Miss American Beauty Pageant

Miss America 1923 Contest winner Mary Katherine Campbell with Margaret Gorman - Miss America - 1921) Left to right, Mr. Nichol director of pageant; Miss Mary Katherine Campbell (Miss America); King Neptune (Lynn Harding) and Miss America, 1921, Miss Margaret Gorman, of Washington, D.C.) Miss Mary Catherine Campbell of Columbus, Ohio, again stands to the front as America's most beautiful bathing girl, defending her laurels against 74 candidates for the Honor at the National Beauty Pageant at Atlantic City, N.J. Miss Campbell was 17 years old last May. She has soft golden-drown hair with few auburn tints. Her features are well chiseled and her skin is fair. She is 5 feet six inches in height and weighs 129 pounds. She is shown in above photo, second from left. (Photo By: NY Daily News via Getty Images