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WILL CROWN QUEENOF BEAUTY TONIGHTField of Contestants For MissAmerica of 1926, NarrowsTo Three — Boardwalk Parade Takes PlaceAtlantic City, N, J., Sept. 10. (A F).— Miss Tulsa, Norma Small- ' wood, won first place in the evening : gown contest here last night. Miss Greater New York. Miss Ruht Patterson and Miss Washington. Mist i Marjorie Joesting took the cups for the second and third prizes in the selections preceding the choosing of Miss America 1926, which will ( be made tonight.While the selection of the prize winners last night is not an official 1 indication of the final choice tonight it is generally understood that Miss America will be one of the three, jMiss Greater New York and Miss Washington both carried off the honors in white satin evening gowns studded with rhinestones. iThe selections were made from the beauties of the five sections of the country, the last six contestants before the prize winners were chosen being Miss Baltimore. Mildred Adam; Miss Kansas City, Marguerite Jordan; and Miss Elizabeth. Lucy Taylor nnd the winning beauties.The cups were presented to the winners by Miss America of 1926, Fav Lanphier and Miss AtlanticCity, Eleanore Hoffman.King Nept line, rising from the briny depths to the dizzy heights of the leading float, led the competing beauties down the boardwalk yesterday afternoon in the first of the bathing beauty parades.* The mermaid subjects of the ocean breeze passed in review before the thronged walks and the judges. Attired in taffeta bathing suits that j looked more ornate than useful, the inter-city beauties brought forth cheer after cheer from the crowds. Professional beauties appeared for the first time in the pageant and were awarded prizes for the most stunning costumes. Margaret Sullivan. Brooklyn and Helen Boyle, Philadelphia, took thi amateur second and third prizes for beauty of and costume among the marcherswho are not in the national con-I
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Hanover Evening Sun
Hanover, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Sep 10, 1926
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