The 3rd annual International Pageant of Pulchritude was held at Galveston, Texas. With 42 contestants
(32 American
and 10 foreign) in the pageant, 10 contestants won cash prizes and one won the grand prize, the title of "Miss Universe".
Results
Miss Chicago, Ella Van Hueson, won first place in the pageant and was crowned "Miss Universe" of 1928.
Prizes included $2,000.
The second-place winner received $1,000, the third-place winner $250, and the remaining nine places received $100 each.
Placement
Contestants
International
* – Anne Koyart
* – Irene Hill
* – Nila Garrido
* – Nonni Shields
* –
Raymonde Allain
Raymonde Allain (22 June 1912 – 27 July 2008) was a French model and actress. She was Miss France in 1928. Her participation in the Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by a United States ...
* – Hella Hoffman
* – Livia Marracci
* – Anna Friedreich
* – Maria Teresa de Landa
* – Aguenda Adorna
U.S. states
* – Geraldine Grismley
* – Mildred Ellene Golden
* – Mary Deano
* – Betty Dumpres
* – Ethel Mae Frette
* – Vergie H. Hendricks
* – Evelyn Smith
* – Delores Davitt
* – Louise Fayard
* – Margaret Woods
* – Bernice Graf
* – Elizabeth K. Smith
* – Winnifred Watson
* – Mary Horlocker
* – Anna Dubin
* – Eldora Pence
* – Audrey Reilley
* – Jeannette Elizabeth (Betty) Porter
U.S. cities
*
Austin
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
– Irene Wilson
*
Biloxi
Biloxi ( ; ) is a city in and one of two county seats of Harrison County, Mississippi, United States (the other being the adjacent city of Gulfport). The 2010 United States Census recorded the population as 44,054 and in 2019 the estimated popu ...
– Fleeta Doyle
*
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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– Ella Van Hueson
*
Milwaukee
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...
- Ida Camilla Knudson
References
{{International Pageant of Pulchritude
International Pageant of Pulchritude
1928 in Texas
Events in Texas