# Miss America 1927

Miss America 1927, the seventh Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, September 9, 1927. The winner was 16-year-old Lois Delander who competed as Miss Illinois. She won the Miss America title on her parents' twentieth wedding anniversary.
After newspaper articles alleged that young women were being falsely lured into the competition with claims of a screen test and the promise of a likely film career, public pressure resulted in the 1927 competition being the last pageant to be held in the 1920s. The next Miss America pageant would not be held until 1933, during the Great Depression.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss America 1927 | Illinois – Lois Delander |
| 1st Runner-Up | Dallas – Moselle Ransome |
| Top 5 | Philadelphia – Kathleen Coyle Tulsa – Virginia Howard Hammond – Anne Howe |
| Top 15 | Battle Creek – Charlotte Jane Lowe Boston – Ethel Beatrice Pierce Charleston – Claudia Harvin Huntington – Lillian Ward New York City – Frieda Louise Mierse Newark – Carolyn Pierson Oakland – Ruby Smith Pittsfield – Martha E. Hick Rochester – Dorothea Ditmer Santa Cruz – Bertha Weizel |

### Other awards

| Award | Contestant |
| Rolling Chair Parade Winner | New York City – Freida Louise Mierse |

## Contestants

75 contestants competed for the title.
| Represented | Name | Hometown | Age | Awards |
| Baltimore | Beulah Goldsborough | | | |
| Battle Creek | Charlotte Jane Lowe | | | |
| Biloxi | Phyllis Hunt | | | |
| Boston | Ethel Beatrice Pierce | | | |
| Bridgeport | Antoinette Violet | Bridgeport | | |
| Buffalo | Kay Armstrong | | | |
| Canton | Erma Shorwood Steele | | | |
| Charleston | Mary Claudia Harvin | Charleston | | |
| Chicago | Myrtle Valsted | Chicago | | |
| Dallas | Moselle Ransome | | | |
| Danville | Gladys Vile | | | |
| Denver | Elva Yvette Roy | | | |
| Elizabeth | Helen Mankus | | | |
| El Paso | Mildred Casad | | | |
| Flint | Ruth Bushroe | | | |
| Fort Worth | Juanita Gilbert | | | |
| Gary | Anna May Owens | Gary | | |
| Hammond | Anna Howe | | | |
| Hartford | Leona Faith Monoson | Hartford | | |
| Huntington | Lillian Ward | Huntington | | |
| Illinois | Lois Delander | Joliet | 16 | |
| Jamestown | Laura Belle Cooper | | | |
| Jersey City | Eunice Geiser | | | |
| Kalamazoo | Florence Nina Clement | | | |
| Kansas City | Marion Kenser | | | |
| Lansing | Margherite Strang | | | |
| Lockport | Peggy Louise Proctor | | | |
| Lynn | Muriel E. Bowers | | | |
| Madison | Marjorie Leffingwell | | | |
| Miami | Marcia Hands | | | |
| Minneapolis | Sylvia Irene Brenner | Minneapolis | | |
| Missouri | Katherine Calloway | | | |
| Newark | Carolyn Pierson | | | |
| New England | Marion Howarth | Fall River | | |
| New Haven | Dorothy Barton | New Haven | | |
| New Orleans | Gladys Renya Moore | New Orleans | | |
| New York City | Freida Louise Mierse | | | Rolling Chair Parade Winner |
| Oakland | Ruby Smith | | | |
| Ohio | Evelyn Wilgus | Russells Point | | |
| Passiac | Harriet Rita Shelby | | | |
| Pennsylvania | Florence Koons | | | |
| Philadelphia | Kathleen Coyle | | | |
| Pittsburgh | Mary Millnack | | | |
| Pittsfield | Martha E. Hick | | | |
| Pontiac | Margaret Tinney | | | |
| Rhode Island | June Frances Costello | Providence | | |
| Rochester | Dorothea B. Ditmer | | | |
| Saginaw | Charlotte Elaine Bowman | | | |
| San Francisco | Naoma Farrand | | | |
| Santa Cruz | Bertha Weizel | | | |
| Seattle | Eleanor Maddieux | | | |
| South Bend | Hilda Koch | South Bend | | |
| South Dakota | Ramona Pearl Sorenson | Lemmon | 18 | |
| Southern California | Louise Heathman | | | |
| Spokane | Eva King | | | |
| Springfield | Anna G. Bernard | Springfield | | |
| Storm Lake | Geneva Roberts | Storm Lake | 19 | |
| Terre Haute | Vera Haspal | | | |
| Tulsa | Virginia Howard | Tulsa | | |
| Union City | Sue Hoch | | | |
| Utah | Esther Kilpatrick | Salt Lake City | | |
| Utica | Margaret Lockwood | | | |
| Washington D.C. | Gladys Cookman | | | |
| Watertown | Eva M. Bergman | | | |
| Western New York | Betty Schwartz | | | |
| Wheeling | Mildred Dorothy Bright | Wheeling | | |
| Wichita | Mildred Orr | | | |
| Wilkes-Barre | Esther J. Cantor | | | |
| Wisconsin | Virginia Hillyer | Fort Atkinson | 17 | |
| Worcester | Dorothy M. Rawson | | | |
| Yonkers | Emma Sackett | | | |