MISS AMERICA 1940

1940 September 7

Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey

45 entries

Results

1  PHILADELPHIA (PA)  Frances Marie Burke

2  CALIFORNIA  Rosemary LaPlanche

3  MICHIGAN  Monnie Drake

4  MASSACHUSETTS  Polly L. Connors

5  KENTUCKY  Dorothy Slatten (America '41)

Top 15

DELAWARE  Peggy E. Insolo

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Catherine Virginia Howe

Eastern PENNSYLVANIA  Mildred Irene Saha

HUNTINGTON (WV)  Juanita Park Wright

MIAMI (FL)  Mitzi Strother

MISSOURI  Virginia Morrison

MONTANA  Kay Kittendorff

MYRTLE BEACH (SC)  La Bruce Sherill

OKLAHOMA  Ada Martyne Woods

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA  Alberta Louise Carts (of Pittsburgh)

Awards

Lifestyle and Fitness CALIFORNIA, KENTUCKY, PHILADELPHIA

Talent DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MICHIGAN, MONTANA, MYRTLE BEACH

Miss Congeniality title was not awarded this year

Remainder

ARIZONA  Anna Marie Barnett

ARKANSAS  Betty Benson

BIRMINGHAM (AL)  Evelyn Randall Motlow

CENTRAL OHIO  Bette Jane Hart

COLORADO  Eileen H. Hoskins

CONNECTICUT  Dorothy Pickard

DELAWARE COUNTY (PA)  Dorothy A. Wall

EASTERN NEW YORK  Geraldine Anne Racine

INDIANA  Carolyn M. Akin

KANSAS CITY (MO)  Gloria Kathleen Gipson

KNOXVILLE (TN)  Thelma McGhee

MAINE  Shirley Edith HOUSTON

MARYLAND  Marie Beiser

MINNESOTA  Virginia Dee Kepler

MISSISSIPPI  Carolyn Simon

MONTGOMERY (AL)  Carolyn Louise Foreman

NEW JERSEY  Mildred Marie Selko

NEW ORLEANS (LA)  Pauline Powell

NORTH CAROLINA  Jeanne D’Arbre Wofford

OHIO  Violet Berze

ST. LOUIS (MO)  LaFern Mueller

SOUTH CAROLINA  Vanadora Baker

TENNESSEE  Christine Webb

TEXAS  Gloria Ann Byrns (America 41)

VIRGINIA  Virginia Campbell

WASHINGTON  Peggy Mason

WEST VIRGINIA  Mary Schlarmann Bowles

WESTCHESTER COUNTY (NY)  Constantine Gray

WESTERN KENTUCKY  Violet Owen

WESTERN NEW YORK  Gloria Elizabeth Sheehan