Matthews and 11 other actresses (out of 300) won a two-day beauty contest sponsored by Paramount Pictures in March, 1932. The other winners were
Mary Ashcraft,
Lynn Browning,
Nadine Dore,
Dorothy Dix,
Dorothy Compton,
Mary Cooper,
Muriel Evans,
Gale Ronn,
Mary Jane Temple and
Gwen Zetter. The celebrity judges were actress Carole Lombard, costume designer Travis Banton and director William C. de Mille. The prize for all winners was apparently an uncredited group cast appearance in
Sinners in the Sun (1932).