Miss Pennsylvania

For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Pennsylvania USA.

Miss Pennsylvania

Formation	1921
Type	Women’s empowerment competition
Headquarters	York
Location	Pennsylvania
Membership	Miss America
Official language	English
Website	misspa.org

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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. ^{[1] [2]}

Alysa Bainbridge of Leesport was crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2022 on June 18, 2022, at The Appell Center for Performing Arts in York. She competed at Miss America 2023 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, in December 2022.

Gallery of past titleholders

• 
  Tina Louise Thomas,
  Miss Pennsylvania 1973
• 
  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 Margaret 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 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 Margaret Ay (1954), Emily Wills (2007)
• Preliminary Presentation: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
• Preliminary Talent: Rose Coyle (1936), Rosella Hannon (1941), Eleanor Kramer (1946), Jennie Rebecca Blatchford (1958), Lois Janet Piercy (1960), Maureen Wimmer (1972), Tina Louise Thomas (1974), Lynn Carol Grote (1978), Amanda Smith (2015)

Non-finalist awards

• Non-finalist Talent: Lorna Malcomson Ringler (1957), Judith Lynn 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
2023	Miranda Moore	Harrisburg	24	Miss Central Pennsylvania	Clarinet
2022	Alysa Bainbridge	Leesport	23	Miss Greater Reading	Lyrical Dance			Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2016
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” from Dreamgirls	Top 10 [7]		Previously Miss 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 at National Sweetheart 2012 pageant
2014	Amanda Smith [9]	Dade City, FL	21	Miss Southwestern Pennsylvania	Vocal, "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" from The 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"			Previously Miss Pennsylvania's Outstanding Teen 2005 [12]
2012	Jordyn Colao [13]	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	Courtney Thomas [14]	Sigel	21		Fiddle, "Orange Blossom Special"			Top 10 at National 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 at National Sweetheart 2005 pageant
2005	Nicole Brewer [19]	Philadelphia	22	Miss Allegheny Valley	Vocal, "The Wizard and I" from Wicked	Top 10		Sister of Miss Maryland 2016, Hannah Brewer
2004	Victoria Bechtold [20]	Johnstown	21	Miss Pittsburgh	Classical Vocal, "Je Veux Vivre" from Roméo et Juliette
2003	Candace Otto [21]	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 [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" by Beethoven	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 broadcaster Larry 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" from The 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'" from La 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" from Die 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" from The 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" from The 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'" from La 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" from Li'l Abner
1966	Gale Veronica Rothwell [60]	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 [ 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 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 [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 [62] [63]	Upper Darby		Miss Delaware County	Vocal		Non-finalist Talent Award	Niece of Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson, [64] and mother of Miss 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" from Leaves from a Grass-House by Don 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" from Don 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" 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 [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]
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 [72]	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	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 in Miss 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 in Miss 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

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27. "Grove City student named Miss Pa". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . June 9, 1997. p. A15.
28. "New Miss Pa is crowned". Allentown Morning Call. Associated Press. May 26, 1996. p. 1.
29. "Winner touts plan on literacy". The Harrisburg Patriot. Associated Press. June 5, 1993. p. B1.
30. "Two crowns placed on York County heads Kirstin Deliz Border of Glen Rock is selected as 1994's Miss Pennsylvania". York Daily Record. May 23, 1993. p. 01.
31. "Miss Pa. states pageant's case". The Harrisburg Patriot. Associated Press. June 23, 1993. p. B7.
32. "Miss Pennsylvania picked". The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg. Associated Press. June 15, 1992. p. C2.
33. "Luzerne County woman named Miss Pennsylvania". The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg. Associated Press. June 16, 1991. p. B8.
34. "Easton woman wins crown as 1990 Miss Pennsylvania". The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg. Associated Press. June 17, 1990. p. A18.
35. "Miss Pennsylvania ranks in top 10" (Press release). Associated Press. September 5, 1990.
36. "Miss Texas wins Fruit of the Loom Quality of Life Award". The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg. September 9, 1990. p. A2.
37. The People Column, Roanoke Times, September 15, 1990
38. "Easton woman wins state pageant crown". The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg. Associated Press. June 18, 1989. p. B1.
39. "Miss Bedford takes state crown \ Greater Harrisburg entrant is fourth runner-up". The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg. Associated Press. June 12, 1988. p. B1.
40. "Upstate woman wins Miss Pennsylvania title". The Sunday Patriot-News Harrisburg. Associated Press. June 14, 1987. p. B1.
41. "Scranton-Wilkes-Barre entry named Miss Pennsylvania". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. June 16, 1986. p. 27.
42. "Philadelphian named Miss Pennsylvania". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press. June 17, 1985. p. 3.
43. "Miss Pennsylvania Crowned Saturday". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press. June 18, 1984. p. 4.
44. "Miss Pennsylvania Selected". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press. June 16, 1983. p. 42.
45. "A Town's Hope For Miss America". The Philadelphia Inquirer . September 10, 1982. p. D1.
46. "Altoona Native Pageant Winner". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. June 21, 1981. p. 85.
47. "Miss Pennsylvania Weighs In With Big Dose Of Confidence". The Pittsburgh Press . July 17, 1980. p. 11.
48. "Granddaughter of Countian is Miss Pennsylvania". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press. June 18, 1979. p. 1.
49. "Miss Pennsylvania says beauty pageants helped raise money for medical school". Bowling Green Daily News. Associated Press. August 4, 1983. p. 41.
50. "Miss America". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. September 11, 1977. p. 1.
51. United Press International (June 13, 1976). "Leigh Woman Wins Pageant". The Pittsburgh Press . p. 10.
52. "Pageant Time in Atlantic City". Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. September 2, 1975. p. 11.
53. "Bucks County Beauty Wins State Pageant". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Associated Press. June 17, 1974. p. 8.
54. "Tina Thomas Of Lancaster Wins Crown At Hershey". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press. June 18, 1973. p. 7.
55. United Press International (June 19, 1972). "Indiana U Co-ed Is Miss Pennsylvania". Beaver County Times. p. 7.
56. "Miss Pennsylvania in Talent Tie". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press. September 9, 1971. p. 6.
57. "York Entry Wins State Pageant". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. June 14, 1970. p. 1.
58. "York County Miss Wins State Title". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press. June 17, 1969. p. 1.
59. "Doris Lausch is entry for Miss America". Gettysburg Times. Associated Press. June 20, 1967. p. 9.
60. "Miss Pennsylvania Crowned". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. July 10, 1966. p. 12.
61. "Three Beauties In Talent Tie". Florence Times Daily. Associated Press. September 10, 1959. p. 5.
62. "Pam Ulrich Crowns Miss Pennsylvania". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. July 16, 1956. p. 3.
63. "Bringing People Together". Arlington Heights Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, Illinois. September 12, 1981. p. 2. 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.
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65. "Miss Pennsylvania grooms for chance at national title". Reading Eagle. September 30, 1955. p. 27.
66. "Miss America Given Welcome Home Party". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. September 30, 1953. p. 18.
67. "Miss Pennsylvania Crowned". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. August 14, 1952. p. 22.
68. "Queen Crowned at West Chester Celebration". Reading Eagle. September 28, 1949. p. 49.
69. "Miss Pennsylvania is voice student". Gettysburg Times. August 9, 1948. p. 3.
70. "Miss Pittsburgh Wins Beauty Crown". The New York Times . Associated Press. September 8, 1935. p. 25.
71. "Miss America Timeline: 1901–1950". PBS .
72. "Ruth Schaubel, Miss America of 1924". Philadelphia Daily News . May 27, 1988. p. 24.
73. "Half a Dozen America Beauties, Please". The Daily News. Frederick, Maryland. September 6, 1923. p. 11 – via Newspaper.com.
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75. "Golden Apple Is Sought by Scores". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pennsylvania. September 6, 1923. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
76. "Golden Apple Is Sought by Scores". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pennsylvania. September 6, 1923. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
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78. "More Beauties". The Daily News. Frederick, Maryland. September 6, 1923. p. 11 – via Newspaper.com.
79. "Miss Johnstown Selected by Judges". The Pittsburgh Press . Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 1, 1923. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
80. "Miss Grace Kohr Wins Right to Represent Lebanon in Shore Beauty Pageant Next Month". Evening Report. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. August 21, 1923. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
81. "Miss Norristown". The New York Times . Cape May, New Jersey. September 2, 1923. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
82. "Miss Philadelphia Leads the Parade". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 7, 1923. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
83. "Columbus Girl Wins for Second Time Title of Miss America". The Boston Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. September 8, 1923. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com. ...Miss Charlotte Nash of St Louis and Miss Marian Green of Philadelphia were the runners up, in the order named.
84. "Miss St. Louis First in Atlantic City Beauty Trials". Pittsburgh Daily Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 6, 1923. p. 2.
85. "ineligible". Reading Times. Reading, Pennsylvania. October 4, 1923. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com. Miss Jane Ondeck who represented Reading at the Atlantic City pageant...
86. "Miss Allentown". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pennsylvania. October 29, 1922. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
87. "The Pennsylvania Beauties". Reading Times. Reading, Pennsylvania. September 6, 1922. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
88. "Atlantic City". The Kane Republican. Kane, Pennsylvania. September 8, 1922. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
89. "For National Beauty Honors". Cheboygan Democrat. Cheboygan, Michigan. September 7, 1922. p. 9.
90. "Johnstown's Prettiest". The Daily Times. New Philadelphia, Ohio. September 1, 1922. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com. Miss Velma Ziegler, voted the prettiest girl in Johnstown...
91. "Delegates". The Leavenworth Times. Leavenworth, Kansas. September 8, 1922. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
92. "Miss Philadelphia". Daily News. New York, New York. September 3, 1922. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
93. "Miss Pottsville Appears a Most Beautiful Flower in a Bouquet of Loveliness". Pottsville Republican. Pottsville, Pennsylvania. August 25, 1922. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
94. "'Miss Indianapolis' in Lead For National Beauty Honors". New York Tribune. New York, New York. September 8, 1922. p. 3.
95. ""Miss Columbus" Is Pettiest of All America Girls". The News Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. September 9, 1922. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
96. "Beauty Title To..." The Evening Journal. Wilmington, Delaware. September 9, 1922. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
97. "16-Year-Old Beauty Wins Honors in Atlantic City Pageant". The Evening News. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. September 9, 1922. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
98. "Beauty Queen Not Yet in Love". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. September 10, 1922. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
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External links

• Miss Pennsylvania official website