Miss America 1924 , the fourth Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey , on Saturday, September 6, 1924.[ 1] [ 2] Mary Katherine Campbell , who won the title the previous two years, placed as 1st runner-up. Pageant officials later instituted a rule allowing competitors to be crowned only once.[ 3] Ruth Malcomson competing as Miss Philadelphia was named Miss America of 1924 against a field of 83 entrants, the largest number of contestants in Miss America history.[ 4]
Second runner-up Fay Lanphier would become Miss America 1925 . Another of the finalists, Beatrice Roberts , became an actress who appeared in more than 50 Hollywood productions.
Miss America, Ruth Malcomson, and her mother, Augusta
Placement
Contestant
Miss America 1924
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runners-Up
Top 11
Top 16
Location[ 5]
Name
Age
Placement
Notes
Altoona
Katherine Brown
Atlanta
Estelle Bradley
Top 10
Austin
Vera Simpson
Baltimore
Mary Rose Kenny
Bay Ridge
Dorothea Kenna
Beaumont
Freeda Rowley
Biloxi
Vivian Ruth Shaddinger
Birmingham
Mildred Adams
Boston
Mildred M. Prendergast
Bradley Beach
Edith Wright
Bronx
Francis Harten
Brooklyn
Hildur Johnson
Cape May
Emily Borbach
Top 10
Chicago
Margaret Leigh
4th runner-up (tie)
Columbus, Georgia|Columbus GA Anne Davis
Columbus OH Lenore O'Ryan
Coney Island, New York
Agnes I. Leonard
Cumberland, Maryland
Gretchen Carney
Dallas, Texas
Etta Mae Collins
Decatur, Illinois
Virginia Lipscomb
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Margaret McGee
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Helen Mankus
Fort Worth, Texas
Hazel Doolin
Galveston, Texas
Lorraine Holzhaus
Greater New York, New York
Margie Booth
Top 10
Hammonton, New Jersey
Alice Kind
Hoboken, New Jersey
Emerita Monsch
Top 10
Houston, Texas
Mary C. Wilmot
Jackson, Mississippi
Mabel Batson
Jacksonville, Florida
Roberta Russell
Jersey City, New Jersey
Bonnie Blair
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Letne von Alt
Lakeland, Florida
Margaret Swindell
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Stella Springer
Los Angeles, California
Lillian Knight
3rd runner-up
Louisville, Kentucky
Juanita Hobbs
Manhattan, New York
Alice Beatrice Roberts
4th runner-up (tie)
Margate City, New Jersey
Myrtle Marshall
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Clara Ethel Koehler
Top 15
Miss America 1922 & 1923
Mary Katherine Campbell
18
1st runner-up
Nashville, Tennessee
Ann Elizabeth Warner
Newark, New Jersey
Edith Becker
Top 15
Newburgh, New York
Mary Griggs
New Orleans, Louisiana
Louise Moore
Top 15
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Dorothy E. Gross
Oakland, California
Irma Frazier
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Willie Mae Stockton
Top 10
Paducah, Kentucky
Kathleen McElroy
Pensacola, Florida
Lottie Eitzen
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ruth Malcomson
Winner
Aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Malcomson Ringler, and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham[citation needed
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Helen Steubne
Pleasantville, New Jersey
Gertrude McDonough
Providence, Rhode Island
Freida Leamon
Queens, New York
Mary Carlson
Reading, Pennsylvania
Nellie M. Paige
Richmond, New York
Melise Danning
Rochester, New York
Katherine Skuse
St. Louis, Missouri
Helen Moore
San Antonio, Texas
Katherine Hensley
Santa Cruz, California
Fay Lanphier
18
2nd runner-up
Sioux City, Iowa
Alta Sterling
Somers Point, New Jersey
Ethel Sipps
Stamford, Connecticut
Helen Haddock
Syracuse, New York
Alma Jeanne Williams
Tampa, Florida
Virginia McRae
Texas City, Texas
Thelma Kirsch
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Rose Everett
Washington D.C.
Helen Sweeney
Watertown, New York
Hilda Farrell
West Palm Beach, Florida
Frances Payne
Wichita, Kansas
Donna Frye
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Theresa Matzer
Yonkers, New York
Florence Kreisler
Youngstown, Ohio
Pauline James
Top 15
Saulino Osborne, Angela (1995). "Miss Americas and their Courts". Miss America The Dream Lives On . Taylor Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87833-110-7
Philadelphia
Dallas, Texas
Houston, Texas
Jacksonville, Florida
Los Angeles, California
New Orleans, Louisiana
St. Louis, Missouri
San Antonio, Texas
Washington D.C.