Winner: | Jo-Carroll Dennison |
Represented: | |
Date: | September 12, 1942 |
Presenters: | Bob Russell |
Entrants: | 30 |
Placements: | 10 |
Venue: | Warner Theater, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Before: | 1941 |
Next: | 1943 |
Miss America 1942, the 16th Miss America pageant, was held at the Warner Theater in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1942. Miss Texas, Jo-Carroll Dennison won the title after winning the swimsuit and talent categories. She was the first Miss Texas to win the Miss America title.[1] [2]
Dennison became an actress and had roles in films such as Winged Victory. She was married at one time to comedian Phil Silvers.
Placement | Contestant | |
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Miss America 1942 | ||
1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up | ||
3rd Runner-Up |
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4th Runner-Up | ||
Top 10 |
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Awards | Contestant | |
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
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Birmingham | Marie Duncan | Birmingham | Vocal, "I Met Him on Monday" | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |||
California | Lucille Lambert | Hollywood | Vocal, "Embraceable You" | 4th Runner-Up | ||||
Central New York | Catherine Victoria Zambon | |||||||
Chicago | Bette Brunk | Chicago | Hula, "Hawaiian War Chant" | 1st Runner-Up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |||
Columbia | Virginia Pulliam | Columbia | ||||||
Connecticut | Alice Clifford | Burlington | ||||||
Delaware | Dorothy McGovern | Wilmington | ||||||
District of Columbia | Marilyn Makin | 18 | Vocal | |||||
Florida | Eileen Knapp | Tap Dance, "Bye Bye Blues" | Top 10 | |||||
Illinois | Patricia Hayes | Rochelle | Dramatic Recitation | Top 10 | ||||
Maryland | Bettye Mitchell | Baltimore | ||||||
Massachusetts | Paula Boardman | Natick | ||||||
Miami | Leona Fredericks | Miami | Vocal, "Nobody's Baby" | Top 10 | ||||
Michigan | Patricia Hill | Detroit | Comedic Recitation | 2nd Runner-up | ||||
Minnesota | Jane Groerner | Minneapolis | ||||||
Mississippi | Dorothy Fox | Columbus | Miss Congeniality | |||||
Nebraska | Claire Buglewicz | Vocal, "You Made Me Love You" | ||||||
New Jersey | Madeline Layton | Maywood | Vocal, "Saturday Night" | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
New Mexico | Marjorie Adams | Roswell | ||||||
New Orleans | Edna Joyce | New Orleans | ||||||
New York | Marion Moselle | Utica | Preliminary Talent Award | |||||
New York City | Annyse Sherman | New York City | Vocal, "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier | Top 10 | ||||
North Carolina | Hilda Taylor | Goldsboro | ||||||
Ohio | Barbara Patterson | Cincinnati | Preliminary Talent Award | |||||
Philadelphia | Geraldine Powell | Philadelphia | ||||||
South Carolina | Nelle Xermenia Owens | Columbia | ||||||
Texas | Jo-Carroll Dennison | Tyler | 19 | Vocal & Dance, "Deep in the Heart of Texas" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness AwardPreliminary Talent Award | ||
Virginia | Charlotte Mae Smith | Fredericksburg | ||||||
Western Pennsylvania | Ruth Elfreda Schmidt | Pittsburgh | ||||||
Wisconsin | Charlotte Lemmer | Milwaukee | 18 |