Abstract is: Miss America 1938, the 12th Miss America pageant, was held at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Saturday, September 10, 1938. The decision by the 15 judges there that Miss Ohio, Marilyn Meseke, rather than Miss California, Claire James, as Miss America surprised the audience at the event. Famous Broadway producer Earl Carroll, Murder at the Vanities, also disagreed with their choice and took the runner-up to New York City where he performed a coronation of Miss California as "the true Miss America" shortly after the official pageant. Carroll's actions resulted in widespread publicity of the incident.
Beauty pageant edition | Q62391930 |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/0crgwpp |
P17 | country | United States of America | Q30 |
P276 | location | Steel Pier | Q1455092 |
P1132 | number of participants | 44 | |
P179 | part of the series | Miss America | Q859497 |
P585 | point in time | 1938-01-01 | |
P1346 | winner | Marilyn Meseke | Q3847975 |
Q6876021 | Miss America 1939 | follows | P155 |
Q6876017 | Miss America 1937 | followed by | P156 |
Miss America 1938 | wikipedia | |
Мисс Америка 1938 | wikipedia |
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