Lois Delander
Miss America winner
Lois E. Delander | |
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 Delander in 1927 | |
| Born | Lois Eleanor Delander (1911-03-14)March 14, 1911 Joliet, Illinois |
| Died | January 23, 1985(1985-01-23) (aged 73) Chicago, Illinois |
| Title | Miss America 1927 |
| Predecessor | Norma Smallwood |
| Successor | Marian Bergeron |
| Spouse | Ralph Lang |
| Children | 3 |
Lois Eleanor Delander (February 14, 1911 – January 23, 1985) was Miss America in 1927.
Biography
Delander, a native of Joliet, Illinois and high school junior, aged 16, won the Miss America crown on her parents' twentieth wedding anniversary. Following the 1927 competition, the pageant would not held again until 1933.
She was one of the most famous models appearing in the Gerlach Barklow Co. art calendars.[1] A pastel of Lois Delander wearing a white bathing suit was artist Adelaide Hiebel's most famous work.[2]
Personal life
She married Ralph Lang, a stockbroker, and lived in Evanston, Illinois with her three daughters, Diana, Linda, and Marsha.[3] She died near Chicago in 1985.[4]
References
- ^ Sorensen, Karen (2012-02-22). "Old Calendars Now Now Coveted by Collectors, Plainfield Historians Say". Plainfield Patch. Plainfield, IL. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ^ "Adelaide Hiebel". City of Joliet. Archived from the original on 2004-08-25. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ^ "All the Miss Americas, Then and Now". LIFE Magazine. Time Inc. September 28, 1959. p. 89.
- ^ "Miss America History 1927". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- Russell Roberts, Richard Youmans, Down the Jersey Shore, Rutgers University Press, 1993 ISBN 0-8135-1996-9, p. 89
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lois Delander.
- A pastel of Lois Delander wearing a white bathing suit, by Adelaide Hiebel
- "America's Fairest Maid" (1927), British Pathé on YouTube
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Norma Smallwood | Miss America 1927 | Succeeded by Marian Bergeron |
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- Margaret Gorman (1921)
- Mary Campbell (1922)
- Mary Campbell (1923)
- Ruth Malcomson (1924)
- Fay Lanphier (1925)
- Norma Smallwood (1926)
- Lois Delander (1927)
- Marian Bergeron (1933)
- Henrietta Leaver (1935)
- Rose Coyle (1936)
- Bette Cooper (1937)
- Marilyn Meseke (1938)
- Patricia Donnelly (1939)
- Frances Marie Burke (1940)
- Rosemary LaPlanche (1941)
- Jo-Carroll Dennison (1942)
- Jean Bartel (1943)
- Venus Ramey (1944)
- Bess Myerson (1945)
- Marilyn Buferd (1946)
- Barbara Jo Walker (1947)
- BeBe Shopp (1948)
- Jacque Mercer (1949)
- Yolande Betbeze (1951)
- Colleen Kay Hutchins (1952)
- Neva Jane Langley (1953)
- Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954)
- Lee Meriwether (1955)
- Sharon Ritchie (1956)
- Marian McKnight (1957)
- Marilyn Van Derbur (1958)
- Mary Ann Mobley (1959)
- Lynda Lee Mead (1960)
- Nancy Fleming (1961)
- Maria Fletcher (1962)
- Jacquelyn Mayer (1963)
- Donna Axum (1964)
- Vonda Kay Van Dyke (1965)
- Deborah Bryant (1966)
- Jane Anne Jayroe (1967)
- Debra Dene Barnes (1968)
- Judith Anne Ford (1969)
- Pamela Eldred (1970)
- Phyllis Ann George (1971)
- Laurie Lea Schaefer (1972)
- Terry Meeuwsen (1973)
- Rebecca Ann King (1974)
- Shirley Cothran (1975)
- Tawny Elaine Godin (1976)
- Dorothy Benham (1977)
- Susan Perkins (1978)
- Kylene Barker (1979)
- Cheryl Prewitt (1980)
- Susan Powell (1981)
- Elizabeth Ward (1982)
- Debra Maffett (1983)
- Vanessa Williams / Suzette Charles (1984)
- Sharlene Wells (1985)
- Susan Akin (1986)
- Kellye Cash (1987)
- Kaye Lani Rae Rafko (1988)
- Gretchen Carlson (1989)
- Debbye Turner (1990)
- Marjorie Judith Vincent (1991)
- Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (1992)
- Leanza Cornett (1993)
- Kimberly Clarice Aiken (1994)
- Heather Whitestone (1995)
- Shawntel Smith (1996)
- Tara Dawn Holland (1997)
- Katherine Shindle (1998)
- Nicole Johnson (1999)
- Heather French (2000)
- Angela Perez Baraquio (2001)
- Katie Harman (2002)
- Erika Harold (2003)
- Ericka Dunlap (2004)
- Deidre Downs (2005)
- Jennifer Berry (2006)
- Lauren Nelson (2007)
- Kirsten Haglund (2008)
- Katie Stam (2009)
- Caressa Cameron (2010)
- Teresa Scanlan (2011)
- Laura Kaeppeler (2012)
- Mallory Hagan (2013)
- Nina Davuluri (2014)
- Kira Kazantsev (2015)
- Betty Cantrell (2016)
- Savvy Shields (2017)
- Cara Mund (2018)
- Nia Franklin (2019)
- Camille Schrier (2020)
- Emma Broyles (2022)
- Grace Stanke (2023)
- Madison Marsh (2024)
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