Miss America 1938

Miss America 1938
Date	September 10, 1938
Venue	Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrants	44
Placements	15
Winner	Marilyn Meseke Miss Ohio

Miss America 1938, the 12th Miss America pageant, was held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 10, 1938.^[1] The selection by the 15 judges of Miss Ohio over Miss California surprised the audience attending the event. Famous Broadway producer Earl Carroll, Murder at the Vanities, also disagreed with their choice and took the runner-up to New York where he performed a coronation of Miss California as "the true Miss America" shortly after the official pageant. Carroll's actions resulted in widespread publicity of the incident.^[2][3]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss America 1938	Miss Ohio - Marilyn Meseke
1st Runner-up	Miss California - Claire James
2nd Runner-up	Miss Utah - Muriel La Von Goodspeed
3rd Runner-up	Asbury Park, NJ Miss Asbury Park - Ruth Brady
4th Runner-up	Miss Jacksonville - Gloria Smiley
Top 15	Miss Arizona - Ann Marie Barnett Miss Atlanta - Alice Talton Miss Birmingham - Mildred Marie Oxford Miss Brooklyn - Barbara Beech Miss Cleveland - Evelyn Dorothy Bertelsbech Miss District of Columbia - Dorothy Mae Parker Miss Empire State - Elissa Barbara Winston Miss Ft. Lauderdale - Mary Jane Thomas Miss Indiana - Helen Marie Emly Miss Philadelphia - Kathryn “Kay” Frances Buckley

References

1. ^ "'Beautiful But Dumb' Legend Haunts Miss America 1938". Chester Times. 1938-09-12. p. 7. 
2. ^ Associated Press (1938-09-12). "Producer Carroll Differs in Choice of Miss America". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. p. 5. 
3. ^ Associated Press Wire Photo (1938-09-12). "Meet Miss America - Both of 'Em". Oakland Tribune. p. 5. 

External links

• Miss America official website

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.