelyn WilgusRussells PointPassiacHarriet Rita Shelby PennsylvaniaFlorence Koons PhiladelphiaKathleen CoylePittsburghMary MillnackPittsfieldMartha E. HickPontiacMargaret Tinney Rhode IslandJune Frances CostelloProvidenceRochesterDorothea B. DitmerSaginawCharlotte Elaine Bowman San FranciscoNaoma FarrandSanta CruzBertha WeizelSeattleEleanor MaddieuxSouth BendHilda KochSouth Bend South DakotaRamona Pearl SorensonLemmon18Southern CaliforniaLouise HeathmanSpokaneEva KingSpringfieldAnna G. BernardSpringfieldStorm LakeGeneva RobertsStorm Lake19Terre HauteVera HaspalTulsaVirginia HowardTulsaUnion CitySue Hoch UtahEsther KilpatrickSalt Lake CityUticaMargaret Lockwood Washington D.C.Gladys CookmanWatertownEva M. BergmanWestern New YorkBetty SchwartzWheelingMildred Dorothy BrightWheelingWichitaMildred OrrWilkes-BarreEsther J. Cantor WisconsinVirginia HillyerFort Atkinson17WorcesterDorothy M. RawsonYonkersEmma Sackett
References
5 sep 1927 Atlantic City Press - Mankus
External links Miss America official website