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    Lois Eleanor Delander (February 14, 1911 – January 23, 1985) was Miss America in 1927. Delander, a native of Joliet, Illinois and high school junior,...
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    v t e Illinois pageant winners Miss Illinois Lois Delander (1927) Judith Ford (1968) Karen Moncrieff (1985) Jeri Zimmermann (1989) Marjorie Vincent (1990)...
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  • v t e Illinois pageant winners Miss Illinois Lois Delander (1927) Judith Ford (1968) Karen Moncrieff (1985) Jeri Zimmermann (1989) Marjorie Vincent (1990)...
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  • Ruth Malcomson, Miss America 1924 Norma Smallwood, Miss America 1926 Lois Delander, Miss America 1927 Jean Bartel, Miss America 1943 Bess Myerson, Miss...
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  • Illinois" sent to the national pageant was Lois Delander who subsequently won the Miss America title. Including Delander, five Miss Illinois representatives...
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    (1923) Ruth Malcomson (1924) Fay Lanphier (1925) Norma Smallwood (1926) Lois Delander (1927) 1930s Marian Bergeron (1933) Henrietta Leaver (1935) Rose Coyle...
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    v t e Illinois pageant winners Miss Illinois Lois Delander (1927) Judith Ford (1968) Karen Moncrieff (1985) Jeri Zimmermann (1989) Marjorie Vincent (1990)...
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  • (1923) Ruth Malcomson (1924) Fay Lanphier (1925) Norma Smallwood (1926) Lois Delander (1927) 1930s Marian Bergeron (1933) Henrietta Leaver (1935) Rose Coyle...
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    former MLB pitcher who played from 1970 to 1985 (Cubs, Royals, Yankees) Lois Delander (1931) was, while a student at the school, the first woman to win the...
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  • local residents, and many local residents served as artists' models. Lois Delander of Joliet, better known as Miss America 1927, was among the most famous...
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