Miss America 1937
Miss America 1937 | |
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Date | September 11, 1937 |
Presenters | King Neptune |
Venue | Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Entrants | 49 |
Placements | 16 |
Winner | Bette Cooper Bertrand Island |
Miss America 1937, the 11th Miss America pageant, was held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 11, 1937.[1] Shortly after being presented as Miss America, the newly crowned 17-year-old winner, Bette Cooper, left Atlantic City and returned home. Once there, she missed scheduled appointments on her first day as Miss America, as well as a theater appearance and a trip to Hollywood.[2] Her father cited illness as the reason.[3] Though not placing in the top five, representatives from different areas of New York captured three of the semi-finalist positions.
Results[]
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss America 1937 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up (tie) | |
4th runner-up |
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Top 16 |
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Awards[]
Best Evening Gown
Preliminary awards[]
Awards | Contestant |
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Talent |
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Contestants[]
Title | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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Lorraine Mayfield | Atlanta | |||||
Augusta | Olga Strickland | ||||||
Baltimore | May Vivian Miller | Baltimore | |||||
Bertrand Island | Bette Cooper | Hackettstown | 17 | Vocal, "When the Poppies Bloom Again" | Winner | Best Evening Gown Award | |
Birmingham | Josephine Beall | ||||||
Bronx | Helen Fleiss | The Bronx | Top 16 | ||||
Buckeye Lake | Evelyn Townley | Top 16 | |||||
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Phyllis Randall | Hollywood | 20 | Vocal/Dance | 3rd Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Sister of Miss North Carolina 1941, Joey Augusta Paxton |
Charlotte | Betty Hunneycutt | Charlotte | Top 16 | ||||
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Sally Lillian Frank | Cincinnati | |||||
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Frances Greene | Milford | |||||
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Nickey Harriet | Harrington | |||||
Delray Beach | Mary P. Hollran | Delray Beach | |||||
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Helen Greene | 24 | Blues Vocal & Piano | ||||
Eastern Pennsylvania | Beryl Kober | Chalfont | |||||
Eastern Shores | Margaret Myers | Rock Hall | |||||
Empire State | Dorothy Armstrong | Whitesboro | |||||
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Frances Powell | ||||||
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Lucia Benton | Norton | Top 16 | ||||
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Audrey Catherine Flaig | Bellevue | |||||
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Gertrude Rissie Miller | Winnsboro | Top 16 | ||||
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Cornelia Campbell | South Portland | |||||
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Claire Nevulis | South Boston | Vocal/Tap Dance | Top 16 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
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Irmigard Dietel | Vocal | 4th Runner-up | ||||
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Cecelia Rodge | Minneapolis | |||||
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Virginia Riley | West Point | |||||
Moberly | Mary Sue Klein | Moberly | |||||
Montgomery | Ingram Starkey | Montgomery | |||||
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Ruth Lenore Jones | Nebraska City | |||||
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Grace Travis | New York City | Vocal | Top 16 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
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Ruth Covington | Tap Dance, "Gonna Go" | 2nd Runner-up | ||||
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Jean Fadden | Cleveland | Top 16 | ||||
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Kathryn Crase | Philadelphia | |||||
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Malen Pietrantoni | ||||||
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Dorothy May Eden | East Providence | 18 | Dr. Dorothy May Eden Trayner Erinakes died at 97 on March 20, 2017 in San Luis Obispo, California. | |||
Riverside | Helen Frances Murphy | Riverside | |||||
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Oliver Henderson | ||||||
Savannah Beach | Carolyn Cumbie | ||||||
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Wayring Smathers | Columbia | |||||
South Jersey | Margaret Julia Jardon | Burlington | |||||
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Wauneta Bates | St. Louis | Top 16 | ||||
Sunnybrook | Kathryn H. Kendrick | Sunnybrook | |||||
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Alice Emerick | Fort Worth | Tap Dance | 1st Runner-up | |||
Troy | Irene Alice Vanderburgh | Watervliet | |||||
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Frances Lee Sultan | Kecoughtan | Top 16 | ||||
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Juliana Bernhardt | Seattle | |||||
Westchester County | Evelyn Raye | New Rochelle | Top 16 | ||||
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Mary Ann McLaughlin | Riverton |
References[]
- ^ United Press (1937-09-12). "17-Year-Old Jersey Blond is Miss America for 1937". Syracuse Herald. p. Two A.
- ^ Hetrick, Christian (July 18, 2015). "The curse of Miss New Jersey". The Press of Atlantic City. Pleasantville, NJ: BH Media. Retrieved July 31, 2015.
- ^ Associated Press (1937-09-13). "Bette Cooper, Tired and Ill, Leaves Atlantic City with First Boyfriend". Lewiston Daily Sun. p. 13.
Secondary sources[]
- Saulino Osborne, Angela (1995). "Miss Americas and their Courts". Miss America The Dream Lives On. Taylor Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-87833-110-9.
External links[]
Categories:
- Miss America
- 1937 in the United States
- 1937 in New Jersey
- September 1937 events
- Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey