Miss America 1925, the fifth Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Friday, September 11, 1925. Entrants from the West Coast, Miss California, Fay Lanphier from Oakland, and Miss Los Angeles, Adrienne Dore, captured the top two awards. The newly crowned beauty queen was a runner-up in the 1924 competition.[1][2] Lanphier was also the first Miss America crowned representing an entire state.[3]
Reports were received that King Neptune, portrayed by actor Ernest Torrence, somehow fell into the ocean and had to be pulled out ("rescued") by lifeguards. Also on hand for the final night of pageant activities was Triton, son of Neptune, played by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.[4]
Ruth Malcomson, the winner from the previous year, decided not to defend her title due to her belief that professionals were entering the Inter-City competition as a Hollywood film was to be shot around the 1925 pageant. Her decision drew controversy in the press, and began false speculation that the pageant wasn't honest. The pageant committee quickly instituted a new rule that no Miss America could return to competition.[5]
Contestants of the 1925 Miss America Pageant
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| Miss America 1925
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| Rolling Chair Parade Winner
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| Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Celina Chauvin
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| Balboa, Panama Canal Zone
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Rena De Young
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Balboa, Panama Canal Zone
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Represented the Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone. The Canal Zone was an area directly administered by the United States and thus was considered US soil, thus making De Young eligible to compete in the pageant.
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Thelma Krakan
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| Bay Ridge, New York
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Ethel Groesback[6]
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| Biloxi, Mississippi
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Laurice McFarland
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Top 15
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Nellie Kincaid
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| Boston Boston, Massachusetts
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Nina Wolff
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| Bridgeport, Connecticut
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Alta Sommerville
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Edith Higgins
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Top 5
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Peggy Moore
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| California California
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Fay Lanphier
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| Chicago Chicago, Illinois
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Margarita Gonzales
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| Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio
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Elsie Connor
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Top 15
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| Dallas, Texas
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Elinore Wilkens
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| Detroit, Michigan
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Jane Porter
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Top 15
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| Elgin, Illinois
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Lucille Burns
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| Erie, Pennsylvania
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Mary Ann Guth
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| Fort Worth, Texas
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Mary Louis Kilman
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| Frederick, Maryland
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Mildred Lee Purdy
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| Greater New York, New York
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Alice Beatrice Roberts
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Top 5
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| Hagerstown, Maryland
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Aleda Bradford Cook
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| Hartford, Connecticut
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Mary Brandaburg
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| Houston Houston, Texas
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Edna Francis
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| Huntington, West Virginia
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Eleanor McCracken
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| Jersey City, New Jersey
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Francis M. Glowaski
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Top 15
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| Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Estella Wittell
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| Los Angeles, California
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Adrienne Dore
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1st runner-up
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| Louisville, Kentucky
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Mary Madeline O'Laughlin
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Top 15
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| Manchester, Connecticut
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Helen Kanehl
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| Miami, Florida
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Ruth Wooddall
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Top 15
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| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Virginia Armstrong
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| Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Lucille McGinty
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Top 15
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| Newark, New Jersey
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Helen Corcoran
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Top 15
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| New England
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Katherine Kearns
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| New Jersey New Jersey
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Lee Bartlett
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| New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana
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Thelma Roeling
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| Norfolk, Virginia
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Dorothea Price
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| Ohio Ohio
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Elarka Towne
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| Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Fern Marlow
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| Omaha, Nebraska
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Myrtle Roach
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Top 15
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Mildred Walker
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Top 15
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| Pensacola, Florida
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Lucy Davis Young
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Rolling Chair Parade Winner
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| Pottsville, Pennsylvania
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Elsie Gallagher
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| Reading, Pennsylvania
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Florence Zawidski
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| Rhode Island Rhode Island
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Loretta Berchman
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| St. Louis, Missouri
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Eileen Wenzel
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| San Francisco, California
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Edyth Flynn
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| Santa Cruz, California
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Yetta Haber
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| Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Beula Keator
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| Seattle, Washington
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Evelyn Carman
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| Sioux City, Iowa
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Dorothy Nordyke
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| St. Paul, Minnesota
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Dorothy Bastyr
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| Syracuse, New York
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Fern Jackson
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Top 5
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| Toledo, Ohio
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Emilia Kaniewska
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Sue Starkey
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| Uniontown, Pennsylvania
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Mildred Sherman
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| Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.
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Abbie Eagan
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| Watertown, New York
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Florence V. Andrews
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| Westchester, New York
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Emma Soltis
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| Wichita, Kansas
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Wildeana Withers
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| Yonkers, New York
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Wilma Ansell
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| Youngstown, Ohio
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Isabel Robertson
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