Miss America 1941
Miss America 1941 | |
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Date | September 6, 1941 |
Presenters | Bob Russell |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Entrants | 43 |
Placements | 15 |
Winner | Rosemary LaPlanche California |
← 1940 1942 → |
Miss America 1941, the 15th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1941.[1] Shortly after the crowning of Miss California, Rosemary LaPlanche, who had been first runner-up in 1940, the pageant committee adopted this rule: "No contestant can compete in Atlantic City for the title of Miss America more than once",[2] thus eliminating future state winners with more than one attempt at the national title.
LaPlanche became a film actress, as did her sister, Louise LaPlanche.
1941 was also the first year that the special award, “Miss Congeniality” was created. It went to Mifaunwy Shunatona, a member of the Otoe and Pawnee tribes — she was also the first American Indian contestant in the pageant's history.
Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss America 1941 |
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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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Awards
Preliminary awards
Award | Contestant |
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
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Other awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Contestants
Title | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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Arkansas | Ferol Amelia Dumas | Magnolia | |||||
Birmingham | Virginia McGraw | Birmingham | Tap Dance with Rope Jumping | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
California | Rosemary LaPlanche | Los Angeles | 18 | Dance | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
Charleston | Miriam King | Charleston | |||||
Cleveland | Lois Jean Beck | Cleveland | |||||
Colorado | Charlene Woods | Denver | |||||
Connecticut | Daphne Gladding | Plymouth | |||||
Delaware | Verona Smith | Bridgeville | |||||
District of Columbia | Jean Cavanaugh | 18 | Soft Shoe Dance, "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" | 2nd Runner-up | |||
Eastern Pennsylvania | Catherine Jane Albert | Coatesville | |||||
Florida | Mitzie Strother | Miami | Top 15 | ||||
Georgia | Esther Shepard | Griffin | Top 15 | ||||
Indiana | Alice Ullery | Evansville | Modeling | ||||
Iowa | Lorene Snoddy | Des Moines | 20 | ||||
Kentucky | Dorothy Slatten | Lexington | Top 15 | ||||
Knoxville | Katherine Gammon | Knoxville | |||||
Lake Mohopac | Charlotte Winstanley | ||||||
Maryland | Penny Malone | Baltimore | |||||
Massachusetts | Betsy Sears Taylor | Cambridge | |||||
Miami | Anna Louise Baker | Miami | |||||
Michigan | Gerry Marcoux | Detroit | Top 15 | ||||
Minnesota | Patricia Tiets | Minneapolis | |||||
Mississippi | Madeline Smith | Winona | |||||
New Jersey | Marjorie Eleanor Jennings | Dover | |||||
New Mexico | Beverly Brookshier | Roswell | |||||
New Orleans | Helen Yvonne Englert | New Orleans | |||||
New York City | Grace DeWitt | New York City | Top 15 | ||||
North Carolina | Joey Augusta Paxton | Charlotte | 19 | Swing Vocal | 4th Runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award Preliminary Talent Award | Joey Augusta Paxton of Hallandale Beach, Florida died at 79 on September 17, 2002. |
Ohio | Janice Sulzman | Willoughby | Top 15 | ||||
Oklahoma | Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona | Tulsa | Top 15 | Miss Congeniality | First American Indian to compete at Miss America | ||
Philadelphia | Carrie de Ludo | Philadelphia | |||||
Savannah | Gladys Collins | Savannah | |||||
South Carolina | Gloria Frances Missel | Vocal, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" | |||||
Tennessee | Martha McKinney | Nashville | Acrobatic/Tap Dance | ||||
Virginia | Jacquelyn McWin | Waynesboro | Top 15 | ||||
West Virginia | Juanita Park Wright | Huntington | |||||
Westchester County | Lillian O'Donnell | Yonkers | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
Western Pennsylvania | Roselle Hannon | Pittsburgh | Vocal, "Because of You" | 1st Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Wisconsin | Betty Ann Miller | Milwaukee | 18 | Artistic Caricature of President Franklin D. Roosevelt | Top 15 | ||
Wyoming | Patricia Marie Snyder | Cheyenne | Vocal & Dance |
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.
External links
- Miss America official website
- "Miss America Pageant" (1941) (British Pathé newsreel) on YouTube
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