Miss America 1935

Miss America 1935
Miss America 1935
Date	September 7, 1935
Presenters	King Neptune
Venue	Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrants	53
Placements	14
Winner	Henrietta Leaver; Pittsburgh
	← 1933 1936 →

Miss America 1935, the ninth Miss America pageant, was held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 7, 1935, following a one-year hiatus.^[1]^[2]^[3] Upon arrival in Atlantic City, contestants were strongly encouraged to exhibit some form of talent during the pageant, which was a first for the pageant.^[4] Aside from Henrietta Leaver, Miss Pittsburgh winning the Miss America crown, entrants from Pennsylvania placed as three of the nine semi-finalists.

Judges included: Louis St. John (president of the Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce), Nils Granlund (of New York), Vincent Trotta (art director at Paramount Pictures), Elias Goldensky (photographer in Philadelphia), Walter Thornton, Willard Van der Veer (Academy Award winner for cinematography), and Giuseppe Donato (sculptor).^[5]

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss America 1935	Pittsburgh – Henrietta Leaver
1st Runner-Up	Missouri – Edna Smith
2nd Runner-Up	Kentucky – Jeane Megerle
Top 12^[6]	Baltimore – Frances Stine Burlington – Mary Dillinger California – Virginia Hope Donham District of Columbia – Helen Loyce Clum Florida – Elizabeth Hull New Haven – Ruth Stuart Rubin New York – Vera Hall Norristown – Helen Keaser New Jersey – Libby Koehler Philadelphia – Jean Kathryn McCool West Philadelphia – Lenora Pollock

Contestants


Location	Name	Hometown	Age	Talent	Placement	Awards
Atlanta	LaRue Wilson	Atlanta
Baltimore	Frances Stine	Baltimore			Top 12
Birmingham	Adelynn Owen	Birmingham
Bloomfield	Mildred Hughes
Bridgeport, CT	Sonia Banks	Bridgeport
Bridgeport, PA	Loretta Gale Tarle	Bridgeport
Bridgeton	Geraldine Hester	Bridgeton
Brooklyn	Grace Travis	Brooklyn		Piano
Burlington	Mary Dillinger	Burlington		Vocal, "Every Little Moment"	Top 12
California	Virginia Donham	San Francisco		Vocal, "Chlo-e" & "I Ain't Got Nobody"	Top 12
Camden	Lena Melamed	Camden
Cleveland	Eleanore Papin	Cleveland
Cincinnati	Beatrice Pfeiffer	Cincinnati		Vocal
Connecticut	Margaretta Kling	New Haven				Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Conshohocken	Helen Rita Skelly	Conshohocken
Delaware County	Florence Carman	Upper Darby
Des Moines	Connie Rosefield	Des Moines	18
District of Columbia	Helen Clum		18	Vocal & Dance, "Every Day I'll In Love With You"	Top 12
Florida	Elizabeth Hull	Plant City		Vocal Medley, "East of the Sun" & "When I Grow to Old to Dream"	Top 12
Greater Hartford	Veronica Turosky
Hartford	Margaret Holmes	Hartford
Hillside	Dorothy Wainwright	Hillside
Kentucky	Jean Megerle	Fort Thomas	18	Vocal/Acrobatic Dance, "I'll Never Say Never Again"	2nd runner-up
Lake Hopatcong	Ann Golden
Leominster	Rita Mae King	Leominster
Maine	Edith Lucresa Smith
Mayfair	Margie Godwin	Philadelphia
Minnesota	Mildred Barrett	Marshall
Mississippi	LeFrance Boyett	Sumner
Missouri	Edna Smith	Fayette	19	Piano/Vocal, "Prelude No. 20" by Chopin & "When Day is Done"	1st runner-up
Montgomery County	Marie Baumgard	Norristown
Mount Holly	Esther Moore	Mount Holly
Newark	Ann Harvey	Newark
New Haven	Ruth S. Rubin	New Haven			Top 12
New Jersey	Norine Hughes	Glen Ridge
New York	Vera Hall	The Bronx			Top 12
Norristown	Helen Keaser	Norristown		Vocal Medley, "Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight" & "You're a Heavenly Thing"	Top 12
Penns Grove	Elizabeth Koehler	Penns Grove		Vocal Medley, "Without a Song" & "Roll Out of Bed With a Smile"	Top 12
Philadelphia	Jean McCool	Philadelphia		Vocal Medley, "Lovely to Look At" & "Little Things You Used to Do"	Top 12
Pittsburgh	Henrietta Leaver	Pittsburgh	19	Vocal/Tap Dance, "Living in a Great Big Way"	Winner
Poughkeepsie	Laura Baker	Poughkeepsie
Providence	Beatrice McKenzie	Providence
Quincy	Mary Stanley	Quincy
Rhode Island	Marianne Ranallo Grasso
Riverside	Othelia March	Riverside
Scranton	Alice Brown	Scranton
Tamaqua	Claire Spirt	Tamaqua
Tennessee	Sarah Beard	Dickson
West Orange	Ann Halko	West Orange
West Philadelphia	Lenora Pollock	West Philadelphia		Vocal, Piano, Banjo, & Dance, "Dark Eyes" & "My Man"	Top 12
West Warwick	Leona Mucha	West Warwick
Wilkes-Barre	Gertrude Schappert	Wilkes-Barre
Woodbury	Thelma Fouks	Woodbury