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The Miss Pennsylvania competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Pennsylvania in the Miss America pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner.

The first woman to compete at Miss America as Miss Pennsylvania was Florence Koons in 1927; however a number of women represented cities, counties and areas of Pennsylvania in earlier editions of the Miss America pageant.

The only Miss Pennsylvania to win Miss America was Evelyn Margaret Ay, winner of the 1954 pageant. Four other Pennsylvania women, three Miss Philadelphia titleholders, Ruth Malcomson (1925), Rose Coyle (1936) and Frances Marie Burke (1940), and one Miss Pittsburgh, Henrietta Leaver (1935), have also won the MIss America title.

Originally held in Hershey, the pageant moved to West Chester where pageants were held during the 1950s. The pageant was held in Altoona from 1974. In 1994, Easton was chosen as the new venue of the pageant and the date was shifted from June to May. In November 2008, the pageant was moved to the Pittsburgh area.

Results summary
The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.

Placements

 * Miss Americas: Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954) (also Miss Philadelphia titleholders Ruth Malcomson (1924), Rose Coyle (1936), Francis Marie Burke (1940) and Miss Pittsburgh Henrietta Leaver (1935)
 * 1st runners-up: Roselle Hannon (1941)
 * 2nd runners-up: Linda Olson (1973), Susan Spafford (2000)
 * 3rd runners-up: Barbara Sue Nager (1955), Maureen Wimmer (1972)


 * 4th runners-up: Marion Green (1923), Maggie Walker (1971), Tina Louise Thomas (1974)


 * Semi-finalists: Jane Ondeck (1923), Betty Grening (1923), Helen R. Knisely (1923), Mildred Walker (1925), Anna Mae Reefer (1926), Geraldine Glassman (1933), Lenore Pollock (1935), Jean McCool (1935), Helen Keaser (1935), Anna Julia Baker (1936), Bonnie Boyle (1936), Elaine Miller (1936), Kathryn Buckley (1938), Mildred Saha (1940), Emma Hammermeister (1943), Margie Dorie (1944), Gloria Bair (1945), Eleanor Kramer (1946), Lillian Handford (1947), Janice Murray (1951), Patricia Hunt (1953), Lois Janet Piercy (1960), Marie McLaughlin (1977), Lynn Carol Grote (1978), Carolyn Louise Black (1980), Michelle Kline (1990), Marla Wynne (1991), Melissa Jeka (2001), Rosalyn Menon (2002), Nicole Brewer (2006), Emily Wills (2007)

Awards
Preliminary awards
 * Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Evelyn Margaret Ay (1954), Emily Wills (2007)

Non-finalist awards Quality of Life award Other awards
 * Preliminary Talent: Roselle Hannon (1941), Eleanor Kramer (1946), Jennie Rebecca Blatchford (1958), Lois Janet Piercy (1960), Maureen Wimmer (1972), Tina Louise Thomas (1974), Lynn Carol Grote (1978), Amanda Smith (2015)
 * Preliminary Presentation: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
 * Non-finalist Talent: Lorna Malcomson Ringler (1957), Judith Lynn McConnell (1966), Gale Veronica Rothwell (1967), Connie Harness (1976), Lea Schiazza (1986), Linda O'Boyle (1992), Candace Otto (2004), Rachel Brooks (2008), Kendria Percy (2009), Amanda Smith (2015)
 * Winners: Michelle Kline (1990)
 * 2nd runners-up: Marla Wynne (1991)
 * Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Charmaine Kowalski (1979), Shannon Doyle (2010)
 * Cavalier Scholarship: Katarina Sitaris (1988)
 * Community Achievement Award: Rosalyn Menon (2002)
 * Bernie Wayne Performing Arts Award: Candace Otto (2004)

Other Pennsylvania representatives
The following women competed at Miss America representing a city or area of Pennsylvania, but did not hold the Miss Pennsylvania title. This was a common practice in the early years of the pageant, when the selection of a Miss Pennsylvania was sporadic..