| Miss America 1941 | |
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| Date | September 6, 1941 |
| Presenters | Bob Russell |
| Venue | Boardwalk Hall,Atlantic City,New Jersey |
| Entrants | 43 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Winner | Rosemary LaPlanche California |
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Miss America 1941, the 15thMiss America pageant, was held at theBoardwalk Hall inAtlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1941.[1] Shortly after the crowning ofMiss California,Rosemary LaPlanche, who had been first runner-up in 1940, the pageant committee adopted this rule: "No contestant can compete in Atlantic City for the title of Miss America more than once",[2] thus eliminating future state winners with more than one attempt at the national title.
LaPlanche became a film actress, as did her sister,Louise LaPlanche.
The title of Miss Congeniality went to Mifaunwy Shunatona, a member of the Otoe and Pawnee tribes — she was also the first American Indian contestant in the pageant's history.
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| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss America 1941 | |
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 15 |
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| Award | Contestant |
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| Lifestyle and Fitness |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Title | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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 Arkansas | Ferol Amelia Dumas | Magnolia | |||||
| Birmingham | Virginia McGraw | Birmingham | Tap Dance with Rope Jumping | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
 California | Rosemary LaPlanche | Los Angeles | 18 | Dance | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| Charleston | Miriam King | Charleston | |||||
 Cleveland | Lois Jean Beck | Cleveland | |||||
 Colorado | Charlene Woods | Denver | |||||
 Connecticut | Daphne Gladding | Plymouth | |||||
 Delaware | Verona Smith | Bridgeville | |||||
 District of Columbia | Jean Cavanaugh | 18 | Soft Shoe Dance, "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" | 2nd Runner-up | |||
| Eastern Pennsylvania | Catherine Jane Albert | Coatesville | |||||
 Florida | Mitzie Strother | Miami | Top 15 | ||||
 Georgia | Esther Shepard | Griffin | Top 15 | ||||
 Indiana | Alice Ullery | Evansville | Modeling | ||||
 Iowa | Lorene Snoddy | Des Moines | 20 | ||||
 Kentucky | Dorothy Slatten | Lexington | Top 15 | ||||
| Knoxville | Katherine Gammon | Knoxville | |||||
| Lake Mohopac | Charlotte Winstanley | ||||||
 Maryland | Penny Malone | Baltimore | |||||
 Massachusetts | Betsy Sears Taylor | Cambridge | |||||
 Miami | Anna Louise Baker | Miami | |||||
 Michigan | Gerry Marcoux | Detroit | Top 15 | ||||
 Minnesota | Patricia Tiets | Minneapolis | |||||
 Mississippi | Madeline Smith | Winona | |||||
 New Jersey | Marjorie Eleanor Jennings | Dover | |||||
 New Mexico | Beverly Brookshier | Roswell | |||||
 New Orleans | Helen Yvonne Englert | New Orleans | |||||
 New York City | Grace DeWitt | New York City | Top 15 | ||||
 North Carolina | Joey Augusta Paxton | Charlotte | 19 | Swing Vocal | 4th Runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award Preliminary Talent Award | Joey Augusta Paxton of Hallandale Beach, Florida died at 79 on September 17, 2002. |
 Ohio | Janice Sulzman | Willoughby | Top 15 | ||||
 Oklahoma | Mifaunwy Dolores Shunatona | Tulsa | Top 15 | Miss Congeniality | First American Indian to compete at Miss America | ||
 Philadelphia | Carrie de Ludo | Philadelphia | |||||
| Savannah | Gladys Collins | Savannah | |||||
 South Carolina | Gloria Frances Missel | Vocal, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" | |||||
 Tennessee | Martha McKinney | Nashville | Acrobatic/Tap Dance | ||||
 Virginia | Jacquelyn McWin | Waynesboro | Top 15 | ||||
 West Virginia | Juanita Park Wright | Huntington | |||||
| Westchester County | Lillian O'Donnell | Yonkers | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
| Western Pennsylvania | Roselle Hannon | Pittsburgh | Vocal, "Because of You" | 1st Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
 Wisconsin | Betty Ann Miller | Milwaukee | 18 | Artistic Caricature of PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt | Top 15 | ||
 Wyoming | Patricia Marie Snyder | Cheyenne | Vocal & Dance |
