Norma Smallwood

Norma Smallwood (* 1909 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; † May 1966 in Wichita, Kansas) was 1926, the sixth Miss America.

Norma Smallwood won in 1926 in Atlantic City, the Miss America and was the first "Miss " Indian descent. After her victory, she interrupted the College for a year and took over as Miss America different orders in, so as poster girl for Meadows Washing Machines and Westinghouse Electric, which her ​​as Miss America bringing in around $ 100,000 in the year. On September 3, 1928 she married the art collector and oil millionaire Thomas Gilcrease. With him she had a daughter she gave in 1930 to the world. Their marriage, however, was divorced in 1933.

She later married George H. Bruce, president of the Aladdin Petroleum Corporation in Wichita and devoted their leisure time to charitable works. She died in 1966 in Wichita at the age of 57 years.

• Miss America
• Americans
• Born in 1909
• Died in 1966
• Woman
• Person (Tulsa )