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Miss Pennsylvania

American beauty pageant competition

Summary

American beauty pageant competition

Field	Value
name	Miss Pennsylvania
formation	1921
type	Beauty pageant
headquarters	York
location	Pennsylvania
membership	Miss America
language	English
website

The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, has won the Miss America crown on five occasions.

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. In 2019, the competition moved to York, Pennsylvania.

In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the Miss Pennsylvania organization's license as well as licenses from Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Victoria Vespico of Northeastern Pennsylvania was crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2025 on June 21, 2025, at The Appell Center for Performing Arts in York. She competed for the title of Miss America 2026.

Gallery of past titleholders

File:Tina hershey 1973.jpg| Tina Louise Thomas, Miss Pennsylvania 1973 File:Nicole Brewer.png| Nicole Brewer, Miss Pennsylvania 2005

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Pennsylvania titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

Miss Americas: Ruth Malcomson (1924), Henrietta Leaver (1935), Rose Coyle (1936), Frances Marie Burke (1940), Evelyn Ay (1954)
1st runners-up: Rosella 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)
Top 4: Gladys Greenamyer (1922)
Top 5: Kathleen Coyle (1927)
Top 10: Dorothea Ditmer (1927), Emma Hammermeister (1943), 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), Nicole Brewer (2006), Emily Wills (2007), Katie Schreckengast (2018)
Top 12: Lenore Pollock (1935), Jean McCool (1935), Helen Keaser (1935), Margie Dorie (1944)
Top 13: Gloria Bair (1945)
Top 15: Mildred Walker (1925), Anna Mae Reefer (1926), Anna Julia Zaker (1936), Bonnie Boyle (1936), Elaine Miller (1936), Kathryn “Kay” Buckley (1938), Alberta Louise Carts (1940), Mildred Saha (1940), Lillian Handford (1947)
Top 16: Eleanor Kramer (1946), Janice Murray (1951)
Top 18: Geraldine Glassman (1933)
Top 20: Rosalyn Menon (2002)

Awards

Preliminary awards

Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Evelyn Ay (1954), Emily Wills (2007)
Preliminary Presentation: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
Preliminary Talent: Rose Coyle (1936), Rosella Hannon (1941), Eleanor Kramer (1946), Jennie Blatchford (1958), Lois Janet Piercy (1960), Maureen Wimmer (1972), Tina Louise Thomas (1974), Lynn Carol Grote (1978), Amanda Smith (2015), Page Weinstein (2024)

Non-finalist awards

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

Other awards

Miss Congeniality: N/A
Amateur Beauty Award: Gladys Greenamyer (1922)
Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award: Candace Otto (2004)
Cavalier Scholarship: Katarina Sitaris (1988)
Community Achievement Award: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Charmaine Kowalski (1979), Shannon Doyle (2010)
Equity and Justice Award Finalist: Meghan Sinisi (2022)
Quality of Life Award Winners: Michelle Kline (1990)
Quality of Life Award 2nd runners-up: Marla Wynne (1991)
Roller Chair Parade (Intercity) Second Prize: Leah M. Knapp (1922)
Roller Chair Parade Third Prize: Marion Green (1923)
Women in Business Scholarship Award: Meghan Sinisi (2022)

Winners

Declared as winner
Ended as a runner-up
Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist}}

Year	Name	Hometown	Age	Local Title	Miss America Talent	Placement at Miss America	Special scholarships at Miss America	Notes
2025	Victoria Vespico	Northeastern Pennsylvania	25	Miss Northeastern Pennsylvania	Tap Dance
2024	Page Weinstein	Pittsburgh	26	Miss Greater Pittsburgh	Baton/Dance		Preliminary Talent Award	Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2014 and a Top 8 finalist at Miss America's Teen 2015
2023	Miranda Moore	Harrisburg	24	Miss Central Pennsylvania	Clarinet
2022	Alysa Bainbridge	Leesport	23	Miss Greater Reading	Lyrical Dance
2021	Meghan Sinisi	Altoona	25	Miss Central Pennsylvania	Baton Twirling		Equity and Justice Award Finalist
Women in Business Award
2019–20	Tiffany Seitz	Freeport	23	Miss Laurelwood	Dance
2018	first=Stephanie	last=Sadowski	title= Central Pa. native is now Miss Pennsylvania: Meet Kayla Repasky	url=https://www.pennlive.com/life/2018/06/central_pa_native_is_now_miss.html	date=June 24, 2018}}	Gettysburg	22	Miss Greater Carlisle	Contemporary Dance, "Every Breath You Take"
2017	title= Quarryville native Marla Peiffer named first runner-up at Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Pageant	work=Lancaster Online	url=http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/quarryville-native-marla-peiffer-named-first-runner-up-at-miss/article_7be50c02-541c-11e7-a7b6-836eb2c6e5c8.html	date=June 18, 2017}}	Palmyra	20	Miss Central Pennsylvania	Alto Saxophone, "Listen" from Dreamgirls	first= Merriell	last= Moyer	url=http://www.ldnews.com/story/news/local/2017/09/12/palmyras-katie-schreckengast-among-top-10-finalists-miss-america-2018/654236001/	work= Lebanon Daily News	title=Palmyra's Katie Schreckengast among top 10 finalists at Miss America 2018	date=September 12, 2017}}		first= Merriell	last= Moyer	title= Palmyra woman crowned Miss Pennsylvania	work= Lebanon Daily News	url= https://www.ldnews.com/story/news/local/2017/06/22/palmyra-woman-crowned-miss-pennsylvania/417942001/	date= June 22, 2017	quote=...competed in Miss America’s teen system for four years before eventually winning the title of 2013 Miss Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teen.}}
2016	Samantha Lambert	Pittsburgh	22	Miss Laurelwood	Acrobatic Dance, "Game of Shadows"
2015	Ashley Schmider	South Fayette	23	Miss Neshaminy Valley	Tap Dance, "Feel This Moment"			Contestant at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant
2014	first= Sam	last= Fatula	title= CMU Student Amanda Smith is Your New Miss Pennsylvania	work= Pittsburgh Magazine	url= http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Best-of-the-Burgh-Blogs/The-412/June-2014/CMU-Student-Amanda-Smith-is-Your-New-Miss-Pennsylvania/	date= June 16, 2014}}	Dade City, FL	21	Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania	Vocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The Phantom of the Opera		title= Miss Pennsylvania Wins Talent Competition at Miss America Prelims	publisher= NBC Philadelphia	url= https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Miss-Pennsylvania-Wins-Talent-Competition-at-Miss-America-Prelims-274845661.html	date= September 11, 2014}}
2013	title= Butler woman who won Miss Pennsylvania preparing for Miss America Competition	work= WTAE News	url= http://www.wtae.com/article/butler-woman-who-won-miss-pennsylvania-preparing-for-miss-america-competition/7462638	date= August 21, 2013}}	Butler	21	Miss Greater Juniata Valley	Lyrical Dance, "Let It Be"			Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2005
2012	date= January 6, 2013	title=Jordyn Colao vies for Miss America	work=Erie Times-News	url=http://www.goerie.com/article/20130106/HERTIMES06/301069950/Jordyn-Colao-vies-for-Miss-America}}	Erie	22	Miss Freedom Forge	Tap Dance, "Whatever Lola Wants" from Damn Yankees
2011	Juliann Sheldon	Plum	21	Miss Jewel of the West	Lyrical Dance, "I Believe"			Former NFL cheerleader for the Carolina Panthers
2010	date= June 28, 2010	title=Drexel Student Named Miss Pennsylvania	publisher=Drexel University	url=http://www.drexel.edu/news/digest/default.aspx?d=6%2F28%2F2010&id=9374}}	Sigel	21	Fiddle, "Orange Blossom Special"			Top 10 at National Sweetheart 2009 pageant
2009	Shannon Doyle	Wilkes-Barre	24	Miss Armstrong County	Tap Dance, "A Little Polish"		Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
2008	Kendria Perry	Nazareth	23	Piano, "Ballade No. 1" by Chopin		Non-finalist Talent Award
2007	Rachel Brooks	Broomall	24	Miss River City	Vocal, "Summertime"		Non-finalist Talent Award
2006	Emily Wills	Beaver	24	Miss Armstrong County	Vocal, "If I Ain't Got You"	Top 10	Preliminary Swimsuit Award	2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant
2005	Nicole Brewer	Philadelphia	22	Miss Allegheny Valley	Vocal, "The Wizard and I" from Wicked	Top 10		Sister of Miss Maryland 2016, Hannah Brewer
2004	Victoria Bechtold	Johnstown	21	Miss Pittsburgh	Classical Vocal, "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette
2003	Candace Otto	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	Waynesburg	22	Miss Armstrong County	Lyrical Dance, "The Bells of St. Paul"
2001	Rosalyn Menon	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	Warminster	23	Miss Allegheny Valley	Ballet en Pointe, "The Diamond"	Top 10
1999	Susan Spafford	Erie	24	Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania	Violin, "Polish Caprice"	2nd runner-up
1998	Mayra Acosta	Lewistown	22	Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania	Popular Vocal, "To Love You More"
1997	Heather Busin	Grove City	20	Miss Butler County	Vocal, "I Will Listen"
1996	GiGi Gordon	Butler	23	Miss Armstrong County	Lyrical Dance, "When a Man Loves a Woman"
1995	title=Winner touts plan on literacy	agency=Associated Press	date=June 5, 1993	work=The Harrisburg Patriot	page=B1}}	Kutztown	23	Miss Susquehanna Valley	Country Vocal, "Why Haven't I Heard from You"
1994	Kirstin Border	Glen Rock	24	Miss State Capitol	Violin, "Czardas with a Twist of Orange"
1993	Diane Fabiano	Lansdale	24	Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania	Vocal, "City Lights"
1992	Judy Fitch	Dallas	24	Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Vocal, "Sincerely"
1991	Linda O'Boyle	Dupont	23	Technique Tap Dance, "Hoofin'"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1990	Marla Wynne	Easton	23	Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania	Ventriloquism, "Together (Wherever We Go)"	Top 10	Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up	date=June 2017}}
1989	Michelle Kline	24	Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Classical Vocal, "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville	Top 10	Quality of Life Award
1988	Denise Meyer	Pittsburgh	21	Miss Bedford	Popular Vocal, "Over the Rainbow"
1987	Katarina Sitaris	Wilkes-Barre	24	Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" from La bohème		Cavalier Scholarship
1986	Darlene Deeley	Philadelphia	25	Miss Greater Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	Gymnastics / Dance Routine
1985	Lea Schiazza	23	Miss Montgomery County	Vocal, "Who’s Sorry Now"		Non-finalist Talent Award
1984	Gina Major	Huntsville	24	Miss Lehigh Valley	Vocal, Judy Garland Medley
1983	Jennifer Eshelman	Hegins	23	Miss Pocono	Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus
1982	Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh	Belle Vernon	22	Miss Washington County	Baton Twirling, "Pop Goes to the Movies"
1981	Jill Shaffer	Dover	22	Miss Lebanon	Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Grieg
1980	Anita Ellen Patton	Lebanon	21	Vocal, "If You Believe" from The Wiz
1979	Carolyn Louise Black	Elizabethtown	22	Miss Lancaster County	Vocal, "All the Things You Are"	Top 10
1978	Charmaine Kowalski	State College	22	Miss Penn State	Piano, Warsaw Concerto		Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
1977	Lynn Carol Grote	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	Levittown	23	Miss Lehigh Valley	Ventriloquism, "Together (Wherever We Go)"	Top 10
1975	Connie Harness	Mechanicsburg	20	Miss Cumberland Valley	Classical Vocal, "Romance" from The Desert Song		Non-finalist Talent Award
1974	Karen Lynn Kuhn	Levittown	20	Miss Lower Bucks County	Ballet, "Shubert Alley Overture"
1973	Tina Louise Thomas	Lancaster	18	Miss Lancaster County	Gospel Vocal, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord"	4th runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1972	Linda Olson	Corry	20	Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania	Piano, Gershwin Medley	2nd runner-up
1971	Maureen Wimmer	Perkasie	20	Miss Bucks County	Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" from La bohème	3rd runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1970	Maggie Walker	Harrisburg	18	Miss York County	Gymnastic Ballet on Uneven Parallel Bars, "Contessa"	4th runner-up
1969	Trudy Lee Pedersen	Etters	18	Miss York County	Vocal, "The Sound of Music"
1968	Susan Robinson	Pittsburgh	22	Miss Pittsburgh	Comedy Monologue, "Sis Hopkins"
1967	Doris Ann Lausch	Lancaster	20	Miss Lancaster County	Vocal, "Love In a Home" from Li'l Abner
1966	Gale Veronica Rothwell	Philadelphia	21	Miss Germantown	Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" from La bohème		Non-finalist Talent Award
1965	Judith Lynn McConnell	Pittsburgh	21	Miss Pittsburgh	Dramatic Reading from Saint Joan		Non-finalist Talent Award	Best known for her role in the soap opera, Santa Barbara
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 her having mononucleosis
1962	Crystale Leigh Martin	Milton	19	Miss Susquehanna Valley	Dramatic Presentation with self-accompaniment on harp, "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	Springfield	21	Miss Centre County	Original Flute & 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	Upper Darby		Miss Delaware County	Vocal		Non-finalist Talent Award	Niece of Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson, and mother of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham
1955	title=Miss Pennsylvania grooms for chance at national title	date=September 30, 1955	work=Reading Eagle	page=27}}	Sinking Spring		Miss Reading	Drama, "Proper Recitation"
1954	Barbara Sue Nager	Philadelphia		Miss Greater Philadelphia	Egyptian Ballet Dance, "Egyptian Suite"	3rd runner-up
1953	Evelyn Margaret Ay	Ephrata	20	Miss Lancaster County	Poetry Recitation, "Footsteps" from Leaves from a Grass-House by Don Blanding	Winner	Preliminary Swimsuit Award
1952	Patricia Mary Hunt	Norristown	20	Miss Greater Philadelphia	Drama	Top 10		Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
title=Miss Pennsylvania Crowned	agency=Associated Press	date=August 14, 1952	work=Reading Eagle	page=22}}	McAlisterville	21	Miss Pennsylvania	Pipe Organ, "Tico Tico"
1951	Margaret Mary "Peggy" Ramsdale	Clifton Heights	19	Miss Greater Philadelphia	Vocal, "Danny Boy"			Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Clare Marie Lippert	Tarentum	18	Miss Pennsylvania	Vocal, "Lullaby of Broadway"
1950	Janice Eileen Murray	Philadelphia	23	Miss Greater Philadelphia	Classical Vocal, "O Don Fatale" from Don Carlos	Top 16		Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Emilie Ann Longacre	Phoenixville	18	Miss Pennsylvania	Vocal, "You're My Everything"
1949	Miriam Lapayowker	Philadelphia	21	Miss Greater Philadelphia	Electric Guitar, "I'm in the Mood for Love"			Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Marlene Joan Carozza	Kennett Square	18	Miss Pennsylvania	Piano, Clair de Lune
1948	Betty Jane Bruce	Bridgeport	19	Miss Greater Philadelphia	Vocal, "Fool That I Am" & "Mean to Me"			Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Ruth Annette Douglas	Harrisburg	20	Miss Pennsylvania	Vocal Medley, "Let My Song Fill Your Heart" & "Lover"
Sarah Jayne Cromwell	Pittsburgh	19	Miss Pittsburgh
1947	Kay McClane	Philadelphia		Miss Greater Philadelphia	Vocal, "Sketching"			Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Dorothy Gresh	Williamsport		Miss Pennsylvania	Vocal, "Lover, Come Back to Me"
Lillian Handford	Pittsburgh		Miss Pittsburgh	Painting Display	Top 15
1946	Virginia Brown	Philadelphia		Miss Greater Philadelphia				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Eleanor Kramer	Lebanon		Miss Pennsylvania	Vocal, "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier	Top 16	Preliminary Talent Award
1945	Timmie Weston	Clairton		Miss Pennsylvania				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Gloria Bair	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia	Dance, "Temptation"	Top 13
1944	Margie Dorie	Pittsburgh		Miss Pennsylvania	Vocal, "Big Boy Blue"	Top 12		Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Itha Duerrhammer	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia	Vocal & Dance
1943	Betty Marie Marcus	Kensington		Miss Eastern Pennsylvania				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
June McAdams	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia
Emma Hammermeister	Pittsburgh		Miss Western Pennsylvania	Dance & Baton Twirling	Top 10
1942	Geraldine Powell	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Ruth Elfreda Schmidt	Pittsburgh		Miss Western Pennsylvania
1941	Catherine Jane Albert	Coatesville		Miss Eastern Pennsylvania				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Carrie de Ludo	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia
Roselle Hannon	Pittsburgh		Miss Western Pennsylvania	Vocal, "Because of You"	1st runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
1940	Dorothy A. Wall	Lansdowne		Miss Delaware County				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Mildred Saha	Secane		Miss Eastern Pennsylvania		Top 15
Frances Marie Burke	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia	Vocal / Dance, "I Can't Love You Anymore"	Winner
Alberta Louise Carts	Pittsburgh		Miss Western Pennsylvania		Top 15
1939	Emma Louise Knoell	Philadelphia		Miss Eastern Pennsylvania				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Ruth Phyllis Willock	Pittsburgh		Miss Pennsylvania
Nancy Lee	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia
1938	Wilma Kaspar	Rahns		Miss Eastern Pennsylvania				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Kathryn “Kay" Buckley	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia	Swing Vocal	Top 15
Ruth Willock	Pittsburgh		Miss Western Pennsylvania
1937	Beryl Kober	Chalfont		Miss Eastern Pennsylvania				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Kathryn Crase	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia
Kathryn H. Kendrick	Sunnybrook		Miss Sunnybrook
1936	Margie Sossong	Scranton		Miss Anthracite				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Elaine Miller	Chester		Miss Chester		Top 15
Ellen McCormick	Lancaster		Miss Lancaster
Joan Frankenburg	Miquon		Miss Montgomery County
Rose Coyle	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia	Vocal / Tap Dance, "I Can't Escape From You" & "Truckin'"	Winner	Preliminary Talent Award
Bonnie Boyle	Pittsburgh		Miss Pittsburgh		Top 15
Anna Julia Zaker	Reading		Miss Reading		Top 15
Marie Ketter	Ridgway		Miss Western Pennsylvania
Sallie Hinton	York		Miss York
1935	Loretta Gale Tarle	Bridgeport		Miss Bridgeport				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Helen Rita Skelly	Conshocken		Miss Conshohocken
Florence Carman	Upper Darby		Miss Delaware County
Margie Godwin	Philadelphia		Miss Mayfair
Marie Baumgard	Norristown		Miss Montgomery County
Helen Keaser	Norristown		Miss Norristown	Vocal Medley, "Tell Me That You Love Me Tonight" & "You're a Heavenly Thing"	Top 12
Jean McCool	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia	Vocal Medley, "Lovely To Look At" & "Little Things You Used To Do"	Top 12
Henrietta Leaver	Pittsburgh	19	Miss Pittsburgh	Vocal / Tap Dance, "Living In a Great Big Way"	Winner	Henrietta Leaver Mider died on September 18, 1993, at age 77 of cancer in Columbus, Ohio.
Alice Brown	Scranton		Miss Scranton
Claire Spirit	Tamaqua		Miss Tamaqua
Lenore Pollock	West Philadelphia		Miss West Philadelphia	Vocal, Piano, Banjo & Dance, "Dark Eyes" & "My Man"	Top 12
Gertrude Schappert	Wilkes Barre		Miss Wilkes Barre
1934	No national pageant was held
1933	Geraldine Glassman		17			Top 18
1932	No national pageants were held
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927	Florence Koons			Miss Pennsylvania				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Kathleen Coyle			Miss Philadelphia		Top 5
Mary Millnack			Miss Pittsburgh
Dorothea Ditmer			Miss Rochester		Top 10
Esther J. Cantor			Miss Wilkes Barre
1926	Name unknown			Miss Lancaster				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Anna Mae Reefer			Miss Philadelphia		Top 15
Thelma Williams			Miss Pittsburgh
Esther Weissinger			Miss Pottsville
Illa Williams			Miss Scranton
Helen Villet Grant			Miss Wilkes Barre
Name unknown			Miss Williamsport
1925
Annette Jackson			Miss Philadelphia		N/A	Disqualified for being a professional model
Mary Ann Guth			Miss Erie				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Estella Wittell			Miss Lancaster
Mildred Walker			Miss Pittsburgh		Top 15
Elsie Gallagher			Miss Pottsville
Florence Zawidski			Miss Reading
Beula Keator			Miss Scranton
Mildred Sherman			Miss Uniontown
1924
Ruth Malcomson	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia		Winner		Aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Malcomson Ringler, and great-aunt of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham
Katherine Brown			Miss Altoona				Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant
Margaret McGee			Miss Delaware County
Name unknown			Miss Erie
Letne von Alt	Johnstown		Miss Johnstown
Stella Springer	Lancaster		Miss Lancaster
Name unknown			Miss Marcus Hook
Dorothy E. Gross	Norristown		Miss Norristown
Helen Steubne	Pittsburgh		Miss Pittsburgh
Nellie M. Paige	Reading		Miss Reading
Theresa Matzer			Miss Wilkes Barre
1923	title=Half a Dozen America Beauties, Please	newspaper=The Daily News	url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=33532&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjg4MjU4MjEsImlhdCI6MTU4NjY1MDIwMSwiZXhwIjoxNTg2NzM2NjAxfQ.YD71aKUA0b-9JGxDrgmMsgLjrdWD255BbaQo-Q7QaAc	location=Frederick, Maryland	date=September 6, 1923	page=11	via=Newspaper.com}}	Allentown		Miss Allentown	N/A			Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at national pageant
Margaret Lillian Ross	Altoona		Miss Altoona
title=Golden Apple Is Sought by Scores	newspaper=The Morning Call	url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26319391/the-morning-call/	location=Allentown, Pennsylvania	date=September 6, 1923	page=12	via=Newspapers.com}}	Easton		Miss Easton
Dorothy Haupt	Erie		Miss Erie			Also competed in Miss America 1922 pageant as Miss Easton
title=More Beauties	newspaper=The Daily News	url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=33532&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjg4MjU4MjEsImlhdCI6MTU4NjY1MDIwMSwiZXhwIjoxNTg2NzM2NjAxfQ.YD71aKUA0b-9JGxDrgmMsgLjrdWD255BbaQo-Q7QaAc	location=Frederick, Maryland	date=September 6, 1923	page=11	via=Newspaper.com}}	Harrisburg		Miss Harrisburg			Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at national pageant
Betty Grening	Johnstown		Miss Johnstown
Grace Kohr	Lebanon		Miss Lebanon
Mildred Maconachy	Norristown		Miss Norristown
Marion Green	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia	4th runner-up	Roller Chair Parade Third Prize
Isabel Lynch	Pottsville		Miss Pottsville		title=Miss St. Louis First in Atlantic City Beauty Trials	url=https://archives.post-gazette.com/clip/23052097/pittsburgh-daily-post/	newspaper=Pittsburgh Daily Post	location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	date=September 6, 1923	page=2}}
Jane Ondeck	Reading		Miss Reading
Mary Botto	Sunbury		Miss Sunbury
1922	Ellen E. Sherr	Allentown		Miss Allentown			Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at national pageant
title=The Pennsylvania Beauties	newspaper=Reading Times	url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/47381670/	location=Reading, Pennsylvania	date=September 6, 1922	page=6	via=Newspapers.com}}	Chester		Miss Chester
Dorothy Haupt	Easton		Miss Easton			Also competed in Miss America 1923 pageant as Miss Erie
title=Atlantic City	newspaper=The Kane Republican	url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/49771031/	location=Kane, Pennsylvania	date=September 8, 1922	page=6	via=Newspapers.com}}	Erie		Miss Erie			Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at national pageant
title=For National Beauty Honors	url=https://digmichnews.cmich.edu/cgi-bin/michigan?a=d&d=CheboyganCD19220907-01.1.9	newspaper=Cheboygan Democrat	location=Cheboygan, Michigan	date=September 7, 1922	page=9}}	Harrisburg		Miss Harrisburg
Velma Ziegler	Johnstown		Miss Johnstown
title=Delegates	newspaper=The Leavenworth Times	url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/76953312/	location=Leavenworth, Kansas	date=September 8, 1922	page=5	via=Newspapers.com}}	Lancaster		Miss Lancaster
Kathryn "Kitty" Molineaux	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia
Rae Bennett	Pittsburgh		Miss Pittsburgh
Leah M. Knapp	Fountain Springs		Miss Pottstown		Intercity Roller Chair Parade Second Prize
Evelyn Renninger	Reading		Miss Reading
Gladys Greenamyer	West Philadelphia	18	Miss West Philadelphia	Top 4	Amateur Beauty Award
1921	Emma Pharo	Harrisburg		Miss Harrisburg			Multiple Pennsylvania representatives
Contestants competed under local title at national pageant
Nellie Orr	Philadelphia		Miss Philadelphia
Thelma Matthews	Pittsburgh		Miss Pittsburgh

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