Miss America 1924, the fourth Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on Saturday, September 6, 1924. Mary Katherine Campbell, who won the title the previous two years, placed as 1st runner-up. Pageant officials later instituted a rule allowing competitors to be crowned only once. Ruth Malcomson competing as Miss Philadelphia was named Miss America of 1924 against a field of 83 entrants, the largest number of contestants in Miss America history.
Second runner-up Fay Lanphier would become Miss America 1925. Another of the finalists, Beatrice Roberts, became an actress who appeared in more than 50 Hollywood productions.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss America 1924 – Ruth Malcomson1st Runner-Up Miss America 1922 & 1923 – Mary Katherine Campbell2nd Runner-Up – Fay Lanphier3rd Runner-Up – Lillian Knight 4th Runners-Up – Beatrice Roberts (tie) – Margaret Leigh (tie) Top 11 – Estelle Bradley – Emily Borbach – Margie Booth – Emerita Monsch Oklahoma City – Willie Mae Stockton Top 16 Milwaukee – Clara Koehler Newark – Edith Becker – Louise Moore Youngstown – Pauline James
Contestants +LocationNameAgePlacementNotesAltoonaKatherine BrownAtlantaEstelle BradleyTop 10AustinVera SimpsonBaltimoreMary Rose KennyBay RidgeDorothea KennaBeaumontFreeda RowleyBiloxiVivian Ruth ShaddingerBirminghamMildred AdamsBostonMildred M. PrendergastBradley BeachEdith WrightBronxFrancis HartenBrooklynHildur JohnsonCape MayEmily BorbachTop 10ChicagoMargaret Leigh4th runner-up (tie)Columbus Anne DavisColumbus Lenore O'RyanConey Island, New YorkAgnes I. LeonardCumberland, MarylandGretchen Carney Dallas, TexasEtta Mae CollinsDecatur, IllinoisVirginia LipscombDelaware County, PennsylvaniaMargaret McGeeElizabeth, New JerseyDoris Mae Bock18 Sep 1924 the morning call - Bock.jpg18Fort Worth, TexasHazel DoolinGalveston, TexasLorraine HolzhausGreater New York, New YorkMargie BoothTop 10Hammonton, New JerseyAlice KindHoboken, New JerseyEmerita MonschTop 10 Houston, TexasMary C. WilmotJackson, MississippiMabel Batson Jacksonville, FloridaRoberta RussellJersey City, New JerseyBonnie BlairJohnstown, PennsylvaniaLetne von AltLakeland, FloridaMargaret SwindellLancaster, PennsylvaniaStella Springer Los Angeles, CaliforniaLillian Knight3rd runner-upLouisville, KentuckyJuanita HobbsManhattan, New YorkAlice Beatrice Roberts4th runner-up (tie)Margate City, New JerseyMyrtle MarshallMilwaukee, WisconsinClara Ethel KoehlerTop 15Miss America 1922 & 1923Mary Katherine Campbell181st runner-upNashville, TennesseeAnn Elizabeth WarnerNewark, New JerseyEdith BeckerTop 15Newburgh, New YorkMary Griggs New Orleans, LouisianaLouise MooreTop 15Norristown, PennsylvaniaDorothy E. GrossOakland, CaliforniaIrma FrazierOklahoma City, OklahomaWillie Mae StocktonTop 10Paducah, KentuckyKathleen McElroyPensacola, FloridaLottie Eitzen Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaRuth MalcomsonWinnerAunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Malcomson Ringler, and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade GrahamPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaHelen SteubnePleasantville, New JerseyGertrude McDonoughProvidence, Rhode IslandFreida LeamonQueens, New YorkMary CarlsonReading, PennsylvaniaNellie M. PaigeRichmond, New YorkMelise DanningRochester, New YorkKatherine Skuse St. Louis, MissouriHelen Moore San Antonio, TexasKatherine HensleySanta Cruz, CaliforniaFay Lanphier182nd runner-upSioux City, IowaAlta SterlingSomers Point, New JerseyEthel SippsStamford, ConnecticutHelen HaddockSyracuse, New YorkAlma Jeanne WilliamsTampa, FloridaVirginia McRaeTexas City, TexasThelma KirschTulsa, OklahomaRose Everett Washington D.C.Helen SweeneyWatertown, New YorkHilda FarrellWest Palm Beach, FloridaFrances PayneWichita, KansasDonna FryeWilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaTheresa MatzerYonkers, New YorkFlorence KreislerYoungstown, OhioPauline JamesTop 15
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External links Miss America official website