| Formation | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Type | Beauty pageant |
| Headquarters | York |
| Location | |
| Membership | Miss America |
Official language | English |
| Website | misspa |
TheMiss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state ofPennsylvania in theMiss America pageant. Pennsylvania, including early years' city representatives, has won the Miss America crown on five occasions.
Originally held inHershey, the pageant moved toWest Chester where pageants were held during the 1950s. The pageant was held inAltoona 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 thePittsburgh area. In 2019, the competition moved toYork, Pennsylvania.[citation needed]
In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the Miss Pennsylvania organization's license as well as licenses fromFlorida,Georgia,New Jersey,New York,Tennessee, andWest Virginia.[1][2]
Page Weinstein ofPittsburgh was crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2024 on June 15, 2024, at The Appell Center for Performing Arts inYork. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.
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.
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Page Weinstein | Pittsburgh | 26 | Miss Greater Pittsburgh | Baton | PreviouslyMiss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2014 | ||
| 2023 | Miranda Moore | Harrisburg | 24 | Miss Central Pennsylvania | Clarinet | |||
| 2022 | Alysa Bainbridge | Leesport | 23 | Miss Greater Reading | Lyrical Dance | PreviouslyMiss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2016 LaterMiss Delaware USA 2024 | ||
| 2021 | Meghan Sinisi[3] | Altoona | 25 | Miss Central Pennsylvania | Baton Twirling | Equity and Justice Award Finalist Women in Business Award | ||
| 2019–20 | Tiffany Seitz[4] | Freeport | 23 | Miss Laurelwood | Dance | |||
| 2018 | Kayla Repasky[5] | Gettysburg | 22 | Miss Greater Carlisle | Contemporary Dance, "Every Breath You Take" | |||
| 2017 | Katie Schreckengast[6] | Palmyra | 20 | Miss Central Pennsylvania | Alto Saxophone, "Listen" fromDreamgirls | Top 10[7] | PreviouslyMiss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2013[8] | |
| 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 atNational Sweetheart 2012 pageant | ||
| 2014 | Amanda Smith[9] | Dade City, FL | 21 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Vocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" fromThe Phantom of the Opera | Non-finalist Talent Award Preliminary Talent Award[10] | ||
| 2013 | Annie Rosellini[11] | Butler | 21 | Miss Greater Juniata Valley | Lyrical Dance, "Let It Be" | PreviouslyMiss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2005[12] | ||
| 2012 | Jordyn Colao[13] | Erie | 22 | Miss Freedom Forge | Tap Dance, "Whatever Lola Wants" fromDamn Yankees | |||
| 2011 | Juliann Sheldon | Plum | 21 | Miss Jewel of the West | Lyrical Dance, "I Believe" | FormerNFL cheerleader for theCarolina Panthers | ||
| 2010 | Courtney Thomas[14] | Sigel | 21 | Fiddle, "Orange Blossom Special" | Top 10 atNational Sweetheart 2009 pageant | |||
| 2009 | Shannon Doyle[15] | Wilkes-Barre | 24 | Miss Armstrong County | Tap Dance, "A Little Polish" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 2008 | Kendria Perry[16] | Nazareth | 23 | Piano, "Ballade No. 1" by Chopin | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 2007 | Rachel Brooks[17] | Broomall | 24 | Miss River City | Vocal, "Summertime" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2006 | Emily Wills[18] | Beaver | 24 | Miss Armstrong County | Vocal, "If I Ain't Got You" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | 2nd runner-up atNational Sweetheart 2005 pageant |
| 2005 | Nicole Brewer[19] | Philadelphia | 22 | Miss Allegheny Valley | Vocal, "The Wizard and I" fromWicked | Top 10 | Sister ofMiss Maryland 2016, Hannah Brewer | |
| 2004 | Victoria Bechtold[20] | Johnstown | 21 | Miss Pittsburgh | Classical Vocal, "Je Veux Vivre" fromRoméo et Juliette | |||
| 2003 | Candace Otto[21] | Murrysville | 23 | Miss Three Rivers | Classical Vocal, "Non Ti Scordar di Me" byErnesto De Curtis | Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 2002 | Autumn Marisa[22] | Waynesburg | 22 | Miss Armstrong County | Lyrical Dance, "The Bells of St. Paul" | |||
| 2001 | Rosalyn Menon[23] | Hazleton | 22 | Miss Three Rivers | Classical Piano, "Piano Sonata in C Minor" byBeethoven | Top 20 | Community Achievement Award Preliminary Presentation Award | |
| 2000 | Melissa Jeka[24] | Warminster | 23 | Miss Allegheny Valley | Ballet en Pointe, "The Diamond" | Top 10 | ||
| 1999 | Susan Spafford[25] | Erie | 24 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Violin, "Polish Caprice" | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1998 | Mayra Acosta[26] | Lewistown | 22 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Popular Vocal, "To Love You More" | |||
| 1997 | Heather Busin[27] | Grove City | 20 | Miss Butler County | Vocal, "I Will Listen" | |||
| 1996 | GiGi Gordon[28] | Butler | 23 | Miss Armstrong County | Lyrical Dance, "When a Man Loves a Woman" | |||
| 1995 | Linette Mertz[29] | Kutztown | 23 | Miss Susquehanna Valley | Country Vocal, "Why Haven't I Heard from You" | |||
| 1994 | Kirstin Border[30] | Glen Rock | 24 | Miss State Capitol | Violin, "Czardas with a Twist of Orange" | |||
| 1993 | Diane Fabiano[31] | Lansdale | 24 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Vocal, "City Lights" | |||
| 1992 | Judy Fitch[32] | Dallas | 24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Vocal, "Sincerely" | |||
| 1991 | Linda O'Boyle[33] | Dupont | 23 | Technique Tap Dance, "Hoofin'" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1990 | Marla Wynne[34] | Easton | 23 | Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania | Ventriloquism, "Together (Wherever We Go)" | Top 10[35] | Quality of Life Award 2nd runner-up[36] | Described by broadcasterLarry King as the "ugliest girl" in the pageant.[37] King later rescinded his remarks Mother, Marlene Wynne, was the executive director of the Miss Pennsylvania pageant until death in June 2008[citation needed] |
| 1989 | Michelle Kline[38] | 24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Classical Vocal, "Una Voce Poco Fa" fromThe Barber of Seville | Top 10 | Quality of Life Award | ||
| 1988 | Denise Meyer[39] | Pittsburgh | 21 | Miss Bedford | Popular Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" | |||
| 1987 | Katarina Sitaris[40] | Wilkes-Barre | 24 | Miss Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" fromLa bohème | Cavalier Scholarship | ||
| 1986 | Darlene Deeley[41] | Philadelphia | 25 | Miss Greater Wilkes-Barre/Scranton | Gymnastics / Dance Routine | |||
| 1985 | Lea Schiazza[42] | 23 | Miss Montgomery County | Vocal, "Who’s Sorry Now" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
| 1984 | Gina Major[43] | Huntsville | 24 | Miss Lehigh Valley | Vocal,Judy Garland Medley | |||
| 1983 | Jennifer Eshelman[44] | Hegins | 23 | Miss Pocono | Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" fromDie Fledermaus | |||
| 1982 | Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh[45] | Belle Vernon | 22 | Miss Washington County | Baton Twirling, "Pop Goes to the Movies" | |||
| 1981 | Jill Shaffer[46] | Dover | 22 | Miss Lebanon | Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Grieg | |||
| 1980 | Anita Ellen Patton[47] | Lebanon | 21 | Vocal, "If You Believe" fromThe Wiz | ||||
| 1979 | Carolyn Louise Black[48] | Elizabethtown | 22 | Miss Lancaster County | Vocal, "All the Things You Are" | Top 10 | ||
| 1978 | Charmaine Kowalski[49] | State College | 22 | Miss Penn State | Piano,Warsaw Concerto | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
| 1977 | Lynn Carol Grote[50] | 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[51] | Levittown | 23 | Miss Lehigh Valley | Ventriloquism, "Together (Wherever We Go)" | Top 10 | ||
| 1975 | Connie Harness[52] | Mechanicsburg | 20 | Miss Cumberland Valley | Classical Vocal, "Romance" fromThe Desert Song | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1974 | Karen Lynn Kuhn[53] | Levittown | 20 | Miss Lower Bucks County | Ballet, "Shubert Alley Overture" | |||
| 1973 | Tina Louise Thomas[54] | Lancaster | 18 | Miss Lancaster County | Gospel Vocal, "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1972 | Linda Olson[55] | Corry | 20 | Miss Indiana University of Pennsylvania | Piano, Gershwin Medley | 2nd runner-up | ||
| 1971 | Maureen Wimmer[56] | Perkasie | 20 | Miss Bucks County | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" fromLa bohème | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 1970 | Maggie Walker[57] | Harrisburg | 18 | Miss York County | Gymnastic Ballet on Uneven Parallel Bars, "Contessa" | 4th runner-up | ||
| 1969 | Trudy Lee Pedersen[58] | Etters | 18 | Miss York County | Vocal, "The Sound of Music" | |||
| 1968 | Susan Robinson[29] | Pittsburgh | 22 | Miss Pittsburgh | Comedy Monologue, "Sis Hopkins" | |||
| 1967 | Doris Ann Lausch[59] | Lancaster | 20 | Miss Lancaster County | Vocal, "Love In a Home" fromLi'l Abner | |||
| 1966 | Gale Veronica Rothwell[60] | Philadelphia | 21 | Miss Germantown | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" fromLa bohème | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1965 | Judith Lynn McConnell | Pittsburgh | 21 | Miss Pittsburgh | Dramatic Reading fromSaint Joan | Non-finalist Talent Award | Best known for her role in the soap opera,Santa Barbara[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 her havingmononucleosis | |||
| 1962 | Crystale Leigh Martin | Milton | 19 | Miss Susquehanna Valley | Dramatic Presentation with self-accompaniment on harp, "The Mad Scene" fromHamlet | |||
| 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[61] | 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[62][63] | Upper Darby | Miss Delaware County | Vocal | Non-finalist Talent Award | Niece ofMiss America 1924,Ruth Malcomson,[64] and mother ofMiss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham[63] | ||
| 1955 | Pam Ulrich[65] | Sinking Spring | Miss Reading | Drama, "Proper Recitation" | ||||
| 1954 | Barbara Sue Nager[65] | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Egyptian Ballet Dance, "Egyptian Suite" | 3rd runner-up | |||
| 1953 | Evelyn Margaret Ay[66] | Ephrata | 20 | Miss Lancaster County | Poetry Recitation, "Footsteps" fromLeaves from a Grass-House byDon Blanding | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1952 | Patricia Hunt | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Drama | Top 10 | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||
| Miriam Smith[67] | McAlisterville | Miss Pennsylvania | Pipe Organ, "Tico Tico" | |||||
| 1951 | Margaret Ramsdale | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Vocal, "Danny Boy" | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||
| Clare Lippert[67] | Tarentum | Miss Pennsylvania | Vocal, "Lullaby of Broadway" | |||||
| 1950 | Janice Murray | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Classical Vocal, "O Don Fatale" fromDon Carlos | Top 16 | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | ||
| Emilie Longacre | Phoenixville | Miss Pennsylvania | Vocal, "You're My Everything" | |||||
| 1949 | Miriam Lopayowker | Philadelphia | 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 Carozzo[68] | Kennett Square | Miss Pennsylvania | Piano,Clair de Lune | |||||
| 1948 | Betty Jane Bruce | Philadelphia | Miss Greater Philadelphia | Vocal, "Fool That I Am" & "Mean to Me" | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at Miss America pageant | |||
| Ruth Douglas[69] | Harrisburg | Miss Pennsylvania | Vocal Medley, "Let My Song Fill Your Heart" & "Lover" | |||||
| Sarah Cromwell | Pittsburgh | 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" fromThe 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[70] | 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[71] | |||||||
| 1933 | Geraldine Glassman | 17 | Top 18 | |||||
| 1932 | No national pageants were held[71] | |||||||
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| 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[72] | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | Winner | Aunt of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Malcomson Ringler, and great-aunt ofMiss 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 | Helen Noble[73] | Allentown | Miss Allentown | N/A[74] | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | |||
| Margaret Lillian Ross[75] | Altoona | Miss Altoona | ||||||
| Agnes Connelly[76] | Easton | Miss Easton | ||||||
| Dorothy Haupt[76] | Erie | Miss Erie | Also competed inMiss America 1922 pageant as Miss Easton[77] | |||||
| Helen R. Knisely[78] | Harrisburg | Miss Harrisburg | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | |||||
| Betty Grening[79] | Johnstown | Miss Johnstown | ||||||
| Grace Kohr[80] | Lebanon | Miss Lebanon | ||||||
| Mildred Maconachy[81] | Norristown | Miss Norristown | ||||||
| Marion Green[82] | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | 4th runner-up[83] | Roller Chair Parade Third Prize[84] | ||||
| Isabel Lynch[73] | Pottsville | Miss Pottsville | Roller Chair Parade Fourth Prize[84] | |||||
| Jane Ondeck[85] | Reading | Miss Reading | ||||||
| Mary Botto[78] | Sunbury | Miss Sunbury | ||||||
| 1922 | Ellen E. Sherr[86] | Allentown | Miss Allentown | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | ||||
| Anna Marie Burke[87] | Chester | Miss Chester | ||||||
| Dorothy Haupt[77] | Easton | Miss Easton | Also competed inMiss America 1923 pageant as Miss Erie[76] | |||||
| Thora McDannel[88] | Erie | Miss Erie | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | |||||
| Gertrude Shoemack[89] | Harrisburg | Miss Harrisburg | ||||||
| Velma Ziegler[90] | Johnstown | Miss Johnstown | ||||||
| Elsie Blumenstock[91] | Lancaster | Miss Lancaster | ||||||
| Kathryn "Kitty" Molineaux[92] | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Rae Bennett[87] | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | ||||||
| Leah M. Knapp[93] | Fountain Springs | Miss Pottstown | Intercity Roller Chair Parade Second Prize[94] | |||||
| Evelyn Renninger[87] | Reading | Miss Reading | ||||||
| Gladys Greenamyer[95] | West Philadelphia | 18 | Miss West Philadelphia | Top 4[96][97] | Amateur Beauty Award[98] | |||
| 1921 | Emma Pharo[99] | Harrisburg | Miss Harrisburg | Multiple Pennsylvania representatives Contestants competed under local title at national pageant | ||||
| Nellie Orr[100] | Philadelphia | Miss Philadelphia | ||||||
| Thelma Matthews[101] | Pittsburgh | Miss Pittsburgh | ||||||
...competed in Miss America's teen system for four years before eventually winning the title of 2013 Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen.
Jodi Graham, Miss Delaware, is the third generation of her family to compete in the Miss America pageant. Her aunt, Ruth Malcomson Schaubel, was the third Miss America in 1924. Her mother, Lorna Ringler Graham, competed in the 1956 pageant as Miss Pennsylvania.
...talent contest that was established in 1935.
Gorman, far right, poses in swimwear, with Mary Dague as "Miss Wheeling," Dorothy Haupt as "Miss Easton,"...
...Miss Charlotte Nash of St Louis and Miss Marian Green of Philadelphia were the runners up, in the order named.
Miss Jane Ondeck who represented Reading at the Atlantic City pageant...
Miss Velma Ziegler, voted the prettiest girl in Johnstown...
Photograph shows Thelma Matthews who was the Pittsburgh contestant in the 1921 Inter-City Beauty Contest, which became the Miss America pageant.