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Nicole Brewer, Miss Pennsylvania 2005

The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner.

The first woman to compete at Miss America as Miss Pennsylvania was Florence Koons in 1927;[1] however a number of women represented cities, counties and areas of Pennsylvania in earlier editions of the Miss America pageant.

The only Miss Pennsylvania to win Miss America was Evelyn Margaret Ay, winner of the 1954 pageant. Four other Pennsylvania women, three Miss Philadelphia titleholders, Ruth Malcomson (1925), Rose Coyle (1936) and Frances Marie Burke (1940), and one Miss Pittsburgh, Henrietta Leaver (1935), have also won the MIss America title.

Originally held in Hershey, the pageant moved to West Chester where pageants were held during the 1950s. The pageant was held in Altoona from 1974. In 1994, Easton was chosen as the new venue of the pageant and the date was shifted from June to May. In November 2008, the pageant was moved to the Pittsburgh area.

Results summary

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The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.

Placements

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  • Miss Americas: Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954) (also Miss Philadelphia titleholders Ruth Malcomson (1924), Rose Coyle (1936), Francis Marie Burke (1940) and Miss Pittsburgh Henrietta Leaver (1935)
  • 1st runners-up: Roselle Hannon (1941)
  • 2nd runners-up: Linda Olson (1973), Susan Spafford (2000)
  • 3rd runners-up: Barbara Sue Nager (1955), Maureen Wimmer (1972)
  • 4th runners-up: Marion Green (1923), Maggie Walker (1971), Tina Louise Thomas (1974)
  • Semi-finalists: Jane Ondeck (1923), Betty Grening (1923), Helen R. Knisely (1923), Mildred Walker (1925), Anna Mae Reefer (1926), Geraldine Glassman (1933), Lenore Pollock (1935), Jean McCool (1935), Helen Keaser (1935), Anna Julia Baker (1936), Bonnie Boyle (1936), Elaine Miller (1936), Kathryn Buckley (1938), Mildred Saha (1940), Emma Hammermeister (1943), Margie Dorie (1944), Gloria Bair (1945), Eleanor Kramer (1946), Lillian Handford (1947), Janice Murray (1951), Patricia Hunt (1953), Lois Janet Piercy (1960), Marie McLaughlin (1977), Lynn Carol Grote (1978), Carolyn Louise Black (1980), Michelle Kline (1990), Marla Wynne (1991), Melissa Jeka (2001), Rosalyn Menon (2002), Nicole Brewer (2006), Emily Wills (2007)

Awards

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Preliminary awards

  • Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954), Emily Wills (2007)
  • Preliminary Talent: Roselle Hannon (1941), Eleanor Kramer (1946), Jennie Rebecca Blatchford (1958), Lois Janet Piercy (1960), Maureen Wimmer (1972), Tina Louise Thomas (1974), Lynn Carol Grote (1978), Amanda Smith (2015)
  • Preliminary Presentation: Rosalyn Menon (2002)

Non-finalist awards

  • Non-finalist Talent: Lorna Malcomson Ringler (1957), Judith Lynn McConnell (1966), Gale Veronica Rothwell (1967), Connie Harness (1976), Lea Schiazza (1986), Linda O'Boyle (1992), Candace Otto (2004), Rachel Brooks (2008), Kendria Percy (2009), Amanda Smith (2015)

Quality of Life award

  • Winners: Michelle Kline (1990)
  • 2nd runners-up: Marla Wynne (1991)

Other awards

  • Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Charmaine Kowalski (1979), Shannon Doyle (2010)
  • Cavalier Scholarship: Katarina Sitaris (1988)
  • Community Achievement Award: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
  • Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award: Candace Otto (2004)

Winners

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Title

Year

Name Hometown Age Local Title Miss America Talent Placement at Miss America Special scholarships at Miss America Notes
2017 Katie Schreckengast Palmyra 20 Miss Central Pennsylvania Saxophone Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2013
2016 Samantha Lambert Mequon, Wisconsin 22 Miss Laurelwood Acrobatic Dance Eligible as a student at the University of Pittsburgh
2015 Ashley Schmider South Fayette 23 Miss Neshaminy Valley Tap Dance "Feel This Moment" Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012

Miss United States Continental 2014[2]
2014 Amanda Smith Dade City, Florida 21 Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania Vocal "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera Non-finalist Talent Award

Preliminary Talent Award
2013 Annie Rosellini Butler 21 Miss Greater Juniata Valley Lyrical Dance "Let It Be" Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2005
2012 Jordyn Colao Erie 22 Miss Freedom Forge Tap Dance "Whatever Lola Wants"
2011 Juliann Sheldon Plum Borough 21 Miss Jewel of the West Lyrical Dance "I Believe"
2010 Courtney Thomas Sigel 21 Miss Jewel of the West Fiddle Solo "Orange Blossom Special" Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2009
2009 Shannon Doyle[3] Wilkes-Barre 24 Miss Armstrong County Tap Dance "A Little Polish" Dr.David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
2008 Kendria Perry[4] Pittsburgh/Raleigh, NC 23 Miss Armstrong County Piano "Ballade No. 1" by F. Chopin Non-finalist Talent Award
2007 Rachel Brooks[5] Broomall 24 Miss River City Vocal "Summertime" Non-finalist Talent Award
2006 Emily Wills[6] Beaver 24 Miss Armstrong County Vocal "If I Ain't Got You" Top 10 Preliminary Swimsuit Award Previously Pennsylvania's Junior Miss 2001
2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2005
2005 Nicole Brewer[7] Philadelphia 22 Miss Allegheny Valley Vocal "The Wizard and I" from Wicked Top 10 Sister of Miss Maryland 2016, Hannah Brewer
2004 Victoria Bechtold[8] Johnstown 21 Miss Pittsburgh Classical Vocal "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette
2003 Candace Otto[9] Murrysville 23 Miss Three Rivers Classical Vocal "Non Ti Scordar di Me" by Ernesto De Curtis Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award

Non-finalist Talent Award
2002 Autumn Marisa][10] Waynesburg 22 Miss Armstrong County Lyrical Dance "The Bells of St. Paul"
2001 Rosalyn Menon[11] Hazleton 22 Miss Three Rivers Classical Piano "Piano Sonata in C Minor" by Beethoven Top 20 Community Achievement Award

Preliminary Presentation Award
2000 Melissa Jeka[12] Warminster 23 Miss Allegheny Valley Ballet en Pointe "The Diamond" Top 10
1999 Susan Spafford[13] Erie 24 Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania Violin Solo "Polish Caprice" 2nd runner-up
1998 Mayra Acosta[14] Lewistown 22 Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania Popular Vocal "To Love You More"
1997 Heather Busin[15] Grove City 20 Miss Butler County Vocal "I Will Listen"
1996 GiGi Gordon[16] Butler 23 Miss Armstrong County Lyrical Dance "When a Man Loves a Woman"
1995 Linette Mertz[17] Kutztown 23 Miss Susquehanna Valley Country Vocal "Why Haven't I Heard from You"
1994 Kirstin Border[18] Glen Rock 24 Miss State Capitol Violin Solo "Czardas with a Twist of Orange"
1993 Diane Fabiano[19] Lansdale 24 Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania Vocal "City Lights"
1992 Judy Fitch[20] Dallas 24 Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Vocal "Sincerely"
1991 Linda O'Boyle[21] Dupont 23 Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Technique Tap Dance "Hoofin'" Non-finalist Talent Award
1990 Marla Wynne[22] Easton 23 Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania Ventriloquism "Together (Wherever We Go)" Top 10[23] Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up[24] Described by broadcaster Larry King as the "ugliest girl" in the pageant.[25] King later rescinded his remarks. Her mother, Marlene Wynne, was the Executive Director of the Miss Pennsylvania pageant until her death in June 2008[citation needed]
1989 Michelle Kline[26] Easton 24 Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Classical Vocal "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville Top 10 Quality of Life Award Winner
1988 Denise Meyer[27] Pittsburgh 21 Miss Bedford Popular Vocal "Over the Rainbow"
1987 Katarina Sitaris[28] Wilkes-Barre 24 Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" Cavalier Scholarship
1986 Darlene Deeley[29] Philadelphia 25 Miss Greater Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Gymnastics / Dance Routine
1985 Lea Schiazza[30] Philadelphia 23 Miss Montgomery County Vocal "My Mammy" Non-finalist Talent Award
1984 Gina Major[31] Huntsville 24 Miss Lehigh Valley Vocal: Judy Garland Medley
1983 Jennifer Eshelman[32] Hegins 23 Miss Pocono Classical Vocal "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus
1982 Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh[33] Belle Vernon 22 Miss Washington County Baton Twirling, "Pop Goes to the Movies"
1981 Jill Shaffer[34] Dover 22 Miss Lebanon Piano Solo "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor"
1980 Anita Ellen Patton[35] Lebanon 21 Miss Lebanon Vocal "If You Believe" from The Wiz
1979 Carolyn Louise Black[36] Elizabethtown 22 Miss Lancaster County Vocal "All the Things You Are" Top 10
1978 Charmaine Kowalski[37] State College 22 Miss Penn State Piano Solo "Warsaw Concerto" Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
1977 Lynn Carol Grote[38] Bowmansville 22 Miss Lancaster County Piano Medley "I Got Rhythm" "The Man I Love" & "Rhapsody in Blue" Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award
1976 Marie McLaughlin[39] Levittown 23 Miss Lehigh Valley Ventriloquism "Together (Wherever We Go)" Top 10
1975 Connie Harness[40] Mechanicsburg 20 Miss Cumberland Valley Classical Vocal "Romance" from The Desert Song Non-finalist Talent Award
1974 Karen Lynn Kuhn[41] Levittown 20 Miss Lower Bucks County Ballet "Shubert Alley Overture"
1973 Tina Louise Thomas[42] Lancaster 18 Miss Lancaster County Gospel Vocal "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" 4th runner-up Preliminary Talent Award
1972 Linda Olson[43] Corry 20 Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania Piano Solo "Gershwin Medley" 2nd runner-up
1971 Maureen Wimmer[44] Perkasie 20 Miss Bucks County Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo" 3rd runner-up Preliminary Talent Award Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
1970 Maggie Walker[45] Harrisburg 18 Miss York County Gymnastic Ballet on the Uneven Parallel Bars "Contessa" 4th runner-up
1969 Trudy Lee Pedersen[46] Etters 18 Miss York County Vocal "The Sound of Music"
1968 Susan Robinson[47] Pittsburgh 22 Miss Pittsburgh Comedy Monologue "Sis Hopkins"
1967 Doris Ann Lausch[48] Lancaster 20 Miss Lancaster County Vocal "Love In a Home" from Li'l Abner
1966 Gale Veronica Rothwell[49] Philadelphia 21 Miss Germantown Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo" Non-finalist Talent Award
1965 Judith Lynn McConnell Pittsburgh 21 Miss Pittsburgh Dramatic Reading "Saint Joan" Non-finalist Talent Award Best known for her role in the Santa Barbara soap opera[citation needed]
1964 Marilyn Cutaiar March Havertown 19 Miss Delaware County Toe Dance Ballet "Dance of the Painted Doll"
1963 Cheryl Lynn Kegley Salisbury Miss Central Pennsylvania Classical Ballet "Ritual Fire Dance" Replaced Donna Loar who relinquished her title after two months due to illness.[50]
1962 Crystale Leigh Martin Milton 19 Miss Susquehanna Valley Dramatic Presentation with self-accompaniment on the Harp or Zither "The Mad Scene" from Hamlet
1961 E. Lynne Maloney King of Prussia 20 Miss Montgomery County Charcoal Drawing Display & Pantomime Routine
1960 Priscilla Mae Hendricks Shillington 19 Miss Reading Original Display of Art Work
1959 Lois Janet Piercy[51] Springfield 21 Miss Centre County Original Flute Solo & Art Display "Night Rain on the City" Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award
1958 Rosalie Samley Bethlehem Miss Lehigh Valley Ballet "I Won't Dance"
1957 Jennie Rebecca Blatchford Hollidaysburg Miss Central Pennsylvania Baton Twirling "St. Louis Blues" & "The Stars and Stripes Forever" Preliminary Talent Award
1956 Lorna Malcomson Ringler[52] Upper Darby Miss Delaware County Vocal Non-finalist Talent Award Niece of Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson
1955 Pam Ulrich[53] Sinking Spring Miss Reading Drama "Proper Recitation"
1954 Barbara Sue Nager[54] Philadelphia Miss Greater Philadelphia Egyptian Ballet Dance "Egyptian Suite" 3rd runner-up
1953 Evelyn Margaret Ay[55] Ephrata 20 Miss Lancaster County Poetry Recitation "Footsteps" from Leaves from a Grass-House by Don Blanding Winner Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1952 Miriam Smith[56] McAlisterville Miss Susquehanna Valley Pipe Organ "Tico Tico"
1951 Clare Lippert[57] Tarentum Miss Kiski Valley Vocal "Lullaby of Broadway"
1950 Emile Longacre Phoenixville Miss Chester County Vocal "You're My Everything"
1949 Marlene Carozzo[58] Kennett Square Miss Chester County Piano "Clair de Lune"
1948 Ruth Douglas[59] Harrisburg Vocal Medley "Let My Song Fill Your Heart" & "Lover"
1947 Dorothy Gresh Williamsport Vocal "Lover, Come Back to Me"
1946 Eleanor Kramer Lebanon Vocal "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier Top 16 Preliminary Talent Award
1945 Timmy Weston Clairton
1944 Margie Dorie Pittsburgh Vocal "Big Boy Blue" Top 12
1939 Ruth Phyllis Willock Pittsburgh
1933 Geraldine Glassman Philadelphia 17 Top 18
1927 Florence Koons[1] Philadelphia

Other Pennsylvania representatives

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The following women competed at Miss America representing a city or area of Pennsylvania, but did not hold the Miss Pennsylvania title. This was a common practice in the early years of the pageant, when the selection of a Miss Pennsylvania was sporadic..

Miss America Year Representatives
1952 Patricia Hunt, Miss Philadelphia (Top 10)
1951 Margaret Ramsdale, Miss Philadelphia
1950 Janice Murray, Miss Philadelphia (Top 16)
1949 Miriam Lopayowker, Miss Philadelphia
1948 Betty Jane Bruce, Miss Philadelphia; Sarah Cromwell, Miss Pittsburgh
1947 Kay McClane, Miss Philadelphia; Lillian Handford, Miss Pittsburgh (Top 15)
1946 Virginia Brown, Miss Philadelphia
1945 Gloria Bair, Miss Philadelphia (Top 13)
1944 Itha Duerrhammer, Miss Philadelphia
1943 Betty Merie Marcus, Miss Eastern Pennsylvania; June McAdams, Miss Philadelphia; Emma Hammermeister, Miss Western Pennsylvania
1942 Geraldine Powell, Miss Philadelphia; Ruth Schmidt, MIss Western Pennsylvania
1941 Catherine Albert, Miss Eastern Pennsylvania; Carre DeLudo, MIss Philadelphia; Roselle Hannon, Miss Western Pennsylvania (1st runner-up & Preliminary Talent).
1940 Frances Marie Burke, Miss Philadelphia, Winner of the Miss America 1940 title. Other representatives included Dorothy Wall, Miss Delaware County, Mildred Saha, Miss Eastern Pennsylvania (Top 15), Alberta Carts (Miss Western Pennsylvania)
1939 Emma Knoell, Miss Eastern Pennsylvania; Nancy Lee, Miss Philadelphia
1938 Wilma Kasper, Miss Eastern Pennsylvania, Ruth Willock, MIss Western Pennsylvania, Kathryn Buckley, Miss Philadelphia (Top 15)
1937 Beryl Kober, Miss Eastern Pennsylvania; Kathryn Crase, Miss Philadelphia; Kathryn Kendrick, Miss Sunnybrook
1936 Rose Coyle, Miss Philadelphia, Winner of the Miss America 1937 title. Other representatives included Margie Sossong, Miss Anthracite; Elaine Miller, Miss Chester (Top 15); Ellen McCormick, Miss Lancaster; Joan Frankenburg, Miss Montgomery County; Bonnie Boyle, Miss Pittsburgh (Top 15); Anna Julia Zaker, Miss Reading; Marie Ketter, Miss Western Pennsylvania; Sallie Hinton, Miss York
1935 Henrietta Leaver, Miss Pittsburgh, Winner of the Miss America 1936 title. Other representatives included Lenore Pollock, Miss West Philadelphia (Top 12); Helen Keaser, Miss Norristown (Top 12); Jean McCool, Miss Philadelphia (Top 12), Gertrude Schappert, Miss Wilkes Barre; Claire Spirit, Miss Tamaqua; Alice Brown, Miss Scranton; Marie Baumgard, Miss Montgomery County; Margie Godwin, Miss Mayfair; Florence Carman, Miss Delaware County; Helen Skelly, Miss Conshohocken; Loretta Tarle, Miss Bridgeport.
1927 Kathleen Coyle, Miss Philadelphia (Top 5); Dorothea Ditmer, Miss Rochester (Top 10), Mary Millnack, Miss Pittsburgh; Esther J. Cantor, Miss Wilkes Barre.
1926 Anna Mae Reefer, Miss Philadelphia (Top 15); Esther Weissinger, Miss Pottsville; Illa Williams, Miss Scranton; and Helen Villet Grant, Miss Wilkes Barre; Ruth S. Pickel, Miss Lancaster.
1925 Mildred Walker, Miss Pittsburgh (Top 15). Mary Ann Guth, Miss Erie; Estella Wittell, Miss Lancaster; Elsie Gallagher, Miss Pottsville; Florence Zawidski, Miss Reading; Beula Keator, Miss Scranton; and Mildred Sherman, Miss Uniontown. Annette Jackson, Miss Philadelphia was disqualified for being a professional model.
1924 Ruth Malcomson,[60] Miss Philadelphia, Winner of the MIss America 1925 title. Malcomson was the aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956 Lorna Malcomson Ringler and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981 Jodi Meade. Other representatives included Katherine Brown, Miss Altoona; Margaret McGee, Miss Delaware County; Letne von Alt, Miss Johnstown (the original winner Adeline Richardson Yeckley was disqualified for being married); Stella Springer, Miss Lancaster; Dorothy E. Gross, Miss Norristown; Helen Steubner, Miss Pittsburgh; Nellie M. Paige, Miss Reading; and Theresa Matzer, Miss Wilkes Barre. Also competing were a Miss Erie and a Miss Marcus Hook whose names are not known.
1923 Helen Noble, Miss Allentown; Margaret Lillian Ross, Miss Altoona; Agnes Connelly, Miss Erie; Helen R. Knisely, Miss Harrisburg (Top 23); Betty Grening, Miss Johnstown (Top 23); Cora Frey, Miss Lancaster; Grace Kohr, Miss Lebanon; Mildred Maconachy, Miss Norristown; Marion Green, Miss Philadelphia (4th runner-up); Isabel Lynch, Miss Pottsville; Jane Ondeck, Miss Reading (Top 23)
1922 Ellen Sherr, Miss Allentown; Anna Maria Burke, Miss Chester; Dorothy Haupt, Miss Easton; Thera McDonnel, Miss Erie; Gertrude Shoemack, Miss Harrisburg; Velma Zeigler, Miss Johnstown, Elsie Blumenstock, Miss Lancaster; Kitty Molineaux, Miss Philadelphia; Rae Bennett, Miss Pittsburgh; Leah Knapp, Miss Pottstown; Evelyn Renninger, Miss Reading; Gladys Greenmeyer, Miss West Philadelphia
1921 Emma Pharo, Miss Harrisburg; Nellie Orr, Miss Philadelphia; Thelma Matthews, Miss Pittsburgh

References

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  60. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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