| State |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Talent |
Placement |
Awards |
Note |
|---|
 Alabama |
Delores Hodgens |
Bessemer |
23 |
Classical Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12" |
Top 10 |
|
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 Alaska |
Jean Ann Holm |
Fairbanks |
19 |
Monologue with Modeling |
|
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|
 Arizona |
Susan Webb |
Prescott |
19 |
Original Dramatic Composition, "My Heritage: The Stars" |
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 Arkansas |
Frances Anderson |
Pine Bluff |
19 |
Vocal, "I Enjoy Being a Girl" |
1st runner-up |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
|
 California |
Susan Henryson |
Fresno |
19 |
Vocal, "You've Got to See Momma Every Night" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award
Miss Congeniality |
|
 Canada |
Connie Gail Feller |
Ottawa |
20 |
|
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|
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 Chicago |
Nancy Kessler |
Oak Park |
18 |
Modern Dance |
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|
 Colorado |
Jane McBurney |
Denver |
18 |
Piano, "Malagueña" |
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|
 Connecticut |
Karen Sealise |
Glastonbury |
18 |
Sermon based on Sermon on the Mount |
|
|
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 Delaware |
Robin Jane Whemper |
Wilmington |
18 |
Vocal & Dance, "That's What Makes Paris Paree" from April in Paris |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 District of Columbia |
Scarlett Shinault |
Silver Spring, MD |
20 |
Vocal, "I Cain't Say No" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 Florida |
Sherry Grimes |
Sarasota |
18 |
Vocal, "My Man's Gone Now" |
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 Georgia |
Glenda Brunson |
Savannah |
18 |
Spanish Dance |
|
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|
 Hawaii |
Joan Whitney Vine |
Honolulu |
18 |
Vocal Medley, "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" & "Thou Swell" |
Top 10 |
|
|
 Idaho |
LaVerda Garrison |
Nampa |
18 |
Dramatic Monologue, "The Yellow Wallpaper" |
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 Illinois |
Jacqueline Bingert |
Winthrop Harbor |
21 |
Tap Dance & India Ink Sketching |
|
|
|
 Indiana |
Kathleen Burke |
Terre Haute |
18 |
Musical Monologue & Fashion Show |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 Iowa |
Patti Whalen |
Clinton |
18 |
Vocal Medley, "I Feel Pretty" & "Tonight" from West Side Story |
|
|
|
 Kansas |
Carolyn Jane Parkinson |
Scott City |
20 |
Musical Reading, "Hello Kansas" |
|
|
|
 Kentucky |
Lee Grigsby |
Bardstown |
18 |
Vocal, "Summertime" |
|
|
|
 Louisiana |
Lyndra Frances Pate |
Shreveport |
20 |
Vocal, "The House I Live in" |
|
|
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 Maine |
Dawne Frances Christie |
Gray |
21 |
Piano, 'Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 Maryland |
Patricia Ann Moon |
Bethesda |
18 |
Modern Jazz Dance |
|
|
|
 Massachusetts |
Nona Smith |
Fairhaven |
18 |
Dramatic Reading |
|
|
|
 Michigan |
Karen Southway |
Wyoming |
18 |
Vocal, "Someone to Watch Over Me" |
|
|
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 Minnesota |
Nancee Parkinson |
West St. Paul |
18 |
Modern Calypso Jazz Dance |
4th runner-up |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
|
 Mississippi |
Annice Jernigan |
New Albany |
21 |
Piano Medley |
|
|
|
 Missouri |
Sarah Burns |
Caruthersville |
20 |
Vocal/Dance, "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie |
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|
 Montana |
Joanna Lester |
Missoula |
20 |
Vocal Medley, "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" & "There Once was a Man" from The Pajama Game |
Top 10 |
|
|
 Nebraska |
Nancy Lee Foreman |
Albion |
20 |
Dramatic Reading, "Such is Your Heritage" |
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|
|
 Nevada |
Sherry Wagner |
Reno |
19 |
Tap Dance, "Oh Them Golden Slippers" |
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|
|
 New Hampshire |
Annette Lambert |
Claremont |
18 |
Saxophone, "Valse Vanite" by Rudy Wiedoeft |
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 New Jersey |
Marilyn Haufler |
Watchung |
18 |
Comedic Monologue |
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|
|
 New Mexico |
Myrtice Conn |
Clovis |
21 |
Comedic Monologue, "Phonetic Punctuation" by Victor Borge |
Top 10 |
|
|
 New York |
Kathryn Moden |
Buffalo |
20 |
Dramatic Reading from A Midsummer Night's Dream |
|
|
|
 New York City |
Maryann Hillyer |
New York City |
20 |
Vocal, "The Song is You" |
|
|
|
 North Carolina |
Maria Fletcher |
Asheville |
19 |
Tap Dance to a recorded version of herself singing "Somebody Loves Me" |
Winner |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
|
 North Dakota |
Diane Ulvedal |
Grand Forks |
18 |
Piano, "Gavotte in B Major" by Bach |
|
|
|
 Ohio |
Darlene Depasquale |
Dayton |
18 |
Comedy Skit, "Betty at the Baseball Game" |
|
|
|
 Oklahoma |
Dana Darlene Reno |
Stigler |
20 |
Oration with Indian Sign Language |
|
|
|
 Oregon |
Jody Bourne |
Salem |
20 |
Interpretive Ballet |
|
|
|
 Pennsylvania |
E. Lynn Maloney |
King of Prussia |
20 |
Charcoal Drawing Display & Pantomime Routine |
|
|
|
 Puerto Rico |
Rosita Giusti |
|
|
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
Miss Congeniality |
|
 Rhode Island |
Cheryl Hirst |
Greenville |
18 |
Ventriloquism & Organ, "This Can't be Love" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 South Carolina |
Janet McGee |
Greenville |
20 |
Vocal, "Ave Maria" |
|
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|
 South Dakota |
Rejean Bowar |
Faulkton |
21 |
Piano, Vocal, & Narration of Original Monologue |
|
|
|
 Tennessee |
Rita Wilson |
Humboldt |
20 |
Vocal, "I'm Doing Alright for a Country Gal" |
|
|
Previously National Sweetheart 1959 |
 Texas |
Linda Loftis |
Fort Worth |
19 |
Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata |
3rd runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
 Utah |
Carolyn DeAnn Lasater |
Salt Lake City |
19 |
Pantomime Dance, "My Life in a Day" |
2nd runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
 Vermont |
Janice Cole |
Binghamton, NY |
18 |
Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet |
|
|
|
 Virginia |
Charlotte Thomas |
Roanoke |
19 |
Piano, "Malagueńa" |
|
|
|
 Washington |
Gail Hannuk |
Aberdeen |
18 |
Piano, "Warsaw Concerto" |
|
|
|
 West Virginia |
Carole Johnson |
Rivesville |
21 |
Vocal & Dance, "Hey, Look Me Over" from Wildcat & "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" from Annie Get Your Gun |
|
|
Later Miss West Virginia World 1962 |
 Wisconsin |
Diane Anderson |
Eau Claire |
19 |
Violin & Ballet en Pointe, "The Swan" |
|
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|
 Wyoming |
Mary Orr |
Sheridan |
19 |
Dramatic Reading, "The Bride" |
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