Lois Eleanor Delander (February 14, 1911 – January 23, 1985) was
Miss America
Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 17 and 25. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty revue", the contest is now judged on competitors' talent performances and interviews. As ...
in 1927.
Biography
Delander, a native of
Joliet, Illinois
Joliet ( ) is a city in Will County, Illinois, Will and Kendall County, Illinois, Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the cit ...
and high school junior, aged 16, won the Miss America crown on her parents' twentieth wedding anniversary. The pageant was not held again until 1933.
She was one of the most famous models appearing in the
Gerlach Barklow Co.
The Gerlach Barklow Co. was an art calendar factory located in Joliet, Illinois, which was "one of the largest calendar and advertising companies in America." the company was founded in 1907. The factory employed over 1,500 people at its peak in t ...
art calendars. A pastel of Lois Delander wearing a white bathing suit was artist
Adelaide Hiebel
Adelaide Hiebel (1885–1965) was an artist and illustrator who worked for the Gerlach Barklow Co. in Joliet, Illinois, a manufacturer of art calendars. Hiebel preferred to work in pastels, and was known for her photographic detail and portrai ...
's most famous work.
Personal life
She married Ralph Lang, a stockbroker, and lived in
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wil ...
with her three daughters, Diana, Linda, and Marsha. She died near
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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in 1985.
References
*Russell Roberts, Richard Youmans : Down the Jersey Shore, Rutgers University Press, 1993 , p. 89
External links
A pastel of Lois Delander wearing a white bathing suit by Adelaide Hiebel
1911 births
1985 deaths
Miss America 1920s delegates
Miss America winners
People from Joliet, Illinois
20th-century American people
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