International Pageant of Pulchritude 1926 results: Dallas’s Catherine Moylan crowned in Galveston, Texas

• beauty pageant: International Pageant of Pulchritude
• edition: 1st
• venue: Galveston, Texas, United States
• date: May 17, 1926

CANDIDATES

1. Maria Martha Parres (Mexico)
2. Patricia O’Shea (Winnipeg, Canada)
3. Dorothy Burnham (Jefferson County, Texas, USA)
4. Grace Tolsen (Nebraska, USA)
5. Gladys Bullock (Tarrant County, Texas, USA)
6. Frances Oden (Wichita County, Texas, USA)
7. Estelle Johnston (Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA)
8. Mary Stillwell (Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA)
9. Jacquetta Calvin (Caddo Paris, Louisiana, USA)
10. Louella Porter (Cane River Laker, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA)
11. Constance Martin (Cleveland, USA)
12. Catherine Moylan (Dallas, Texas, USA)
13. Margie Collins (Ellington Field, Texas, USA)
14. Vivian Cayce (Fort Worth, Texas, USA)
15. Lois Ford (Groesbeck, Limestone County, Texas, USA)
16. Karen Hall (Houston, Texas, USA)
17. Evelyn Manchester (Jefferson City, Missouri, USA)
18. Mary Mcvay (Monroe, Louisiana, USA)
19. Peggy O’Neil (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA)
20. Gladys Moore (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA)
21. Arylie Mae Hiser (Palestine, Anderson County, Texas, USA)
22. Beatrice Smith (Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, USA)
23. Lola Beazley (San Antonio, Texas, USA)
24. Pauline Zacharias (Shreveport, Louisiana, USA)
25. Pauline Mason (Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)
26. Maurice Reed (Waco, McLennan County, Texas, USA)
27. Frances Rutledge (Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas, USA)
28. Barbara Brewer (Dallas, Texas, USA)
29. Clyde McConathy (Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA)
30. Elalu Watts (Dallas, Texas, USA)
31. Freddie Mae Henkel (Dallas, Texas, USA)
32. Grace Weber (Houston, Texas, USA)
33. Lola Bernhardt (Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas, USA)
34. Lorraine Gazzaway (Dallas, Texas, USA)
35. Lulu Buchanan (Houston, Texas, USA)
36. Maiden Maxwell (Dallas, Texas, USA)
37. Marie Evans (Dallas, Texas, USA)
38. Pearl Flint (Dallas, Texas, USA)
39. Rose Joan Bluestein (Dallas, Texas, USA)

WINNERS

RANK	CANDIDATE
1	Catherine Moylan (Dallas)
2	Gladys Moore (New Orleans)
3	Patricia O’Shea (Winnipeg)
4	Maria Martha Perres (Mexico)
5	Pauline Mason (Tulsa)
6	Arylie Mae Hiser (Palestine)
7	Grace Tolsen (Nebraska)
8	Pauline Zacharias (Shreveport)
9	Frances Rutledge (Wichita Falls)
10	Evelyn Manchester (Jefferson City)
11	Lois Ford (Groesbeck)
12	Rose Joan Bluestein (Dallas)

Catherine Moylan, winner of the First International Pageant of Pulchritude and 7th Annual Bathing Girl Revue, a beauty pageant held May 15-May 17, 1926 in Galveston. Judging was based on "beauty, form, grace, & personal charm." She used the money to go to SMU.@MarklenKennedy pic.twitter.com/QJ5UDmxLdK

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