Miss America 1946, the 20th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1946.[1]
Miss America 1946 | |
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Date | September 7, 1946 |
Presenters | Bob Russell |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Entrants | 50 |
Placements | 16 |
Winner | Marilyn Buferd |
The winner, Marilyn Buferd, later became an actress, as did fourth runner-up Carol Ohmart and one of the 16 finalists, future Oscar and Emmy Award winner Cloris Leachman.
Results
editPlacements
editPlacement | Contestant |
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Miss America 1946 | |
1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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3rd Runner-Up |
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4th Runner-Up | |
Top 16 |
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Awards
editPreliminary awards
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
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Other awards
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Miss Congeniality |
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Contestants
editTitle | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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Alabama | Emma Dale Nunnally | Preliminary Talent Award | |||||
Arkansas | Rebecca McCall | Blytheville | Vocal, "Put the Blame on Mame" | 1st Runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
Atlanta | Janey Miller | Atlanta | Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" | 2nd Runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
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Baltimore | Virginia Martin | Baltimore | |||||
Baton Rouge | Marguerite McClelland | Baton Rouge | Classical Vocal, "Frühlingsstimmen" | 3rd Runner-up | |||
Birmingham | Sue Donegan | Birmingham | |||||
Boston | Paula C. Jerome | Boston | |||||
California | Marilyn Buferd | Los Angeles | 21 | Dramatic Monologue from Accent on Youth | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
Chicago | Cloris Leachman | Chicago | Comic Sketch, "One Man Radio Program" | Top 16 | Later an Oscar and Emmy Award winning actress | ||
Cincinnati | LaVonne Bond | Cincinnati | Vocal, "Thine Alone" from Eileen | Top 16 | |||
Cleveland | Mary Eileen Kelly | Cleveland | |||||
Colorado | Raye Donnelly | Colorado Springs | |||||
Columbus | Mary Lou Henderson | Columbus | |||||
Connecticut | Joan Turner | West Haven | Vocal, "Coax Me a Little Bit" | Top 16 | |||
Detroit | Constance Liddicoat | Detroit | |||||
District of Columbia | Jeanne Carlson | 19 | Vocal, "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" | ||||
Florida | Jacquelyn Jennings | Miami | Pantomime, "Just a Square in a Social Circle" | Top 16 | |||
Greater Philadelphia | Virginia Brown | Philadelphia | |||||
Illinois | Patricia Frye | Pekin | Vocal/Tap Dance, "I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do" | Top 16 | |||
Indiana | Lois Chitwood | Helmsburg | Piano & Speech | ||||
Iowa | Jacqueline Means | Des Moines | 19 | Acrobatic Dance | |||
Kansas | Joyce Blakemore | Liberal | |||||
Kansas City | Nadine LaVerne Fugett | Kansas City | |||||
Kentucky | Mary Madonna Smith | Jenkins | |||||
Louisville | Patricia Alden Fenton | Louisville | Artistic Exhibition & Sketch | Top 16 | |||
Maryland | Dorothy Crockett | Baltimore | Original Poetry Recitiation | ||||
Massachusetts | Urania "Rae" Nichols | Malden | |||||
Miami Beach | Jini Boyd | Miami | |||||
Michigan | Ruth Margaret Lenfestey | New Baltimore | 20 | ||||
Minnesota | Rosemarie Gregg | St. Paul | |||||
Mississippi | Lennie Nobles | Greenwood | Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award
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Later Known as Josephine Nobles Giacketti | ||
Nebraska | Marjorie Ann Hanson | Omaha | |||||
New Jersey | Helen Sprinitis | Kearny | |||||
New Mexico | Martha Cooper | Albuquerque | Speech, "Career as a Newspaper Reporter" | ||||
New Orleans | Joyce Josephine Frink | New Orleans | |||||
New York | Violet Mellar | White Plains | Recitation "True to the End" | Top 16 | Miss Congeniality | ||
New York City | Eileen Henry | New York City | Dramatic Monologue from Saint Joan | Top 16 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
North Carolina | Trudy Riley | Wilson | |||||
Pennsylvania | Eleanor Kramer | Lebanon | Vocal, "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier | Top 16 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Rhode Island | Marilyn Tripp | Westenly | |||||
South Carolina | Anne Mae Morse | ||||||
Tennessee | Wilda Bowman | Chattanooga | |||||
Texas | D. Anne Wisener | University Park | Vocal, "Embraceable You" | ||||
Utah | Armelia Carol Ohmart | Salt Lake City | Vocal, "I Won't Tell a Soul" | 4th Runner-up | Later a well-known film & TV actress | ||
Vermont | Lola Sundberg | Burlington | |||||
Virginia | Bette Cannon | Alexandria | Monologue, "The Waltz" by Dorothy Parker | ||||
West Virginia | Norma Lee Salisbury | Parkersburg | Top 16 | ||||
Wisconsin | Antoine Lunde | Milwaukee/Westby | 20 | Top 16 |
References
edit- ^ Associated Press (1946-09-08). "Los Angeles Girl Is Miss America". Port Arthur News. p. 1.
Secondary sources
edit- Saulino Osborne, Angela (1995). "Miss Americas and their Courts". Miss America The Dream Lives On. Taylor Publishing Company. ISBN 0-87833-110-7.