Introduction
Fay Elinora Lanphier (December 12, 1905 – June 21, 1959) was a model most noted for becoming Miss California in 1924 and Miss America in 1925.
Early life
Lanphier was born in El Dorado, California, the eldest child of six born to Percival Caspar Lanphier and Emily Elenora Olson. She graduated from Oakland High School in 1924.
Pageantry
She was the 1925 Rose Queen.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. Before she was Miss California, she was Miss Santa Cruz (1924).
Film career
Lanphier appeared in the Paramount Pictures film The American Venus (1926) which featured a beauty contest, and co-starred Louise Brooks, and performed for a short time on stage in San Francisco with the Henry Duffy Players.
Personal life
She was married to Sidney M. Spiegel (son of Joseph Spiegel) for six months.
In 1931, she married high-school sweetheart Winfield Daniels, with whom she had two daughters.She lived in Oakland, California suburb Orinda until her death from viral pneumonia at age 53.