Miss America 1936, the tenth Miss America pageant, was held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 12, 1936. Despite winning three of the pageant's contests ("most beautiful girl in evening gown", "most perfect model", and "Miss Outdoors Girl"), Miss Cook County was awarded 3rd runner-up. Miss Connecticut, the 2nd runner-up, won the "Miss Personality" prize, while Miss Philadelphia, Rose Veronica Coyle, sang and tap-danced her way to the "Talent Award", as well as winning the coveted crown. Entrants from Pennsylvania took the top honor as well as capturing three other positions in the Top 15.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss America 1936 – Rose Veronica Coyle 1st Runner-Up – Phyllis Hume Dobson 2nd Runner-Up – Tillie Theodora Cecilia Grey 3rd Runner-Up – Arlene Causey 4th Runner-Up – Gloria Levinge Top 15 – Tommy Marie Peck – Jean M. Megerle – Evelyn Townley – Elaine Miller Corpus Christi – Patricia Allen Green – Charlet Hiteman – Edna Dean Jones Pittsburgh – Bonnie Boyle – Anna Julia Zaker – Dolores Taylor
Awards Preliminary awards Award Contestant Talent – Gloria Levinge – Phyllis Hume Dobson – Rose Veronica Coyle
Contestants 47 contestants competed for the title. Represented Contestant Hometown Age Talent Placements Awards Notes AlabamaTommy Marie PeckTop 15AnthraciteMargie SossongScranton AtlantaOra YorkAtlantaBaltimoreAnne Margaret KaneBaltimoreBirminghamGloria LevingeBirminghamTap Dance4th Runner-upPreliminary Talent AwardBlue GrassJean MegerleFort Thomas19Top 15Buckeye LakeEvelyn TownleyAcrobatic DanceTop 15 CaliforniaPhyllis DobsonHollywoodDrama1st Runner-upPreliminary Talent AwardCamdenThelma BieberCamdenCharlotteThelma PerkinsCharlotteChesterElaine MillerChesterTop 15 ChicagoGenevieve AndersonChicago CincinnatiDorothy A. DuncanCincinnatiCook CountyArlene CauseyChicago3rd Runner-upBest Model Best in Evening Gown
Miss Outdoors Girl ConnecticutTillie GreyWaterbury2nd runner-upMiss PersonalityCorpus ChristiPatricia Allen GreenCorpus ChristiTop 15 DelawareLillian ShamersWilmington District of ColumbiaShirley SchwartzFirst Jewish titleholderFlintJune Ursula ForbesFlint GeorgiaHilda VealeWatkinsville IllinoisVirginia MoellerSpringfield IowaCarol BaileyWaterloo16 KentuckyCharlet HitemanNewportTop 15LancasterEllen McCormickLancasterLong IslandEvelyn Lemhart MaineDolly StewartRockland MarylandEthel HollandBerlin MassachusettsMarion FlynnNorwood18 MinnesotaIrene MartineauMinneapolis MississippiRachel SmithBooneville MissouriMargaret PriceLexingtonMontgomery CountyJoan FrankenburgMiquon New HampshireEdna JonesRoxburyTop 15 New OrleansDoris HuetNew Orleans PhiladelphiaRose CoylePhiladelphiaVocal/Tap Dance, "I Can't Escape From You" & "Truckin'"WinnerPreliminary Talent AwardPittsburghBonnie BoylePittsburghTop 15PortlandEdna SmithPortlandReadingAnna Julia ZakerReadingTop 15 Rhode IslandMary Margaret RogersJohnstonRoton PointEvelyn LenhartGreenwichSouth JerseyEvelyn PierceRiverside VirginiaDolores TaylorOcean ViewTop 15Virginia PeninsulaMary Virginia AshPhoebus WisconsinAline SchwartzMilwaukee18Western New YorkSusan Georgianna GreenBolwarWestern PennsylvaniaMarie KetterRidgwayYorkSallie HintonYork
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External links Miss America official website