International Pageant of Pulchritude 1927 results: New York’s Dorothy Britton crowned in Galveston, Texas

• beauty pageant: International Pageant of Pulchritude
• edition: 2nd
• venue: Galveston, Texas, United States
• date: May 23, 1927

JUDGES

1. J. Knowles Hare (artist, painter)
2. Harry Tuthill (cartoonist)
3. Albert Ricker (artist)
4. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. (newspaper publisher)
5. Enrico Cerracchio (artist, sculptor)
6. Paul Robinson (cartoonist)
7. Edward Harlan “E.H.” McReynolds (newspaperman, advertiser)

CANDIDATES

1. Madeleine Woodman (Canada)
2. Angelina Anduiza (Cuba)
3. Roberte Cusey (France)
4. Maria Gallo (Italy)
5. Rosa Blanq (Luxembourg)
6. Lucero Guzman (Mexico)
7. Margarida Bastos Ferreira (Portugal)
8. María del Pilar Margarita Casajuana Martínez (Spain)
9. Eliza Dixon (Vancouver)
10. Nellie Mae Pace (Alexandria, Louisiana, USA)
11. Bonney Winslow (Amarillo, Texas, USA)
12. Hannah Joseph (Austin, Texas, USA)
13. Dorothy Rex (Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA)
14. Ada Hayden (Beaumont, Texas, USA)
15. Lillian Rowett (Bessemer, Michigan, USA)
16. Lesley Storey (Brooklyn, New York, USA)
17. Frances Dempsey (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
18. Gladys Payne (Cleburne, Texas, USA)
19. Modelle Ransome (Dallas, Texas, USA)
20. Dulcy Burke (Denver, Colorado, USA)
21. Mary Alice Nichols (Douglas, Arizona, USA)
22. Ada Williams (Florida, USA)
23. Gertrude Sheffield (Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
24. Betty Hopkins (Green Bay, Wisconsin)
25. Alberta McKellop (Houston, Texas, USA)
26. Bess Nance (Kerrville, Texas, USA)
27. Frances Gadors (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
28. Jessie Rogers (Monroe, Louisiana, USA)
29. Mabel Riley (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
30. Dorothy Britton (New York, USA)
31. Bertha Mae Melchan (Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas, USA)
32. Mae Elizabeth Letts (Ogden, Utah, USA)
33. Kathryn Hamer (Omaha, Nebraska)
34. Mabel Iliff (Ottawa, Illinois, USA)
35. Dorothy Fisk (Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA)
36. Bess Enness (Point Isabel, Texas, USA)
37. Florence Zoeller (San Antonio, Texas, USA)
38. Janet Currie (Shreveport, Louisiana, USA)

WINNERS

Miss United States

Miss United States	Dorothy Britton (New York)
FINALISTS	Lesley Storey (Brooklyn) Frances Dempsey (Chicago) Dulcy Burke (Denver) Ada Williams (Florida) Gertrude Sheffield (Fort Worth) Alberta McKellop (Houston) Dorothy Fisk (Pine Bluff) Bess Enness (Point Isabel) Janet Currie (Shreveport) Moselle Ransom (Dallas)

Miss Universe

Beauty Queen of the Universe 1927 (Grand Prize)	Dorothy Britton (New York)
1st prize	Ada Williams (Florida)
2nd prize	Rosa Blanq (Luxembourg)
3rd prize	María del Pilar Margarita Casajuana Martínez (Spain)
4th prize	Dorothy Fisk (Pine Bluff)
5th prize	Madeline Woodman (Canada)
6th prize	Lesley Storey (Brooklyn)
7th prize	Roberte Cusey (France)
8th prize	Moselle Ransom (Dallas)
9th prize	Maria Gallo (Italy)