Miss America 1939

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Miss America 1939
Date	September 9, 1939
Venue	Steel Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Entrants	43
Placements	15
Winner	Patricia Donnelly Miss Michigan

Miss America 1939, the 13th Miss America pageant, was the last pageant to be held at the famed Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey.^[1] The finals were held on September 9, 1939 and Miss Michigan, Patricia Donnelly, was crowned Miss America 1939.^[2] The Miss Congeniality Award was also introduced at the competition in 1939.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss America 1939	Miss Michigan - Patricia Donnelly
1st Runner-up	Miss Oklahoma - Bettye Cornelia Averyt
2nd Runner-up	Miss Washington - Anna Mae Schoonover
3rd Runner-up	Miss California - Marguerita Shris
4th Runner-up	Miss Virginia - Rose Marie Elliott
Top 15	Miss Birmingham - Florine Holt Miss Chicago - Ethel Lorraine Lobdell Miss Eastern New York - Claire E. Foley Miss Florida - Rose Marie Magrill Miss Miami - Irmgard Margaret Dietel Miss Minnesota - Marion June Rudeen Miss New Jersey - Margo Lundgren Miss North Carolina - Margaret Wood Miss Sun Valley - Louise Fletchner Miss Texas - Charmayne Smith

Miss Congeniality

Miss Mississippi - Doris Coggins

v t e Miss America

1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Titleholders Winners by state Award winners Outstanding Teen MAOT State pageants

References

↑ "Miss America History 1939". Retrieved 2012-04-13.
↑ Associated Press (1939-09-11). "Miss America Seeks Ways To Mother's Bills". Ogden Standard. p. 8.

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.

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