- Miss America 1945
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Miss America 1945 Date September 8, 1945 Presenters Bob Russell (entertainer) Venue Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey Entrants 39 Placements 13 Winner Bess Myerson
New York CityMiss America 1945, the 19th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1945.[1] Two days prior to the actual selection and coronation, the night of the talent competition, the Army Air Force Veterans voted the eventual winner, Miss New York City as their favorite beauty queen.[2]
Contents
Results
Placements
Contestant Miss America 1945 - Miss New York City - Bess Myerson
1st runner-up 
Miss San Diego - Phyllis Mathis
2nd runner-up 
Miss Birmingham - Frances Lanell Dorn
3rd runner-up 
Miss Florida - Virginia Freeland
4th runner-up 
Miss Minnesota - Arlene Anderson
Top 13 
Miss California - Polly Ellis
Miss Chicago - Louise Wieland
Miss Maryland - Virginia Lee Van Sant
Miss North Carolina - Dorothy Louise Johnson
Miss Philadelphia - Gloria Bair
Miss Tennessee - Lee Harriet Henson
Miss Texas - Polly Below
Miss District of Columbia - Dorothy Louise Powell
Miss Congeniality 
Miss Northern British Columbia - Georgina E. Patterson
Delegates
The Miss America 1945 delegates are:[3]
City or State Name Hometown Age Talent Placement Awards Notes Miss Arkansas Leslie Hampton Lake Village, Arkansas 18 Miss Atlanta Pauline Walker Atlanta, Georgia 18 Miss Birmingham Frances Lanell Dorn Birmingham, Alabama 18 2nd runner-up Talent (tie)[4] Miss Boston Claire Thibadeau Cambridge, Massachusetts 19 Miss California Polly Ellis Tarzana, California 19 Top 13 Miss Chicago Louise Wieland Chicago, Illinois 19 Top 13 Miss Cincinnati Virginia Lee Pleasant Portsmouth, Ohio 20 Miss Connecticut Sylvia K. Shaw Hartford, Connecticut 20 Miss Detroit Barbara Lee Smith Detroit, Michigan 20 Miss Florida Virginia Freeland Miami, Florida 19 3rd runner-up Miss Georgia Doris Joyce Coker Columbus, Georgia 18 Miss Illinois Beverly Ann Long Joliet, Illinois 18 Miss Indiana Betty Anna Lackyear Evansville, Indiana 20 Miss Iowa Jeanne Gordon Des Moines, Iowa 19 Miss Maine Virginia Trask Portland, Maine 18 Miss Maryland Virginia Lee Van Sant Cumberland, Maryland 20 Top 13 Miss Massachusetts Ruth Claire Thomas Belmont, Massachusetts 18 Miss Miami Beach Rae Evelyn Crist Miami Beach, Florida 19 Miss Michigan Theresa Mary Sullivan Detroit, Michigan 19 Miss Minnesota Arlene Anderson Minneapolis, Minnesota 19 4th runner-up Miss Mississippi Harriet Jane Carr Marks, Mississippi 21 Miss Missouri Betty Ruth Ream Hughesville, Missouri 19 Miss New Hampshire Margorie Lundfelt Lake Spafford, New Hampshire 19 Miss New Jersey Matilda Agin New Brunswick, New Jersey 20 Miss New Orleans Helen Shively New Orleans, Louisiana 21 Miss New York City Bess Myerson New York City, New York 21 Miss America 1945 Talent (tie) [5]
Swim Suit[6]Miss New York State June Jenkins Elmont, New York 18 Miss North Carolina Dorothy Louise Johnson Winston Salem, North Carolina 21 Top 13 Miss Northern British Columbia Georgina E. Patterson British Columbia, Canada 19 Miss Congeniality Miss Ohio Julia Ann Donahue Oxford, Ohio 19 Miss Pennsylvania Timmy Weston McKeesport, Pennsylvania 18 Miss Philadelphia Gloria Bair Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19 Top 13 Miss Rhode Island Mary Stevens Cranston, Rhode Island 24 Miss San Diego Phyllis Mathis San Diego, California 19 1st runner-up Miss South Carolina Margaret Neeley Columbia, South Carolina 19 Miss Tennessee Lee Harriet Henson Chattanooga, Tennessee 18 Top 13 Miss Texas Polly Below Galveston, Texas 18 Top 13 Miss Utah Dorothy F. Holohan Salt Lake City, Utah 21 Miss Vermont Mary Staikos Burlington, Vermont 21 Miss Washington, D.C. Dorothy Louise Powell Washington, D.C. 21 Top 13 Miss Wisconsin Eileen Christy Menomanie, Wisconsin 20 Miss America 1921 · 1922 · 1923 · 1924 · 1925 · 1926 · 1927 1933 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 · 1939 · 1940
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Outstanding Teen · MAOT State pageantsReferences
- ^ "Will Use Prize To Study Music". Ogden Standard-Examiner. 1945-09-10. p. 1.
- ^ Associated Press Wire Photo (1944-09-06). "Beauty Queen of AAF Veterans". Lowell Sun. p. 1.
- ^ Official Yearbook of the Miss America Pageant, 1945. Miss America Organization. 1945. http://digital.hagley.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/p268001coll20&CISOPTR=152&REC=1. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
- ^ International News Service (1944-09-06). "Takent Awards". Lowell Sun. p. 1.
- ^ International News Service (1944-09-06). "Takent Awards". Lowell Sun. p. 1.
- ^ Associated Press (1944-09-10). "New York City Girl Is Beauty Queen". Salamanca Republican-Press. p. 5.
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