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Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
in the Miss America
Miss America
The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
Pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, has won the Miss American crown on 5 occasions.
Original held in Hershey
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hershey is a census-designated place in Derry Township, Dauphin County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The community is located 14 miles east of Harrisburg and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hershey has no legal status as an incorporated municipality...
, the Pageant moved to West Chester where pageants were held during the 1950s. The Pageant was held in Altoona
Altoona, Pennsylvania
-History:A major railroad town, Altoona was founded by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1849 as the site for a shop complex. Altoona was incorporated as a borough on February 6, 1854, and as a city under legislation approved on April 3, 1867, and February 8, 1868...
from 1974. In 1994, Easton
Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,800 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County....
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.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Talent at Miss America | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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| 2011 | Juliann Sheldon | Plum Borough Plum, Pennsylvania Plum is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 27,126 at the 2010 census.Plum is often referred to as "Plum Boro" or more correctly "Plum Borough" by locals to distinguish it from its previous status as a township... |
21 | Miss Jewel of the West | Lyrical Dance | |||
| 2010 | Courtney Thomas Courtney Thomas Courtney Elizabeth Thomas, is an American beauty pageant titleholder from the village of Sigel in Eldred Township Pennsylvania who was named Miss Pennsylvania 2010.-Biography:... |
Sigel Eldred Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Eldred Township is a township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,277 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:... |
21 | Miss Jewel of the West | Fiddle Solo "Orange Blossom Special Orange Blossom Special (song) The fiddle tune "Orange Blossom Special", about the passenger train of the same name, was written by Ervin T. Rouse in 1938. The original recording was created by Ervin and Gordon Rouse in 1939. It is considered the best known fiddle tune of the twentieth century and is often called simply The... " |
Top 10 at National Sweetheart National Sweetheart Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart.... 2009 |
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| 2009 | Shannon Doyle | Wilkes-Barre | 24 | Miss Armstrong County | Tap Dance "A Little Polish" | Miss America Dr.David Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 2008 | Kendria Perry | Pittsburgh | 23 | Miss Armstrong County | Piano | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2007 | Rachel Brooks | Broomall Broomall, Pennsylvania Broomall is a census-designated place in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 11,046 at the 2000 census. The community was named after John Martin Broomall, a 19th century U.S... |
24 | Miss River City | Vocal "Summertime Summertime (song) "Summertime" is an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward, the author of the novel Porgy on which the opera was based, although the song is also co-credited to Ira Gershwin by ASCAP.... " |
Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2006 | Emily Wills | Beaver Beaver, Pennsylvania Beaver is a borough in and the county seat of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States, at the confluence of the Beaver and Ohio Rivers. As of the 2000 census, the borough population was 4,775, having dropped from 5,641 in 1940.... |
24 | Miss Armstrong County | Vocal "If I Ain't Got You If I Ain't Got You "If I Ain't Got You" is a song recorded, written, and produced by American recording artist Alicia Keys for her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. Released in February 2004 as the album's second single, the song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Keys' second... " |
Top 10 Semi-finalist Miss America 2007 Miss America 2007 Miss America 2007, the 86th Miss America, pageant, was held on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on January 29, 2007, which was a Monday, making it the first time that the pageant was held on a weekday, rather than the traditional Saturday.... |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award | 2nd runner-up to National Sweetheart National Sweetheart Miss National Sweetheart is a United States beauty pageant created in 1952 where runners-up from the Miss America state pageants are invited to Hoopeston, Illinois to compete for the title of Miss National Sweetheart.... 2005; Previously Pennsylvania's Junior Miss 2001 |
| 2005 | Nicole Brewer Nicole Brewer Nicole Brewer is a former Miss Pennsylvania from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who now works as a news reporter.As a junior and senior in college, Brewer won two local pageant titles, including Miss Central Pennsylvania 2004 and Miss Allegheny Valley 2005... |
Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,... |
22 | Miss Allegheny Valley | Vocal "The Wizard and I" from Wicked Wicked (musical) Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is based on the Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , a parallel novel of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum's classic story The Wonderful Wizard... |
Top Ten Semi-finalist | ||
| 2004 | Victoria Bechtold | Johnstown Johnstown, Pennsylvania Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County... |
21 | Miss Pittsburgh | Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette Roméo et Juliette is an opéra in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, based on The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. It was first performed at the Théâtre Lyrique , Paris on 27 April 1867... |
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| 2003 | Candace Otto Candace Otto Candace Otto is a pageant titleholder was Murrysville, Pennsylvania who held the Miss Pennsylvania 2003 title and competed in the Miss America pageant.-Pageants:... |
Murrysville | 23 | Miss Three Rivers | Classical Vocal "Non Ti Scordar di Me" by Ernesto De Curtis Ernesto De Curtis Ernesto De Curtis was an Italian composer.Born in Naples, the son of Giuseppe De Curtis and Elisabetta Minnon, he was a great-grandson of composer Saverio Mercadante and the brother of poet Giambattista De Curtis, with whom he wrote the song "Torna a Surriento"... |
Non-Finalist Talent Award, Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award | ||
| 2002 | Autumn Marisa | Waynesburg Waynesburg, Pennsylvania Waynesburg is a borough in and the county seat of Greene County, Pennsylvania, United States, southwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 4,184 at the 2000 census.... |
22 | Miss Armstrong County | Lyrical Dance "The Bells of St. Paul" | |||
| 2001 | Rosalyn Menon | Hazleton Hazleton, Pennsylvania Hazleton is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,340 at the 2010 census, an increase of 8.6% from the 2000 census count .-Greater Hazleton:... |
22 | Miss Three Rivers | Classical Piano "Piano Sonata in C Minor" by Beethoven | Top 20 Quarter-finalist | Preliminary Presentation & Community Achievement Winner | |
| 2000 | Melissa Jeka | Warminster | 23 | Miss Allegheny Valley | Ballet en Pointe "The Diamond Diamond Music Diamond Music is a 1996 album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins.Perhaps one of Jenkins most recognized works is the first movement of the "Palladio" suite, inspired by 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio and in the style of a concerto grosso... " |
Top Ten Semi-finalist | ||
| 1999 | Susan Spafford | Erie Erie, Pennsylvania Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000... |
24 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Violin Solo "Polish Caprice" | 2nd Runner-up | ||
| 1998 | Mayra Acosta | Lewistown Lewistown, Pennsylvania Lewistown is a borough in and the county seat of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, United States. It lies along the Juniata River, northwest of Harrisburg. The number of people living in the borough in 1900 was 4,451; in 1910, 8,166; and in 1940, 13,017. The population was 8,998 at the 2000 census,... |
22 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Popular Vocal "To Love You More To Love You More "To Love You More" is a single by Céline Dion, released in Japan on October 23, 1995.It was recorded for a popular Japanese TV drama series, called Koibito Yo , and included on The Colour of My Love album re-release in Japan... " |
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| 1997 | Heather Busin | Grove City Grove City, Pennsylvania Grove City is a borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, approximately north of Pittsburgh. It is the home of Grove City College, a private conservative Christian liberal arts college; General Electric; Instron; USIS; George G. Howe Co.; and a number of small businesses. It is also the home to... |
20 | Miss Butler County | Vocal "I Will Listen" | |||
| 1996 | GiGi Gordon | Butler Butler, Pennsylvania The city of Butler is the county seat of Butler County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, situated north of Pittsburgh. The population was 15,121 at the 2000 census.- History :... |
23 | Miss Armstrong County | Lyrical Dance "When a Man Loves a Woman When a Man Loves a Woman (song) "When a Man Loves a Woman" is a song recorded by Percy Sledge in 1966 at Norala Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama. It made number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B singles charts. It was listed 54th in the List of Rolling Stone magazine's 500 greatest songs of all time... " |
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| 1995 | Linette Mertz | Kutztown Kutztown, Pennsylvania Kutztown is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, southwest of Allentown and northeast of Reading. As of the 2000 census, the borough has a total population of 5,067. It is the site of Kutztown University.- History :... |
23 | Miss Susquehanna Valley | Country Vocal "Why Haven't I Heard from You Why Haven't I Heard from You "Why Haven't I Heard from You" is a single by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in April 1994, it was the first single from her album, Read My Mind. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1994.It debuted at #60 on the Hot Country Singles... " |
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| 1994 | Kirstin Border | Glen Rock Glen Rock, Pennsylvania Glen Rock is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,025 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Glen Rock is located at .... |
24 | Miss State Capitol | Violin Solo "Czardas with a Twist of Orange" | |||
| 1993 | Diane Fabiano | Lansdale Lansdale, Pennsylvania Lansdale is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 28 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Early in the 20th century, its industries included agricultural implement works, a canning factory, foundries, brickyards, a silk mill, and manufacturers of cigars, stoves, shirts, rope, iron drain pipe,... |
24 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Vocal "City Lights" | |||
| 1992 | Judy Fitch | Dallas Dallas, Pennsylvania Dallas is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,557 at the 2000 census. It was created by a charter granted April 21, 1879 from land entirely within Dallas Township. The township had been formed in 1817 and was named for Alexander J. Dallas, who was the 6th... |
24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Vocal "Sincerely" | |||
| 1991 | Linda O'Boyle | Dupont Dupont, Pennsylvania Dupont is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania which neighbors the city of Wilkes-Barre. The population was 2,719 at the 2000 census. Dupont name was originally called Smithville after its first group of settlers. It was a small Polish town where most of the jobs... |
23 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Technique Tap Dance "Hoofin'" | Non-Finalist Talent Award, Quality of Life Award | ||
| 1990 | Marla Wynne | Easton Easton, Pennsylvania Easton is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,800 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County.... |
23 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Ventriloquism "Together (Wherever We Go) Together (Wherever We Go) "Together " is a song, now considered a standard, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, written for the musical play Gypsy in 1959.-Recorded versions:*Tammy Blanchard*The Four Lads... " |
Top Ten Semifinalist | 2nd runner-up, Quality of Life Award | Described by broadcaster Larry King Larry King Lawrence Harvey "Larry" King is an American television and radio host whose work has been recognized with awards including two Peabodys and ten Cable ACE Awards.... as the "ugliest girl in the pageant. King later rescinded his remarks. Marla was a phone guest on The Howard Stern Show Oct.10 1990. Her mother, Marlene Wynne, was the Executive Director of the Miss Pennsylvania Pageant until her death in June 2008. |
| 1989 | Michelle Kline | Easton | 24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville The Barber of Seville The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music... |
Top Ten Semi-finalist | Quality of Life Award (first time awarded) | |
| 1988 | Denise Meyer | Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States... |
21 | Miss Bedford | Popular Vocal "Over the Rainbow Over the Rainbow "Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie... " |
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| 1987 | Katarina Sitaris | Wilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census... |
24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" | Cavalier Scholarship Winner | ||
| 1986 | Darlene Deeley | Philadelphia | 25 | Miss Greater Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Gymnastics / Dance Routine | |||
| 1985 | Lea Schiazza | Philadelphia | 23 | Miss Montgomery County | Vocal "My Mammy My Mammy "My Mammy" is a U.S. popular song with music by Walter Donaldson and lyrics by Joe Young and Sam M. Lewis.Though associated with Al Jolson, who performed the song very successfully, "My Mammy" was performed first by William Frawley as a vaudeville-style act during 1918. Jolson heard the song and... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1984 | Gina Major | Huntsville | 25 | Miss Lehigh Valley | Vocal Medley | |||
| 1983 | Jennifer Eshelman | Hegins | 23 | Miss Pocono | Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus Die Fledermaus is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by Karl Haffner and Richard Genée.- Literary sources :... |
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| 1982 | Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh | Belle Vernon Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania Belle Vernon is a borough located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania along the Monongahela River. The population was 1,211 at the 2000 census. The town is served by the Belle Vernon Area School District, which is actually centered in Rostraver, Westmoreland County.geographical anomaly: The... |
22 | Miss Washington County | Baton Twirling "Pop Goes to the Movies" | |||
| 1981 | Jill Shaffer | Dover Dover, Pennsylvania Dover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,007 at the 2010 census.-History:James Joner purchased in 1764 and laid out the town of Dover... |
22 | Miss Lebanon | Piano Solo "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor See here for the Piano Concerto in A Minor by Edvard Grieg.Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor by Edvard Grieg performed by Electric Light Orchestra on the box set Flashback.... " |
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| 1980 | Anita Ellen Patton | Lebanon Lebanon, Pennsylvania Lebanon, formerly known as Steitztown, is a city in and the county seat of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 25,477 at the 2010 census, a 4.2% increase from the 2000 count of 24,461... |
21 | Miss Lebanon | Vocal "If You Believe" from The Wiz The Wiz The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of African American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A... |
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| 1979 | Carolyn Louise Black | Elizabethtown Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Elizabethtown is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Harrisburg. Small factories existed at the turn of the century when the population in 1900 was 1,861. There was a slight increase in the next decade, with 1,970 people living in Elizabethtown in 1910. As of the 2000 census,... |
22 | Miss Lancaster County | Vocal "All the Things You Are All the Things You Are "All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II.It was written for the musical Very Warm for May , where it was introduced by Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, and Ralph Stuart... " |
Top Ten Semi-finalist | ||
| 1978 | Charmaine Kowalski | State College State College, Pennsylvania State College is the largest borough in Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Centre County. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034, and roughly double... |
22 | Miss Penn State | Piano Solo "Warsaw Concerto Warsaw Concerto The Warsaw Concerto is a single-movement piano concerto written for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight . It was written by British composer Richard Addinsell... " |
recipient of the Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1977 | Lynn Carol Grote | Bowmansville Bowmansville, Pennsylvania Bowmansville, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community located in Brecknock Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.... |
22 | Miss Lancaster County | Piano Medley "I Got Rhythm I Got Rhythm "I Got Rhythm" is a song composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and published in 1930, which became a jazz standard. Its chord progression, known as the "rhythm changes", is the foundation for many other popular jazz tunes such as Charlie Parker's and Dizzy Gillespie's Bebop... " "The Man I Love The Man I Love (song) "The Man I Love" is a popular standard, with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by his brother Ira. Originally part of the 1924 score for the Gershwin government satire Lady, Be Good as "The Girl I Love", the song was deleted from the show as well as from both the 1927 anti-war satire Strike Up... " & "Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue Rhapsody in Blue is a musical composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band written in 1924, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects.... " |
Top Ten Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1976 | Marie McLaughlin | Levittown Levittown, Pennsylvania Levittown is a census-designated place and planned community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The population was 52,983 at the 2010 census. It is above sea level... |
23 | Miss Lehigh Valley | Ventriloquism "Together (Wherever We Go)" | Top Ten Semi-finalist | ||
| 1975 | Connie Harness | Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Mechanicsburg is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA, eight miles west of Harrisburg. It is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Mechanicsburg was settled in 1806 and incorporated as a borough on April 12, 1828... |
20 | Miss Carlisle | Classical Vocal "Romance" from The Desert Song The Desert Song The Desert Song is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Moroccan fighters, against French colonial rule. It was also inspired by stories of Lawrence of... |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1974 | Karen Lynn Kuhn | Levittown | 20 | Miss Lower Bucks County | Ballet "Shubert Alley Overture" | |||
| 1973 | Tina Louise Thomas Tina Louise Thomas Tina Louise Thomas is a former Miss Pennsylvania and Miss America Scholarship Pageant national talent winner and runner-up , as well as being an accomplished singer, musician, songwriter, writer and editor. Thomas was baptized Christina Hatzithomas in her father’s Greek Orthodox Church... |
Lancaster Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster is a city in the south-central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Lancaster County and one of the older inland cities in the United States, . With a population of 59,322, it ranks eighth in population among Pennsylvania's cities... |
18 | Miss Lancaster County | Gospel Vocal "Take My Hand, Precious Lord Take My Hand, Precious Lord "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" is a gospel song, lyrics by Rev. Thomas A. Dorsey , melody by George Nelson Allen .-History:... " |
4th Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Released the sacred music album "Servant" shortly after competing for Miss America |
| 1972 | Linda Olson | Corry Corry, Pennsylvania Corry is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. With a population of 6,834 at the 2000 United States Census, it is the second largest city in Erie County. Corry is a part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area... |
20 | Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Piano Solo "Gershwin Medley" | 2nd Runner-up | ||
| 1971 | Maureen Wimmer | Perkasie Perkasie, Pennsylvania Perkasie is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, north of Philadelphia. Establishments in the borough early in the twentieth century included silk mills, baseballs, brickyards, lumber mills, tile works, a stone crusher, and manufacturies of cigars, tags and labels, wire novelties, etc. The... |
20 | Miss Lower Bucks County | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo" | 3rd Runner-up | toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
| 1970 | Maggie Walker | Harrisburg Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania... |
18 | Miss York County | Gymnastic Ballet on the Uneven Parallel Bars "Contessa" | 4th Runner-up | ||
| 1969 | Trudy Lee Pedersen | Etters | 18 | Miss York County | Vocal "The Sound of Music The Sound of Music (song) “The Sound of Music” is the title song from The Sound of Music, composed by Richard Rodgers to lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was originally sung by Mary Martin in the 1959 stage musical of the same name. It was sung by Julie Andrews in the 1961 film, with a reprise by the Von Trapp family... " |
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| 1968 | Susan Robinson | Pittsburgh | 22 | Miss Pittsburgh | Comedy Monologue "Sis Hopkins" | |||
| 1967 | Doris Ann Lausch | Lancaster | 20 | Miss Lancaster County | Vocal "Love In a Home" from Li'l Abner Li'l Abner (musical) Li'l Abner is a musical with a book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene De Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.Based on the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies but is also a pointed satire taking on any number of topics, ranging... |
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| 1966 | Gale Veronica Rothwell | Philadelphia | 21 | Miss Germantown | Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1965 | Judith Lynn McConnell | Pittsburgh | 21 | Miss Pittsburgh | Dramatic Reading "Saint Joan Saint Joan (play) Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises what is known of her life based on the substantial records of her trial. Shaw studied the transcripts... " |
Non-Finalist Talent Award | Long career as an actress, best known for her role in the Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (TV series) Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California... soap opera |
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| 1964 | Marilyn Cutaiar March | Havertown Havertown, Pennsylvania Havertown is a residential suburban unincorporated community in Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, approximately 9 miles west of the center of Philadelphia. Havertown's ZIP Code is 19083. Havertown is notable for being the birthplace of Swell Bubble Gum, which closed... |
19 | Miss Delaware County | Toe Dance Ballet "Dance of the Painted Doll" | |||
| 1963 | Cheryl Lynn Kegley | Salisbury Salisbury, Pennsylvania Salisbury is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 878 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:... |
Miss Central Pennsylvania | Classical Ballet "Ritual Fire Dance" | replaced Donna Loar who relinquished her title after two months due to illness | |||
| 1962 | Crystale Leigh Martin | Milton Milton, Pennsylvania Milton is a borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River, north of Harrisburg. Settled in 1770, it was incorporated in 1817, and is governed by a charter that was revised in 1890... |
19 | Miss Susquehanna Valley | Dramatic Presentation with self-accompaniment on the Harp or Zither "The Mad Scene" from Hamlet Hamlet The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601... |
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| 1961 | E. Lynne Maloney | King of Prussia King of Prussia, Pennsylvania King of Prussia is a census-designated place in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 19,936. The community took its name in the 18th century from a local tavern named the King of Prussia Inn, which was named after... |
20 | Miss Montgomery County | Charcoal Drawing Display & Pantomime Routine | |||
| 1960 | Priscilla Mae Hendricks | Shillington Shillington, Pennsylvania Shillington is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States with a population of 5,059 at the 2000 census nestled amongst other suburbs outside of Reading... |
19 | Miss Reading | Original Display of Art Work | |||
| 1959 | Lois Janet Piercy | Springfield Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania Springfield Township, or simply Springfield, is a township and a Census Designated Place in Delaware County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The population was 23,677 at the 2000 census... |
21 | Miss Centre County | Original Flute Solo & Art Display "Night Rain on the City" | Top Ten Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1958 | Rosalie Samley | Bethlehem Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Bethlehem is a city in Lehigh and Northampton Counties in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 74,982, making it the seventh largest city in Pennsylvania, after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie,... |
Miss Lehigh Valley | Ballet "I Won't Dance I Won't Dance "I Won't Dance" is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach, for the 1934 London musical Three Sisters. However, Three Sisters flopped and was quickly forgotten, so when the time came to film the Kern-Harbach musical Roberta, the song was... " |
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| 1957 | Jennie Rebecca Blatchford | Hollidaysburg Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania Hollidaysburg is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, on the Juniata River, south of Altoona. It is the county seat of Blair County. It is part of the Altoona, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area and is one of the communities that comprises the Altoona Urban Area... |
Miss Central Pennsylvania | Baton Twirling | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| 1956 | Lorna Malcomson Ringler | Upper Darby | Miss Delaware County | Vocal | Non-Finalist Talent Award | Niece of Miss America 1924 Ruth Malcomson Ruth Malcomson Ruth Malcomson was Miss America in 1924, earning the title at age 18.Malcomson, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the amateur winner in the 1923 contest and returned to defeat incumbent Mary Campbell, who was seeking her third consecutive crown... |
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| 1955 | Pam Ulrich | Sinking Spring Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania Sinking Spring is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,639 at the 2000 census. Sinking Spring was given its name for a spring located in the center of town, the water in which would sink into the ground from time to time, giving it the illusion of having... |
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| 1954 | Barbara Sue Nager | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Egyptian Ballet Dance "Egyptian Suite" | 3rd Runner-up | |||
| 1953 | Evelyn Margaret Ay Evelyn Margaret Ay Evelyn Margaret Ay Sempier was winner of the 1954 Miss America beauty pageant.-Biography:Evelyn Ay Sempier was born the daughter of German immigrants in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.... |
Ephrata Ephrata, Pennsylvania Ephrata is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, south east of Harrisburg and about west by north of Philadelphia. It is named after Ephrath, a biblical town in what is now Israel. Ephrata's sister city is Eberbach, Germany, the city where its founders originated. In its... |
20 | Miss Lancaster County | Poetry Recitation "Footsteps" from Leaves from a Grass-House by Don Blanding Don Blanding Donald Benson Blanding was an American poet who sentimentalized warm climates and was sometimes described as "poet laureate of Hawaii". He was also known as a journalist, author of prose, and speaker.... |
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| 1952 | Miriam Smith | McAlisterville McAlisterville, Pennsylvania McAlisterville is a census-designated place that is part of Fayette Township in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 765 at the 2000 census.-Geography:McAlisterville is located at .... |
Miss Susquehanna Valley | Pipe Organ "Tico Tico" | ||||
| Patricia Hunt | Philadelphia | Drama | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||
| 1951 | Clare Lippert | Tarentum Tarentum, Pennsylvania Tarentum is a borough in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh, along the Allegheny River. Tarentum was an industrial center where plate glass and bottles were manufactured; bricks, lumber, steel and iron novelties, steel billets and sheets,... |
Miss Kiski Valley | Vocal "Lullaby of Broadway Lullaby of Broadway (song) "Lullaby of Broadway" is a popular song with music written by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, published in 1935. The song was introduced by Wini Shaw in the musical film, Gold Diggers of 1935, and, in an unusual move, it was used as background music in a sequence in the Bette Davis film... " |
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| Margaret Ramsdale | Philadelphia | Vocal "Danny Boy Danny Boy -Background:The words to "Danny Boy" were written by English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly in 1910. Although the lyrics were originally written for a different tune, Weatherly modified them to fit the "Londonderry Air" in 1913, after his sister-in-law in the U.S. sent him a copy. Ernestine... " |
competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| 1950 | Emile Longacre | Phoenixville Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Phoenixville is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, northwest of Philadelphia, at the junction of French Creek with the Schuylkill River. The population is 16,440 as of the 2010 Census.- History :... |
Miss Chester County | Vocal "You're My Everything" | ||||
| Janice Murray | Philadelphia | Classical Vocal "O Don Fatale" from Don Carlos Don Carlos Don Carlos is a five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French language libretto by Camille du Locle and Joseph Méry, based on the dramatic play Don Carlos, Infant von Spanien by Friedrich Schiller... |
Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||
| 1949 | Marlene Carozzo | Kennett Square Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Kennett Square is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known as the Mushroom Capital of the World because mushroom farming in the region produces over a million pounds of mushrooms a year... |
Miss Chester County | Piano "Clair de Lune Suite bergamasque The Suite bergamasque is one of the most famous piano suites by Claude Debussy. Debussy commenced the suite in 1890 at age 28, but he did not finish or publish it until 1905.-History:... " |
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| Miriam Lopayowker | Philadelphia | Electric Guitar "I'm in the Mood for Love I'm in the Mood for Love "I'm in the Mood for Love" is a popular song. The music was written by Jimmy McHugh, the lyrics by Dorothy Fields. The song was published in 1935. It was introduced by Frances Langford in the movie Every Night at Eight released that year... " |
competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| 1948 | Ruth Douglas | Harrisburg | Vocal Medley "Let My Song Fill Your Heart Ernest Charles Ernest Charles was an American composer of art songs.-Life and musical career:... " & "Lover Lover (song) "Lover" is a popular song written by Richard Rodgers, with words by Lorenz Hart. It was featured in the movie Love Me Tonight . Les Paul's version was a guitar instrumental released by Capitol Records in 1948. It has a french title Partout Toi... " |
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| Betty Jane Bruce | Philadelphia | Vocal "Fool That I Am" & "Mean to Me" | competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| Sarah Cromwell | Pittsburgh | competed as Miss Pittsburgh | ||||||
| 1947 | Dorothy Gresh | Williamsport Williamsport, Pennsylvania Williamsport is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania in the United States. In 2009, the population was estimated at 29,304... |
Vocal "Lover, Come Back to Me Lover, Come Back to Me "Lover, Come Back to Me" is a popular song. The music was written by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway show The New Moon, where the song was introduced by Evelyn Herbert and Robert Halliday... " |
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| Kay McClane | Philadelphia | Vocal "Sketching" | competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| Lillian Handford | Pittsburgh | Painting Display | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Pittsburgh | ||||
| 1946 | Eleanor Kramer | Lebanon | Vocal "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier The Chocolate Soldier The Chocolate Soldier is an operetta composed in 1908 by Oscar Straus based on George Bernard Shaw's 1894 play, Arms and the Man... |
Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
| Virginia Brown | Philadelphia | competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1945 | Timmy Weston | Clairton Clairton, Pennsylvania Clairton is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, along the Monongahela River. It is part of the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area. The population was 6,796 at the 2010 census. Under Pennsylvania legal classifications for local governments, Clairton is considered a third-class city... |
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| Gloria Bair | Philadelphia | Dance "Temptation Temptation (1933 song) "Temptation" is a popular song, published in 1933, with music written by Nacio Herb Brown and lyrics by Arthur Freed. The song was used in the film Singin' in the Rain and later in the 1983 musical based on the film, and is prominently featured in Valerio Zurlini's Violent Summer .The song was... " |
Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||
| 1944 | Margie Dorie | Pittsburgh | Vocal "Big Boy Blue" | Semi-finalist | ||||
| Itha Duerrhammer | Philadelphia | Vocal & Dance | competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| 1943 | Betty Merle Marcus | Kensington | competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | |||||
| June McAdams | Philadelphia | competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Emma Hammermeister | Pittsburgh | Dance & Baton Twirling | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania | ||||
| 1942 | Geraldine Powell | Philadelphia | competed as Miss Philadelphia | |||||
| Ruth Elfreda Schmidt | Pittsburgh | competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 1941 | Catherine Jane Albert | Coatesville | competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | |||||
| Carre DeLudo | Philadelphia | competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Roselle Hannon | Pittsburgh | Vocal "Because of You Because of You (1940 song) "Because of You" is a popular song. It was written by Arthur Hammerstein and Dudley Wilkinson in 1940. It was used in the 1951 film I Was an American Spy.... " |
1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania | |||
| 1940 | Frances Marie Burke Frances Marie Burke Frances Marie Burke was Miss America in 1940.Burke, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the first Miss America to be crowned at the Boardwalk Hall.-References:... |
Philadelphia | Vocal / Dance "I Can't Love You Anymore" | Winner | *Crowned Miss America as Miss Philadelphia | |||
| Dorothy A. Wall | Lansdowne | competed as Miss Delaware County | ||||||
| Mildred Saha | Secane | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | |||||
| Alberta Louise Carts | Pittsburgh | competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania | ||||||
| 1939 | Ruth Phyllis Willock | Pittsburgh | ||||||
| Emma Louise Knoell | Philadelphia | competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Nancy Lee | Philadelphia | competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| 1938 | Wilma Kasper | Rahns | competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | |||||
| Kathryn Buckley | Philadelphia | Swing Vocal | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||
| Ruth Willock | Pittsburgh | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania | |||||
| 1937 | Beryl Kober | Chalfont | competed as Miss Eastern Pennsylvania | |||||
| Kathryn Crase | Philadelphia | competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Kathryn H. Kendrick | Sunnybrook | competed as Miss Sunnybrook | ||||||
| 1936 | Rose Coyle Rose Coyle Rose Veronica Coyle was Miss America in 1936.Coyle, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the first to receive an encore in the talent completion. In 1938, she married Leonard Schlessinger, the National General Manager of the Warner Bros. Theatres.- References :... |
Philadelphia | Vocal / Tap Dance "I Can't Escape From You" & "Truckin'" | Winner | *crowned Miss America as Miss Philadelphia | |||
| Margie Sossong | Scranton | competed as Miss Anthracite | ||||||
| Elaine Miller | Chester | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Chester | |||||
| Ellen McCormick | Lancaster | competed as Miss Lancaster | ||||||
| Joan Frankenburg | Miquon | competed as Miss Montgomery County | ||||||
| Bonnie Boyle | Pittsburgh | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Pittsburgh | |||||
| Anna Julia Zaker | Reading | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Reading | |||||
| Marie Ketter | Ridgway | competed as Miss Western Pennsylvania | ||||||
| Sallie Hinton | York | competed as Miss York | ||||||
| 1935 | Henrietta Leaver Henrietta Leaver Henrietta Leaver , Miss Pittsburgh, was crowned Miss America on September 7, 1935 at Atlantic City, New Jersey... |
Pittsburgh | Vocal / Tap Dance "Living In a Great Big Way" | Winner | crowned Miss America as Miss Pittsburgh | |||
| Loretta Gale Tarle | Bridgeport | competed as Miss Bridgeport | ||||||
| Helen Rita Skelly | Conshocken | competed as Miss Conshocken | ||||||
| Florence Carman | Upper Darby | competed as Miss Delaware County | ||||||
| Margie Godwin | Philadelphia | competed as Miss Mayfair | ||||||
| Marie Baumgard | Norristown | competed as Miss Montgomery County | ||||||
| Helen Keaser | Norristown | Vocal Medley "Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight" & "You're a Heavenly Thing" | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Norristown | ||||
| Jean McCool | Philadelphia | Vocal Medley "Lovely To Look At" & "Little Things You Used To Do" | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Philadelphia | ||||
| Alice Brown | Scranton | competed as Miss Scranton | ||||||
| Claire Spirit | Tamaqua | competed as Miss Tamaqua | ||||||
| Lenore Pollock | West Philadelphia | Vocal, Piano, Banjo & Dance "Dark Eyes Dark Eyes (song) Dark Eyes is a Russian song.The lyrics of the song were written by a Ukrainian poet and writer Yevhen Hrebinka. The first publication of the poem was in Literaturnaya gazeta on 17 January 1843.... " & "My Man Mon Homme "Mon Homme" is a popular song known by its English translation, My Man. The song was originally composed by Jacques Charles, Channing Pollack, Albert Willemetz, and Maurice Yvain.-History:... " |
Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss West Philadelphia | ||||
| Gertrude Schappert | Wilkes Barre | competed as Miss Wilkes Barre | ||||||
| 1933 | Geraldine Glassman | 17 | Semi-Finalist | |||||
| 1927 | Florence Koons | Kathleen Coyle, Miss Philadelphia was a Finalist and Dorothea Ditmer, Miss Rochester was a Semi-Finalist in the pageant. Also representing Pennsylvania were Mary Millnack, Miss Pittsburgh and Esther J. Cantor, Miss Wilkes Barre | ||||||
| 1926 | No Miss Pennsylvania | Anna Mae Reefer, Miss Philadelphia was a Finalist in the pageant. Also representing Pennsylvania were: Esther Weissinger, Miss Pottsville; Illa Williams, Miss Scranton & Helen Villet Grant, Miss Wilkes Barre. There was also a Miss Lancaster whose name is not known. | ||||||
| 1925 | No Miss Pennsylvania | Mildred Walker, Miss Pittsburgh was a finalist in the pageant. Also representing Pennsylvania were: Mary Ann Guth, Miss Erie; Estella Wittell, Miss Lancaster; Annette Jackson, Miss Philadelphia; Elsie Gallagher, Miss Pottsville; Florence Zawidski, Miss Reading; Beula Keator, Miss Scranton; Mildred Sherman, Miss Uniontown | ||||||
| 1924 | Ruth Malcomson Ruth Malcomson Ruth Malcomson was Miss America in 1924, earning the title at age 18.Malcomson, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was the amateur winner in the 1923 contest and returned to defeat incumbent Mary Campbell, who was seeking her third consecutive crown... |
Philadelphia | Winner | *crowned Miss America representing Philadelphia, aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956- Lorna Malcomson Ringler and great-aunt of Miss Delaware Miss Delaware The Miss Delaware competition is the pageant that selects the representative of Delaware in the Miss America pageant. The event takes place annually in the month of June and is currently held in the state capital of Dover, Delaware at the Dover Downs Hotel and Casino... 1981- Jodi Meade Graham |
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| No Miss Pennsylvania | Other contestants representing Pennsylvania were: Katherine Brown, Miss Altoona; Margaret McGee, Miss Delaware County; Letne von Alt, Miss Johnstown; Stella Springer, Miss Lancaster; Dorothy E. Gross, Miss Norristown; Helen Steubner, Miss Pittsburgh; Nellie M. Paige, Miss Reading & Theresa Matzer, Miss Wilkes Barre. Also competing were a Miss Erie and a Miss Marcus Hook whose names are not known. | |||||||
| 1923 | No Miss Pennsylvania | Marion Green, Miss Philadelphia was 4th runner-up; Betty Grening, Miss Johnstown & Jane Ondeck, Miss Reading were Semi-Finalists. Also representing Pennsylvania were: Helen Noble, Miss Allentown; Margaret Lillian Ross, Miss Altoona; Agnes Connelly, Miss Erie; Helen R. Knisely, Miss Harrisburg; Cora Frey, Miss Lancaster; Grace Kohr, Miss Lebanon; Mildred Maconachy, Miss Norristown; Isabel Lynch, Miss Pottsville & Mary Botto, Miss Sunbury. There was also a Miss Easton who competed but her name is not known. | ||||||
| 1922 | No Miss Pennsylvania | Representing Pennsylvania were: Ellen Sherr, Miss Allentown; Anna Maria Burke, Miss Chester; Dorothy Haupt, Miss Easton; Thera McDonnel, Miss Erie; Gertrude Shoemack, Miss Harrisburg; Velma Zeigler, Miss Johnstown; Elsie Blumenstock, Miss Lancaster; Kitty Molineaux, Miss Philadelphia; Rae Bennett, Miss Pittsburgh; Leah Knapp, Miss Pottstown & Evelyn Renninger, Miss Reading | ||||||
| 1921 | No Miss Pennsylvania | Representing Pennsylvania were: Emma Pharo, Miss Harrisburg; Nellie Orr, Miss Philadelphia & Thelma Matthews, Miss Pittsburgh |