Date September 7, 1923 Placements 5 | Entrants 75 | |
Presenters King Neptune (Hudson Maxim) Venue Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, New Jersey Winner Mary Katherine Campbell
Columbus | ||
Miss America 1923, the third Miss America pageant, was held at the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1923. The incumbent, 17-year-old Mary Katherine Campbell, retained her title due primarily to her victory in the bathing suit competition exhibiting "an almost perfect figure."
Campbell is the only Miss America to win the title twice. She stated that she was very surprised to have won and was rooting for one of the other girls to win.
Joseph Cummings Chase, one of the judges at the pageant said, "Miss Campbell is possessed of great vivacity and an inherent shyness that constitute a wonderful combination. She is typically American and altogether an ideal type. Her forebearers for ten generations have been American born."