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1952

1953
Utah (5), Washington (4), Illinois (winner), Alabama (3), Myrtle Beach (2)

1954
New York City (4), New York (3), South Carolina (winner), Virginia (2), Texas (5)
NOTE: Virginia was disqualified after discovered to be only 16, and the other finalists moved up one place. Semi-finalist Illinois moved into 5th place.

 

1952 June 27
Long Beach California
39 entries

Results
1 New York - Jacqueleen “Jackie” Virginia Loughery
2 Louisiana - Jeanne Vaughn Thompson
3 Missouri - Carolyn Carlew
4 Tennessee - Jean Harper
5 Oklahoma - Trula Birchfield

Semi-finalists
Indiana - Virginia Ann Johnson
Michigan - Judy Hatula
Minnesota - Jodell Stirmlinger
Montana - Valerie Jackson
New Jersey - Ruth June Hampton

Remainder
Alabama - Doris Edwards
Arkansas - Barbara Wathen
California - Gloria Maxwell
Colorado - Joan Linn
Connecticut - Jo Kuhlman
Delaware - Sue Langton
Florida - Yvonne Peairs
Georgia - Betty Jane Wood
Idaho - Cherie Jean Lindsey
Illinois - Sherri Matulis
Kansas - Betty Lou Renick
Kentucky - Jean Vawter Tingle
Maine - Jean Marie Lemire
Massachusetts - Vel Dorne
Mississippi - Carolyn Thomas
Nevada - Barbara Jean Clark
New Mexico - Kay Nail
North Carolina - Doris Stanley
North Dakota - Gloria Jo Rowe
Ohio - Margie Broering
Oregon - Beth Bailey
Pennsylvania - Jeanne Ferguson
Rhode Island - Ana Dolores Selinder
South Carolina - Margie Allen
Texas - Charlene McClary
Utah - Carol Jean Isbell
Vermont - Elizabeth Whitcomb
Virginia - Elizabeth Glenn
Washington - Adele Slaybaugh

Miss Amity:  Montana

 

 

1953 July 15
Long Beach California
42 entries

Results
1 Illinois - Myrna Rae Hansen
2 Myrtle Beach (South Carolina) - Mary Kemp Griffin
3 Alabama - Doris Edwards
4 Washington - Nancy Petraborg
5 Utah - Shauna Wood

Semi-finalists
California - Marcella Roulette
Colorado - Jeanie Carroll
Iowa - Marilyn Shonka
Kentucky - Mary Ann Stice
Louisiana - Jeanne Vaughn Thompson
Maine - Jackie Lee
Miami Beach (Florida) - Kay Duggar
Minnesota - Mary Ann Papke
Nebraska - Berneta Nelson
Nevada - Earlene Whitt
New York - Reta Knapp
Ohio - Eleanor Mack
Pennsylvania - Jeri Bauer
South Carolina - Susan Anthony Day
Texas - Joan Gail Bradshaw

Remainder
Arizona - Eleanor Ruth Cross
Arkansas - Jackie Stucker
Connecticut - Beverlee Burlant
Idaho - Patricia Rose Carter
Indiana - Edith Mae Krumme
Maryland - Diane Gale Durham
Massachusetts - Joan Daly
Michigan - Jo Ann Page
Missouri - Donna Gardner
Montana - Billie Jean Tyrrell
New Hampshire - Muriel Roy
New Jersey - Susan Ruth Harris
North Carolina - Libby Walker
North Dakota - Marilyn Caufield
Oklahoma - Barbara Bond
Rhode Island - Barbara Rose Deignan
South Dakota - Kathleen Herman
Vermont - Kathleen Marie Eugenia Surrel
Virginia - Dorothy Lee Bailey
West Virginia - Fay Higley
Wisconsin - Jacque Marie Kimmel
Wyoming - Nancy Rogers

Miss Amity:  Louisiana
Miss Photogenic:  Illinois

 

1954 July 21
Long Beach California
44 entries

Results
1 South Carolina - Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson
2 New York - Karin Hultman
3 New York City (New York) - Renee Roy
4 Texas - Betty Virginia Lee
5 Illinois - Celeste Ravel

Semi-finalists
Arkansas - Waydine Nesbitt
California - Sandra Lea Constance
Connecticut - Andrea Todd
District of Columbia - Laura Farley
Indiana - Cecilia Ann Dennis
Iowa - Ione Lukens
Memphis (Tennessee) - Janice Beverly Bowles
Minnesota - Dawn Joyce
Missouri - Alice Jean Porritt
Montana - Dawn Oney
Nebraska - Margie Winkhoff
New Jersey - Evelyn Orowitz
Ohio - Barbara Joyce Randa
Wisconsin - Rita Dolores Younger

Remainder
Arizona - Bonnie Omadee Johnson
Colorado - Lorna Batterson
Florida - Rosemary Talucci
Front Royal (Virginia) - Carol Hammarck
Kansas - Sue Ravencroft
Kentucky - Nikki Horner
Louisiana - Sadie Marie Vinson
Massachusetts - Nan Cowan
Michigan - Gerri Hoffman
Nevada - Mary Jane Arnold
New Hampshire - Myrna Louise Smith
North Carolina - Ann Pickett
North Dakota - Priscella Jane Hewitt
Oregon - Charlotte Miller
Pennsylvania - Helen Vidovich
Pleasure Beach (Connecticut) - Violet Fuchs
Rhode Island - Joyce Ann Sandberg
South Dakota - Barbara Ann Brown
St. Louis (Missouri) - Jo Ann Lynde
Tennessee - Barbara Sue Holly
Utah - Laverna Laub
Vermont - Georgia Laurise
Washington - Darlene Gail Shride
West Virginia - Sandra Waggy
Wyoming - Faith Adele Radenbaugh

Disqualified
Maryland - Barbara Ann Eschenburg
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) - Elaine DuFeen
Virginia - Ellen Whitehead

Miss Amity: Greece

 

 


1957
Nebraska (4th RU), West Virginia (2nd RU), Maryland (winner), Utah (1st RU) & Nebraska (3rd RU)
Note: Leona Gage got disqualified after discovered to be a married mother of two children, and the other finalists moved up one place

1957
Charlotte Sheffield of Utah replaced Leona Gage as Miss U.S.A.

 

1955 July 20
Long Beach California
43 entries

Results
1 Vermont - Carlene King Johnson
2 Arkansas - Margaret Ann Haywood
3 Nebraska - Donna Jo Streever
4 California - Donna Schurr
5 Georgia - Carolann Connor

Semi-finalists
Colorado - Dorothy Jean Bewley
Florida - Marlies Gessler
Illinois - Diane Daniggelis
New Mexico - Joan Schwartz
New York - Janet Kadlecik
New York City (New York) - Patricia Ann O'Kane
South Carolina - Sara Ella Stone
Texas - Mary Miles Daughters
Washington - Shirley Jean Givins
Wisconsin - Jeanne Marianne Boulay

Remainder
Arizona - Patti Alexandria Marks
Connecticut - Jane Louise Bartolotta
Delaware - Helen Denise Blackwell
Indiana - Mary Ann Wasick
Iowa - Jerri Jean Cole
Louisiana - Merlin Grace Garcia
Maryland - Gloria Ruth King
Massachusetts - Jean Dernago
Miami Beach (Florida) - Beverly Masters
Michigan - Martha Smith
Minnesota - Sally Ann Colombo
Missouri - Janet Coker
New Hampshire - Patricia Ann Mowry
New Jersey - Beverly Rogers
North Carolina - Mary Grace Ratliffe
North Dakota - Joan Roberta Smith
Ohio - Carol Hagerman
Oregon - Rose Karcha
Pennsylvania - Marianne Marcus
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) - Doris Sommer Klein
Rhode Island - Beverly Jansen
South Dakota - Phyllis Elaine Choquette
St. Louis (Missouri) - Bennie Joan Pritchard
Tennessee - Barbara Gurley
Utah - Myrna Joy Rasmussen
Virginia - Jeannie Asble
West Virginia - Barbara Jean Tucker
Wyoming - Barbara Kaye Latta

Miss Amity: El Salvador

1956 July 18
Long Beach California
43 entries

Results
1 Iowa - Carol Laverne Morris
2 South Carolina - Betty Lane Cherry
3 Arkansas - Nancy McCollum
4 Nebraska - Shari Lewis
5 Texas - Jo Dobson

Semi-finalists
Arizona - Maija Bertulson
Colorado - Karen Keeler
Maryland - Charlene Holt
Michigan - Barbara Sias
New Jersey - Dolores Winfield
North Carolina - Shirley Bagwell
Ohio - Eleanor Wood
Oregon - Maralyn Turner
Tennessee - Stella Wilson
Utah - Cheryl Brown
Washington - June Marie Svedin

Remainder
California - Shirlee Garner Witty
Connecticut - Dorothy Jean Bailey
Delaware - Sandra McCabe
District of Columbia - Joanne Holler
Florida - Kim Meyer
Georgia - Mary Delleney Ruff
Illinois - Mickey Blair
Indiana - Beverly Mattox
Louisiana - Cecile Morris
Massachusetts - Elaine Murphy
Miami Beach (Florida) - Beverly Rogers
Minnesota - Marilyn Johnson
Missouri - Carol Rea Thrower
Nevada - Marley Sanderson
New Hampshire - Rita Leclerc
New Mexico - Jackie Brown
New York - Kay Douglas
North Dakota - Mary Jane Harroun
Pennsylvania - Serena Kifer
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) - Miriam Uniman
Rhode Island - Sandra Vozella
St. Louis (Missouri) - Diana Stopke
Vermont - Dolores Wettock
Virginia - Audra Stark
West Virginia - Janet Marilyn Cardi
Wisconsin - Priscilla Perkins
Wyoming - Marilyn Scott

Miss Amity: Costa Rica
Miss Photogenic: Germany

1957 July 17
Long Beach California
43 entries

Results
1 Utah - Charlotte Sheffield
2 West Virginia - Ruth Marie Parr
3 Nevada - Joan Adams
4 Nebraska - Carolyn McGirr
5 Ohio - Kathryn Gabriel

Semi-finalists
Arkansas - Helen Elizabeth Garrott
California - Peggy Jacobson
Illinois - Marianne Gaba
Iowa - Judith Ann Hall
Massachusetts - Sandra Ramsey
New York - Sanita Pelkey
South Carolina - Jean Spotts
Texas - Gloria Hunt
Washington - Diana Schafer

Remainder
Colorado - Mary Linda Clapham
Connecticut - Rosemary Galliotti
Delaware - Patricia Ann Ellingsworth
Florida - Deanie Cates
Georgia - Ruth Avanelle Lycan
Indiana - Pat Dorsett
Louisiana - Earlyn Regouffre
Maine - Roberta Aymie
Miami Beach (Florida) - Faye Ray
Michigan - Sharon Moore
Minnesota - Mary Margaret Ford
Missouri - Judith Ann Murback
New Hampshire - Lyla Lee Moran
New Jersey - Jeanne Lewis
New Mexico - Patricia June Stafford
North Carolina - Peggy Ann Dennis
North Dakota - Anne-Marit Studness
Oklahoma - Rose Mary Raab
Oregon - Sonja Landsem
Pennsylvania - Rosalie Culp
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) - Barbara Miller
Rhode Island - Myrna Altieri
South Dakota - Gay Marshall
St. Louis (Missouri) - Carole Learn
Tennessee - Patricia Prather
Vermont - Marjorie Link
Virginia - Patricia Jean Bush
Wisconsin - Natalie Faye Lueck
Wyoming - Marilyn Hawkins
 

Disqualified
Maryland - Leona Mary Gage

Miss Amity: Puerto Rico
Miss Photogenic: Germany

 


1958
Florida (2), Alabama (3) , Louisiana (winner), Illinois (4), Georgia (5)

 

1958 July 23
 Long Beach California
45 entries

Results
1 Louisiana - Eurlyne Howell
2 Florida - Marcia Valibus
3 Alabama - Judith Lucille Carlson
4 Illinois - June Pickney
5 Georgia - Diane Gail Austin

Semi-finalists
California - Donna Kay Brooks
Montana - Sharon Diane Tietjen
Nebraska - Dee Kjeldgaard
New York - Virginia Fox
South Carolina - Patricia Ann Moss
South Dakota - Helen Youngquist
Tennessee - Martha Nelle Boales
Texas - Linda Ann Daugherty
Utah - Sandra Pugh
Washington - Rose Marie Nielsen

Remainder
Arizona - Shirlee Fox
Arkansas - Nancy Hill
Colorado - Devona Hubka
Connecticut - Dorothy Elizabeth Dillen
Delaware - Virginia Jefferson
District of Columbia - Betty Sue Robertson
Idaho - Jeanette Ashton
Indiana - Shirley Ann Ball
Iowa - Sandra Mary Olsen
Kentucky - Shannon Beasley
Maine - Karen Louise Hanson
Maryland - Patricia Marie Vogts
Massachusetts - Sally Ann Freedman
Michigan - Shirley Ann Black
Minnesota - Sue Bouchard
Missouri - Beverly Sue Wright
Nevada - Terry Lee Jeffers
New Hampshire - Patricia Gail Larrabee
New Jersey - Faye Hasenauer
New Mexico - Sandi Lin Bullis
North Carolina - Carol Jean Edwards
North Dakota - Diana Spidahl
Ohio - Cindy Ann Garrison
Pennsylvania - Natalie Dee
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) - Kathleen Conyers
Rhode Island - Claire di Paolo
Vermont - Doreen Patricia McNamee
Virginia - Betty Marsh
West Virginia - Mary Ann Guthrie
Wyoming - Dorothy Kochiras

Miss Amity: Japan
Miss Photogenic: Holland

 

1959 July 22
Long Beach California 
46 entries

Results
1 California - Terry Lynn Huntingdon
2 Texas - Carelgean Douglas
3 Florida - Nanita Greene
4 Georgia - Dorothy Gladys Taylor
5 New York - Arlene Nesbitt

Semi-finalists
Alabama - Pat Sullivan
Arkansas - Donna Sue Needham
Colorado - Dianne Lee Gardner
Iowa - Kay Nielson
Louisiana - Mary Margaret Lo-Bianco
Maine - Carolyn Komant
Maryland - Diane Dolores White
Missouri - Barbara Jayne Stell
Nevada - Joy Blaine
West Virginia - Wilda Sue Estep

Remainder
Alaska - Anna Lekanof
Arizona - Patricia June Varga
Connecticut - Jayne Burghardt
Delaware - Linda Elizabeth Humes
District of Columbia - Shirley Ann Hobbs
Idaho - Pat Sherburne
Illinois - Arlene Kaye
Indiana - Anita Watkins
Kentucky - Sherree Owens
Massachusetts - Beatrice Lee Duprey
Michigan - Susan Westergaard
Minnesota - Muriel Fairbanks
Montana - Bar-Beth Smith
Nebraska - Priscilla Eckrich
New Hampshire - Nancy Jeanne Gray
New Jersey - Geraldine Louise Binder
New Mexico - Carol Jones
North Carolina - Peggy Anne Brown
North Dakota - Patricia Ann McGinley
Ohio - Marie di Carlo
Oklahoma - Sondra Osborne
Pennsylvania - Rhoda Mae Kachiko
Rhode Island - Gloria Ryder
South Carolina - Mary Ann Powell
South Dakota - Jeannine Kay Stratton
Tennessee - Marcia Daniel
Utah - Melanie Canfield
Vermont - Sandra Jean Laquerre
Virginia - Pat Poindexter
Washington - Leah Jo Robinson
Wisconsin - Charlene Krause
 

Replaced
New Mexico - Sue Simone Ingersoll

Miss Amity: Thailand
Miss Photogenic: England

1960 July 7
Miami Beach Florida
43 entries

Results
1 Utah - Linda Jeanne Bement
2 New York - Mary Rodites
3 Alabama - Margaret Jo Gordon
4 North Carolina - Lyndia Ann Tarlton
5 Florida - Nancy Wakefield

Semi-finalists
California - Teri Janssen
Connecticut - Joyce Elaine Trautwig
Iowa - Truddy Shulkin
Louisiana - Judy Rebecca Fletcher
Massachusetts - Barbara Gale Feldman
Michigan - Judith Richards
Missouri - Marilyn Jean Stalcup
New Jersey - Sandy Chudy
Ohio - Corrine Huff
West Virginia - Garnett Carole Pugh

Remainder
Alaska - Evelyn Bly
Arizona - Virginia Lee Crook
Arkansas - Gene Chambers
Colorado - Karen Eikermann
Delaware - Rose Ann Reed
District of Columbia - Doris Lee Jones
Georgia - Cecilia Claire Upton
Idaho - Margie Davis
Illinois - Pat Thompson
Indiana - June Cochran
Kansas - Peggy Sue Patterson
Kentucky - Barbara Joan Lovins
Maine - Terry Suzanne Tripp
Maryland - Geraldine Fiorilli
New Hampshire - Joan Joyce Chesleing
New Mexico - Kaye Judith Smith
North Dakota - Twila Kathryn Fleckton
Oklahoma - Suzanne Moore
Pennsylvania - Betsy Reeves
Rhode Island - Lorelei Sue White
South Carolina - Margaret Ann Thompson
South Dakota - Patricia Ann Klith
Tennessee - Christine McSwain
Texas - Pat Cloud
Vermont - Carole Mary Demas
Virginia - Betty Noreen Fulford
Wisconsin - Sharyn Kathleen Chalik
Wyoming - Anita Simons 

Replaced
OH - Cathy Justice

Did not compete
Montana - Jo Anne Lane

Miss Amity: (tied) Louisiana & Burma
Miss Photogenic: Italy

 


1960 Top 5
Alabama (3), Florida (5), New York (2), North Carolina (4), Utah (winner)

1963 Best State Costume
Linda Egland of Florida wore a space suit which at that time cost $7,000

1963
Colorado (3rd RU), Missouri (2nd RU), Illinois (winner), California (5) & District of Columbia (1st RU)

 

1961 July 13
 Miami Beach Florida
43 entries

Results
1 Louisiana - Sharon Renee Brown
2 California - Pamela Stettler
3 Nevada - Karen Weller
4 New York - Alexandra Stuard Currey
5 Alabama - Suellen Robinson

Semi-finalists
Connecticut - Florence Mayette
Kentucky - Marcia Gail Chumbler
Massachusetts - Elaine Cusick
Michigan - Patricia Lyn Squires
Mississippi - Marlene Britsch
Nebraska - Gail Weinstock
New Jersey - Diane Gierson
Rhode Island - Joan Zeller
Utah - Janet Marie Hawley
West Virginia - Kathy McManaway

Remainder
Alaska - Judy Onstad
Arizona - Shyrle Owens (Wool of America '63)
Arkansas - Mickey Lambert
Delaware - Nina Lou Ringler
District of Columbia - Patricia Brunette
Florida - Peggy DeFreitas
Georgia - Patsy Giddens
Idaho - Delcene Rossiter
Illinois - Dianne Duffey
Indiana - Janice Kay Oliver
Iowa - Deanne Ostermann
Kansas - Dixie Lee Cook
Maine - Barbara Ann Dyer
Maryland - Gail Baxter
Missouri - Joan Roberts
New Hampshire - Ellen Lipson
New Mexico - Georgi Edwards
North Carolina - Marie Clyburn
Ohio - Alice Lou Englemann
Pennsylvania - Gayle Nelson
South Carolina - Yvonne Quick
South Dakota - Sharon Hoffman
Tennessee - Anita Rhea Atkins
Texas - Sheila Wade
Vermont - Susan Nielson
Virginia - Bonnie Lea Jones
Wisconsin - Karen Reisweber
Wyoming - Judy Larae Walton

Miss Amity: Greece
Miss Photogenic: Louisiana
1962 July 12
 Miami Beach Florida
40 entries

Results
1 Hawaii - Macel Leilani Wilson
2 Connecticut - Diana Marie Zabicki
3 Tennessee - Gail White
4 California - Marilyn Ann Tindall
5 Nevada - Janet Hadland

Semi-finalists
Arizona - Jerri Michaelson
Colorado - Penny Jo James
District of Columbia - Helen Sweeney
Illinois - Jean Donnelly (Wool of America '63)
Indiana - Sue Ekamp
New Hampshire - Sandra Lee Kay
New York - Sherralyn Patecell
Oregon - Joyce Collin
Pennsylvania - Margaret Lineman
Texas - Jackie Faye Williams
Utah - Patricia E. Profaizer

Remainder
Alabama - Jerolyn Ridgeway
Alaska - Teresa Dawn Hanson
Arkansas - Linda Riggan
Florida - Sharon Conrad
Georgia - Genelda Jo Odum
Idaho - Kinne Marie Holland
Iowa - Regina Prusha
Kansas - Linda Light
Kentucky - Sally Margaret Carter
Louisiana - Diane Gay DeClouet
Maine - Karen Henderson
Maryland - Shelda Farley
Massachusetts - Gale Pope
Michigan - Judith Carolyn Lamparter
Mississippi - Sandra Josette Mazur
Missouri - Mikee Campbell
New Jersey - Joyce Claire Thomson
North Carolina - Brenda Joyce Smith
Ohio - Joan Carole Colucy
Rhode Island - Marilyn A. Scott
South Carolina - Judy West Clyburn
Vermont - Barbara “Bobby” Kearney
West Virginia - Nickie Sue Gagalis
Wisconsin - Sherri Mathson

Disqualified
Wyoming - Anne Bonner

Miss Amity: (tied) Dominican Republic & Wales
Miss Photogenic: England
Best State Costume:
1 Oregon
2 Alaska

1963 July 17
 Miami Beach Florida
43 entries

Results
1 Illinois - Marite Ozers
2 District of Columbia - Michele Bettina Metrinko
3 Missouri - Sandra Lee Marlin
4 Colorado - Rhea Looney
5 California - Francine Cheryl Herack

Semi-finalists
Alabama - Dinah Irene Armstrong
Arizona - Diane McGarry
Massachusetts - Sandra "Su-Su" Smith
Michigan - Pamela Lee Sands
Nevada - Kathee Francis
New Mexico - Sandra Fullingim
New York - Jeanne Marie Quinn
Oklahoma - Roberta Ann Mosier
South Carolina - Cecelia McBride Yoder
Tennessee - Bobbie Lynn Morrow

Remainder
Alaska - Nina Whaley
Arkansas - Cheryl Jane Bechtelheimer
Connecticut - Gail Dinan
Delaware - Susan Kowalski
Florida - Linda Egland
Georgia - Brenda Jean Seagraves
Hawaii - Susan Molina
Indiana - Vickie Little
Iowa - Dr. Ramona Meylor
Kansas - Diane V. Stalker
Kentucky - Mary Ann Arnold
Louisiana - Margaret Susan “Peggy” Romero
Maine - Laurel Ann Barker
Maryland - Marsha Barbara Metrinko
Mississippi - Joan Elizabeth Kinnebrew
Nebraska - Sandy S. Zimmer
New Hampshire - Johhnye McLeod
New Jersey - Judy Kay Ayers
North Carolina - Trudy Ann Cauthen
Ohio - Gloria McBride
Oregon - Joset June Fisher
Pennsylvania - Deborah Cardonick
Rhode Island - Rosemary Jane Dickinson
Texas - Cheryl Rene Wilburn
Utah - Carla Ann Dinius
Vermont - Ellen Centerbar
West Virginia - Nina Lou Denton
Wisconsin - Lynn Korchunoff

Miss Amity: Scotland
Miss Photogenic: Ireland
Best State Costume:
1 Florida
2 Alaska
3 Hawaii

 


1965

Arizona (2), District of Columbia (5), Ohio (winner), New Mexico (3), Kentucky (4)

1966

 

1964 July 29
Miami Beach Florida
41 entries

Results
1 District of Columbia - Barbara Joan “Bobbi” Johnson
2 Texas - Diane Elaine Balloun
3 Alaska - Patricia Susan Marlin
4 Utah - Janet Joy Erickson
5 Kentucky - Johnna Ruth Reid

Semi-finalists
Alabama - Pamela Jean Borgfeldt
California - Jeanne Elaine Venables
Idaho - Dorothy Loretta Johnson
Maryland - Royette Michelle Tarry
Mississippi - Patricia Ann Turk
New Jersey - Barbara Joan Richartz
New York - Dorothy Langhans
Ohio - Gail Karen Krielow
Oklahoma - Jackie Sue Maloney
Oregon - Toye Fae Esch

Remainder
Arizona - Diane Reutter
Arkansas - Barbara McGlothlin
Connecticut - Patricia Powell
Delaware - Christina Klose
Florida - Candance Davenport
Georgia - Lynda Tatum
Hawaii - Wanda Byrd
Illinois - Karen Sue Weisbrook
Indiana - Charlene Kratochvil
Iowa - Barbara Rogers
Kansas - Barbara Ford
Louisiana - Linda Karen Graves
Maine - Corneille Edwards
Massachusetts - Barbara Helen Robery
Michigan - Johneane Teeter
Missouri - Sandy Bawol
Nebraska - Georgia Ann Merriam
Nevada - Pamela Diane Morris
New Hampshire - Beverly Ann Hebert
Pennsylvania - Maryann Reilly
Rhode Island - Carol Ann Tantimonico
South Carolina - Judy Kennedy
Tennessee - Pat Kerr
Vermont - Freda Betts
Virginia - Heidi Karen Smith
Wisconsin - Carolyn Linquist

Miss Amity: California
Miss Photogenic: Italy
Best State Costume:  Tennessee

1965 June 4
Miami Beach Florida
47 entries

Results
1  Ohio - Sue Ann Downey
2  Arizona - Jane Nelson
3  New Mexico - Judy Baldwin
4  Kentucky - Julie Andrus
5  District of Columbia - Dianne Lynn Batts

Semi-finalists
Alabama - Leigh Sanford
California - Kathryn Lee Hage
Hawaii - Elithe Aguiar
Michigan - Susan Lynne Pill
Nevada - Denyse Turner
New York - Gloria Jon
Oklahoma - Cheryl Ann Semrad
South Carolina - Vickie Jean Harrison
Texas - Phyllis Johnson
Utah - Janis Sadler

Remainder
Alaska - Carla Sullivan
Arkansas - Jeri Haynie
Colorado - Catherine “Cathy” McPherson
Connecticut - Elizabeth Matsuko
Delaware - Shirl Chappell
Florida - Karol Kelly
Georgia - Judy Simpson
Illinois - Diane Gortz
Indiana - Lora Starr
Iowa - Mari Hardy
Kansas - Linda Bergsten
Louisiana - Terri Marie Sommers
Maine - Georgia Wilson
Maryland - Barbara Keifer
Massachusetts - Mary Lou Volpe
Minnesota - Elizabeth Jane Carroll
Mississippi - Madeline Carol Scarbrough
Missouri - Barbara Brooks
Montana - Patricia “Patcee” L. Bradford
Nebraska - Constance Lynne Kellogg
New Hampshire - Judy Morrison
New Jersey - Kay Franzen
North Carolina - Sandra Farmer
North Dakota - Patricia Kay Dodge
Oregon - Leslie Bruchner
Pennsylvania - Beverly Ann Rudolph
Rhode Island - Paula Farrow
Tennessee - Bonnie Perkins
Vermont - Andrea Kenyon
Virginia - Mary Montgomery
Wisconsin - Judith Ann Achtor
Wyoming - Linda Peck

Replaced
Nevada - Bunny Baxter

Miss Amity: (tied) Minnesota & Tennessee
Miss Photogenic:  Oklahoma
Best State Costume: Alaska

1966 May 21
Miami Beach Florida
49 entries

Results
1 California - Maria Judith Remenyi
2 Connecticut - Pat Denne
3 Indiana - Elaine Richards
4 North Dakota - Judy Ann Slayton
5 Florida - Randy Beard

Semi-finalists
Arizona - Roxanne Neeley
District of Columbia - Sue Counts
Hawaii - Judith Anne Wolski
Maryland - Roselaine Zetter
Massachusetts - Nancy Joan Brackett
New York - Nancy Self
Ohio - Karen Dietz
Tennessee - Mary Margaret Smith
Texas - Dorothy Pickens
Utah - Denice Estelle Blair

Remainder
Alabama - Susan Scott
Alaska - Elrita Blakensop
Arkansas - Peggy Jones
Colorado - Rosemary Barnwell
Delaware - Jacqueline Kalazinskas
Georgia - Flora Goddard
Illinois - Cheryl Setser
Iowa - Janis Mieras
Kansas - Pat Ravenscroft
Kentucky - Jennifer Burcham
Louisiana - Tanya Becnel
Maine - Susan Bartash
Michigan - Kathleen Blascak
Minnesota - Patricia Thatcher
Mississippi - Jane Sutherland
Missouri - Martha Taylor
Montana - Carol Marie Boetcher
Nebraska - Karen Weinfurtner
Nevada - Mary Martin
New Hampshire - Elaine Brandt
New Jersey - Jo Ann Franchi
New Mexico - Susan Franz
North Carolina - Brenda Faye Moye
Oklahoma - Melva Lynn Brown
Oregon - Sharon Gerritz
Pennsylvania - Barbara Levitt
Rhode Island - Barbara Williams
South Carolina - Joselyn Alarie
Vermont - Peggy Eckert
Virginia - Beverly “Bev” Johnson
Washington - Sandra Carlile
West Virginia - Annette Peery
Wisconsin - Janet Driscoll
Wyoming - Linda Leafdale

Miss Amity: Wyoming
Miss Photogenic: California
Best State Costume: New York

 


1967 Best State Costume
Maureen Bassett of Oregon spent 9 hours gluing 6,000 yellow, downy baby duck feathers on a dress form and parasol

1967
Missouri (4th RU), Wisconsin (3rd RU), Alabama (winner), Florida (2nd RU) & California (1st RU)

1969
California (5), South Carolina (3), Virginia (winner), Vermont (2), Arizona (4)

 

1967 May 20
Miami Beach Florida
51 entries

Results
1 Alabama - Sylvia Louise Hitchcock
2 California - Susan Ellen Bradley
3 Florida - Cheryl Ann Patton
4 Wisconsin - Jodi Bonham
5 Missouri - Karen Hendrix

Semi-finalists
Arizona - Judianne Magnusson
District of Columbia - Myra Chudy
Illinois - Beverly Lacek
Maryland - Sandy Clevering
Nevada - Jacqueline Moore
Oregon - Maureen Bassett
Pennsylvania - Barbara Woronko
Tennessee - Nancy Brackhahn
Texas - Bonnie Robinson
Virginia - Elizabeth Kallmyer

Remainder
Alaska - Maria Helfrich
Arkansas - Katy Lou Wurst
Colorado - Kim Kelly
Connecticut - Linda E. Drew
Delaware - Dianne Judefind
Georgia - Jane Lineberger
Hawaii - Nancy Victoria Banks
Idaho - Sandra Baldwin
Indiana - Pamela Jo Talmadge
Iowa - Kathleen Solt
Kansas - Regina “Jeannie” Wolfe
Kentucky - Debra “Debbie” Dibble
Louisiana - Dianne Mader
Maine - Marlo Williams
Massachusetts - Pamela Procter
Michigan - Sonja Dunson
Minnesota - Bettyann Brewer
Mississippi - Lassie Cooke
Montana - Stevie Lahti
Nebraska - Sherry Moore
New Hampshire - Jennifer Brown
New Jersey - Jean Galata
New Mexico - Clydia Newell
New York - Wendy Cox
North Carolina - Patti Effron
North Dakota - Jacqueline Linder
Ohio - Phyllis Smith
Oklahoma - Becky Berry
Rhode Island - Nancy Giuliano
South Carolina - Hope Patterson
South Dakota - Patricia Marshall
Utah - Marilyn Christiansen
Vermont - Elaine Farrell
Washington - Diane Bateman
West Virginia - Pamela Young
Wyoming - Helen Barker

Miss Amity: Idaho
Miss Photogenic: Virginia
Best State Costume: Oregon

1968 May 18
Miami Beach Florida
51 entries

Results
1 Washington - Dorothy Catherine Anstett
2 Maryland - Paulette Reck
3 Nevada - Kathy Landry
4 Louisiana - Kathy Hebert
5 New Mexico - Bonnie Lynn Tafoya

Semi-finalists
Alabama - Claudia Robinson
Arkansas - Ann Smithwick
California - Suzanne Fromm
Connecticut - Janice Shilinsky
Hawaii - Carol Seymour
Michigan - Virginia Clift
New York - June West
Ohio - Linda Hoyle
Tennessee - Sandra Force
Virginia - Laurie Burke

Remainder
Alaska - Sharon Long
Arizona - Shirley Sprague
Colorado - Ann Bell
Delaware - Diane Parker
District of Columbia - Dianne Mothershead
Florida - Leslie Bauer
Georgia - Midge Ivie
Idaho - Anna Evanson
Illinois - Sandra Ann Wolsfeld
Indiana - Nikki Peck
Iowa - April Anderson
Kansas - Anne Layton
Kentucky - June Pinkley
Maine - Cheryl Campell
Massachusetts - Sonia Prince
Minnesota - Arlene Larson
Mississippi - Brenda Kay Conerly
Missouri - Jan Barton
Montana - Christina “Kerry” Baker
Nebraska - Linda Dresher
New Hampshire - Deborah Steers
New Jersey - Linda Papa
North Carolina - Kelli Ann Moore
North Dakota - Jewel Christensen
Oklahoma - Linda Bertozzi
Oregon - Marsha Mayer
Pennsylvania - Barbara Verlander
Rhode Island - Betty Lou Whitmore
South Carolina - Kathryn Knoy
South Dakota - Byrean Blacksmith
Texas - Jeannie Wilson
Utah - Shelley Cannon
Vermont - Susan Glynn
West Virginia - Patricia Coyne
Wisconsin - Janice Kropps
Wyoming - Penny Smathers

Miss Amity: Kentucky
Miss Photogenic: Louisiana
Best State Costume: California

1969 May 24
Miami Beach Florida
51 entries

Results
1 Virginia - Wendy Jane Dascomb
2 Vermont - Mary Verdiani
3 South Carolina - Eva Engle
4 Arizona - Ruth Boykin Harris
5 California - Troas Kaye Hayes

Semi-finalists
Alabama - Hitsy Parnell
Colorado - Susan Hawkins
Connecticut - Elizabeth Wanderman
Florida - Maria Junquera
Hawaii - Stephanie Quintana
Nevada - Karen Esslinger
New Mexico - Mary Margaret Gard
New York - Rosemary Hradek
Texas - Sande Drewes
Washington - Deborah Giberson

Remainder
Alaska - Linda Louise Rowley
Arkansas - Leonette Reed
Delaware - Marsha Stoppel
District of Columbia - Shelly Gosman
Georgia - Judy Lyons
Idaho - Karen Tall
Illinois - Christine Jalloway
Indiana - Linda Smith
Iowa - Becky Stoner
Kansas - Mary Eletha McGugin
Kentucky - Regina Pryor
Louisiana - Patricia Dupre
Maine - Elaine Bolduc
Maryland - Ardis Fowler
Massachusetts - Martha Cawley
Michigan - Lisa Brenner
Minnesota - Laureen Darling
Mississippi - Rose Marie Ray
Missouri - Cherrie Hofmann
Montana - Christina Jovin
Nebraska - Marily Poole
New Hampshire - Dorothy Conners
New Jersey - Nancy Fromel
North Carolina - Faye Bass
North Dakota - Beckee Benz
Ohio - Marlynn Singleton
Oklahoma - Deborah Federsen
Oregon - Karen Morton
Pennsylvania - Marlene Vaughn
Rhode Island - Donna Lewis
South Dakota - Mary Bergen
Tennessee - Suzie Richardson
Utah - Anne Mueller
West Virginia - Betty Grimmer
Wisconsin - Christine Sachen
Wyoming - Pam Lewis

Miss Amity: Vermont
Miss Photogenic: Colorado
Best State Costume: Alaska