The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of

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in the

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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

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area. In 2019, the competition moved to

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. In the fall of 2018, the Miss America Organization terminated the Miss Pennsylvania organization's license as well as licenses from

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, and

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. Alysa Bainbridge of Leesport was crowned Miss Pennsylvania 2022 on June 18, 2022 at The Appell Center for Performing Arts in

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. She competed at

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at the

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in December 2022.

Gallery of past titleholders

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Miss Pennsylvania 1974 File:Nicole Brewer.png, 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 Ruth Malcomson (April 16, 1906 – May 25, 1988) was Miss America in 1924, earning the title at age 18. Malcomson, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the amateur winner in the 1923 contest and returned to defeat incumbent Mary C ...

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Henrietta Leaver Henrietta Leaver (March 28, 1916 – September 18, 1993), Miss Pittsburgh, was crowned Miss America on September 7, 1935, at Atlantic City in New Jersey. She was 19 years old. Early life Leaver was born to George and Celia Applegate. She ne ...

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Frances Marie Burke Frances Marie Kenney (née Burke; May 4, 1922 – December 2, 2017) was an American beauty pageant contestant who was the winner of Miss America in 1940. Biography Burke, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was crowned Miss America at the Boardwal ...

( 1940),

Evelyn Margaret Ay Evelyn Margaret Sempier (née Ay; March 8, 1933 – October 18, 2008) was winner of the 1954 Miss America beauty pageant. Early life Ay was born the daughter of German immigrants in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Pageantry She had a short but successfu ...

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) * 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:

(1954), Emily Wills (2007) * Preliminary Presentation: Rosalyn Menon (2002) * Preliminary Talent:

(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)