Fay Elinora Daniels

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Fay Elinora Daniels (Lanphier)

Also Known As: "Fay Spiegel"
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Birthplace: El Dorado, El Dorado County, California, United States
Death: June 21, 1959 (53)
Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States (viral pneumonia)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Percival Caspar Lanphier and Emily Elenora Lanphier
Wife of Winfield Daniels
Ex-wife of Sidney M. Spiegel

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About Fay Elinora Daniels

Fay Elinora Lanphier (12 December 1905 – June 21, 1959)[1] was a model most noted for becoming Miss California in 1924 and Miss America in 1925.[2] She was also the 1925 Rose Queen.[3] To date, she is the only person to hold both titles at the same time. She is also the first Miss California to become Miss America.[4] Before she was Miss California, she was Miss Santa Cruz (1924). She graduated from Oakland High School in 1924.

Lanphier appeared in the Paramount Pictures film The American Venus (1926) which featured a beauty contest, and co-starred Louise Brooks,[5] and performed for a short time on stage in San Francisco with the Henry Duffy Players.[6]

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Fay Elinora Daniels's Timeline

1905
December 12, 1905
El Dorado, El Dorado County, California, United States
1959
June 21, 1959
Age 53
Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States