Miss America 1945
Miss 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]
Results
Placements
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Contestant |
Miss America 1945 |
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1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 13 |
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Miss Congeniality |
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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 |
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Miss Atlanta |
Pauline Walker |
Atlanta, Georgia |
18 |
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Miss Birmingham |
Frances Lanell Dorn |
Birmingham, Alabama |
18 |
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2nd runner-up |
Talent (tie)[4] |
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Miss Boston |
Claire Thibadeau |
Cambridge, Massachusetts |
19 |
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Miss California |
Polly Ellis |
Tarzana, California |
19 |
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Top 13 |
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Miss Chicago |
Louise Wieland |
Chicago, Illinois |
19 |
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Top 13 |
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Miss Cincinnati |
Virginia Lee Pleasant |
Portsmouth, Ohio |
20 |
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Miss Connecticut |
Sylvia K. Shaw |
Hartford, Connecticut |
20 |
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Miss Detroit |
Barbara Lee Smith |
Detroit, Michigan |
20 |
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Miss Florida |
Virginia Freeland |
Miami, Florida |
19 |
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3rd runner-up |
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Miss Georgia |
Doris Joyce Coker |
Columbus, Georgia |
18 |
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Miss Illinois |
Beverly Ann Long |
Joliet, Illinois |
18 |
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Miss Indiana |
Betty Anna Lackyear |
Evansville, Indiana |
20 |
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Miss Iowa |
Jeanne Gordon |
Des Moines, Iowa |
19 |
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Miss Maine |
Virginia Trask |
Portland, Maine |
18 |
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Miss Maryland |
Virginia Lee Van Sant |
Cumberland, Maryland |
20 |
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Top 13 |
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Miss Massachusetts |
Ruth Claire Thomas |
Belmont, Massachusetts |
18 |
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Miss Miami Beach |
Rae Evelyn Crist |
Miami Beach, Florida |
19 |
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Miss Michigan |
Theresa Mary Sullivan |
Detroit, Michigan |
19 |
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Miss Minnesota |
Arlene Anderson |
Minneapolis, Minnesota |
19 |
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4th runner-up |
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Miss Mississippi |
Harriet Jane Carr |
Marks, Mississippi |
21 |
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Miss Missouri |
Betty Ruth Ream |
Hughesville, Missouri |
19 |
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Miss New Hampshire |
Margorie Lundfelt |
Lake Spafford, New Hampshire |
19 |
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Miss New Jersey |
Matilda Agin |
New Brunswick, New Jersey |
20 |
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Miss New Orleans |
Helen Shively |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
21 |
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Miss New York City |
Bess Myerson |
New York City, New York |
21 |
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Miss America 1945 |
Talent (tie) [5]
Swim Suit[6] |
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Miss New York State |
June Jenkins |
Elmont, New York |
18 |
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Miss North Carolina |
Dorothy Louise Johnson |
Winston Salem, North Carolina |
21 |
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Top 13 |
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Miss Northern British Columbia |
Georgina E. Patterson |
British Columbia, Canada |
19 |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Miss Ohio |
Julia Ann Donahue |
Oxford, Ohio |
19 |
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Miss Pennsylvania |
Timmy Weston |
McKeesport, Pennsylvania |
18 |
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Miss Philadelphia |
Gloria Bair |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
19 |
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Top 13 |
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Miss Rhode Island |
Mary Stevens |
Cranston, Rhode Island |
24 |
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Miss San Diego |
Phyllis Mathis |
San Diego, California |
19 |
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1st runner-up |
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Miss South Carolina |
Margaret Neeley |
Columbia, South Carolina |
19 |
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Miss Tennessee |
Lee Harriet Henson |
Chattanooga, Tennessee |
18 |
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Top 13 |
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Miss Texas |
Polly Below |
Galveston, Texas |
18 |
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Top 13 |
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Miss Utah |
Dorothy F. Holohan |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
21 |
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Miss Vermont |
Mary Staikos |
Burlington, Vermont |
21 |
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Miss Washington, D.C. |
Dorothy Louise Powell |
Washington, D.C. |
21 |
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Top 13 |
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Miss Wisconsin |
Eileen Christy |
Menomanie, Wisconsin |
20 |
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References
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