MISS AMERICA 1945

1945 September 8

Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey

41 entries

Results

1  NEW YORK CITY (NY)  Bess Myerson

2  SAN DIEGO (CA)  Phyllis Mathis

3  BIRMINGHAM (AL)  Frances Lanell Dorn

4  FLORIDA  Virginia Freeland

5  MINNESOTA  Arlene Anderson

Top 13

CALIFORNIA  Polly Ellis

CHICAGO (IL)  Lee Mercer Wieland

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Dorothy Louise Powell

MARYLAND  Virginia Lee Van Sant

NORTH CAROLINA  Dorothy Louise Johnson

PHILADELPHIA (PA)  Gloria Bair

TENNESSEE  Lee Harriet Henson

TEXAS  Polly Below

Awards

Miss Congeniality  NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

Lifestyle and Fitness CHICAGO, NEW YORK CITY, TENNESSEE

Talent BIRMINGHAM, CALIFORNIA, MINNESOTA, NEW YORK CITY

Remainder

ARKANSAS  Leslie Hampton

ATLANTA (GA)  Pauline Walker

BOSTON (MA)  Claire Thibadeau

CINCINNATI (OH)  Virginia Lee Pleasant

CONNECTICUT  Sylvia Z. Shaw

DETROIT (MI)  Barbara Lee Smith

GEORGIA  Doris Joyce Coker

ILLINOIS  Beverly Ann Long

INDIANA  Betty Anna Lockyear

IOWA  Jeanne Gordon

MAINE  Virginia Trask

MASSACHUSETTS  Ruth Claire Thomas

MIAMI Beach (FL)  Ray Evelyn Crist

MICHIGAN  Therese Mary Sullivan

MISSISSIPPI  Harriet Jane Carr

MISSOURI  Betty Ruth Ream

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Lee Corey

NEW JERSEY  Matilda Agin

NEW ORLEANS (LA)  Helen Shively

NEW YORK  June Jenkins

NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA  Georgina Patterson

OHIO  Julia Ann Donahue

PENNSYLVANIA  Timmie Weston

RHODE ISLAND  Mary Stevens

SOUTH CAROLINA  Margaret Neeley

UTAH  Dorothy F. Holohan

VERMONT  Mary Staikos

WISCONSIN  Eileen Christy