Results
Placements
| Placement |
Contestant |
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| Miss America 1939 |
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| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 15 |
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Contestants
| Title |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Talent |
Placement |
Awards |
Notes |
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| Birmingham |
Florine Holt |
Birmingham |
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Vocal, "Moonglow" & "A Little Bit of Heaven" |
Top 15 |
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.svg.png) Arkansas |
Jean Thompson |
Helena |
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 California |
Marguerita Skliris |
San Francisco |
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Dramatic Monologue, "The Poison Scene" from Romeo and Juliet |
3rd Runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Later known as actress Margia Dean |
| Central Connecticut |
Catherine Harrison |
Derby |
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| Charlotte |
Marguerite Taylor |
Charlotte |
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 Connecticut |
Frieda Lampar |
Bridgeport |
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| Coney Island |
Grayce M. Reilly |
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.png) District of Columbia |
Evelyn Foster |
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19 |
Ballet en Pointe |
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| Eastern New York |
Claire E. Foley |
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Vocal Comedy & Dance |
Top 15 |
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| Eastern Ohio |
Maxine Drumm |
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| Eastern Pennsylvania |
Emma Louise Knoell |
Philadelphia |
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.svg.png) Florida |
Rose Marie Magrill |
Miami |
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Tap Dance |
Top 15 |
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.svg.png) Georgia |
Mary Durrance |
Glennville |
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Vocal |
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.svg.png) Illinois |
Ethel Lorraine Lodbell |
Chicago |
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Monologue, "From the Diary of a Contestant" |
Top 15 |
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 Kansas |
Rosemary Winslow |
Salina |
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 Kentucky |
Louise Holman |
Pineville |
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| Lexington |
Mattigene Palmore |
Lexington |
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 Maryland |
Elaine Pasqualla |
Crisfield |
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 Miami |
Irmigard Dietel |
Miami |
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Vocal Medley, "See You Again", "Blue Evening", & "Solitude" |
Top 15 |
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 Michigan |
Patricia Donnelly |
Detroit |
19 |
Vocal/Bass Fiddle, "To You" & "Ol' Man Mose" |
Winner |
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.svg.png) Minnesota |
Marion Rudeen |
Minneapolis |
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Acrobatic Dance |
Top 15 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
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.png) Mississippi |
Doris Coggins |
Baldwyn |
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Miss Congeniality |
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 Missouri |
Margaret Ley |
St. Louis |
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 Montana |
Lucille Chouinard |
Fort Peck |
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| Montgomery |
Louise Robertson |
Montgomery |
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| Myrtle Beach |
Mary Eleanor Parish |
Myrtle Beach |
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 New Hampshire |
Lois Marjorie Truax |
Nashua |
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.png) New Jersey |
Margo Lundgren |
Harrison |
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Whistling Tunes Vocal, "Don't Worry About Me" |
Top 15 |
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 New Orleans |
Frances Helen Anello |
New Orleans |
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.svg.png) North Carolina |
Margaret Wood |
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Vocal, "If I Didn't Care" |
Top 15 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
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 Ohio |
Jeanne Saboda |
Cleveland |
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.svg.png) Oklahoma |
Bettye Cornelia Avert |
Oklahoma City |
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Original Piano & Vocal, "Wondering & Dreaming" |
1st Runner-up |
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 Pennsylvania |
Ruth Phyllis Willock |
Pittsburgh |
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 Philadelphia |
Nancy Lee |
Philadelphia |
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 South Carolina |
Margaret Allan Shealy |
Clinton |
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Vocal, "Especially for You" |
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| Staten Island |
Lillian Evelyn Hessen |
Annadale |
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| Sun Valley |
E. Louise Fletchner |
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Clarinet, "Stardust" |
Top 15 |
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E. Louise Flechtner Brierton died at age 99 on May 5, 2020 in Pennsylvania. |
 Tennessee |
Judy Jones |
Tracy City |
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Vocal Medley, "I Surrender" & "Come True" |
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 Texas |
Charmayne Smith |
Dallas |
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Vocal, "Round Up Time in Texas" |
Top 15 |
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.svg.png) Virginia |
Rose Marie Elliot |
Sulfolk |
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Vocal, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" |
4th Runner-up |
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Later known on Broadway as Rose Marie Brown |
.png) Washington |
Anna Mae Schoonover |
Seattle |
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Dramatic Monologue from Accent on Youth |
2nd Runner-up |
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| Western Tennessee |
Louise Bussart |
Etowah |
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References
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.
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