- Miss America 1940
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Miss America 1940 Date September 7, 1940 Presenters Bob Russell (entertainer) Venue Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey Entrants 44 Placements 15 Winner Frances Marie Burke
PhiladelphiaMiss America 1940, the 14th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1940.[1] Aside from the 1940 winning entrant, two other contestants from Pennsylvania placed among the Top 15, one representing Eastern PA and the other from Western PA.
Contents
Results
Placements
Final results Contestant Miss America 1940 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up - Miss Michigan - Monnie Drake
3rd Runner-up - Miss Massachusetts - Polly Connors
4th Runner-up - Miss Kentucky - Dorothy Slatten
Top 15 - Miss Delaware - Peggy E. Insolo
- Miss District of Columbia - Catherine Virginia Howe
- Eastern PA Miss Eastern Pennsylvania - Mildred Irene Saha
- Huntington, WV Miss Huntington, WV - Juanita Park Wright
- Miss Miami - Mitzi Strother
- Miss Missouri - Virginia Morrison
- Miss Montana - Kay Kittendorff
- Miss Myrtle Beach - La Bruce Sherill
- Miss Oklahoma - Ada Martyne Woods
- Western PA Miss Western Pennsylvania - Alberta Louise Carts
Miss Congeniality - - Not Awarded
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2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010
2011 · 2012Titleholders · Winners by state · Award winners
Outstanding Teen · MAOT State pageantsReferences
- ^ Associated Press (1940-09-09). "Miss America 1940 Says Two Sisters Are Prettier". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. p. 7.
External links
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.
Categories:- Miss America
- 1940 in the United States
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