Fay Lanphier
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Fay Elinora Lanphier (12 December 1905–June 21, 1959)[1] was a model most noted for becoming Miss California in 1924 and Miss America in 1925. She was also the 1925 Rose Queen. To date, she is the only person to hold both titles at the same time.
She was born in El Dorado, California, the eldest child of Percival Caspar Lanphier and Emily Elenora Olson, with five other siblings coming after her.[2]
She married first to a Mr. Spiegle, associated with the Spiegle catalog company, and secondly to Winfield Daniels in 1931, producing two daughters. She lived in Orinda, California until her sudden death at age 53.
Before she was Miss California, she was Miss Santa Cruz (1924).
| Preceded by Ruth Malcomson |
Miss America 1925 |
Succeeded by Norma Smallwood |
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