| State |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Talent |
Placement |
Awards |
Notes |
|---|
 Alabama |
Judy Short |
Birmingham |
18 |
Marimba, "Horst Toccata" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
Preliminary Talent Award |
Previously Alabama's Junior Miss 1962 |
 Alaska |
Colleen Kendall |
Anchorage |
|
Popular Vocal |
|
|
|
 Arizona |
Susan Bergstrom |
Phoenix |
|
Modern Jazz Dance, "Tonight" |
4th runner-up |
|
|
 Arkansas |
Donna Axum† |
El Dorado |
21 |
Vocal Medley, "Quando me'n vo" & "I Love Paris" |
Winner |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
|
 California |
Wendy Douglas |
Sacramento |
|
Vocal, "Summertime" |
Top 10 |
|
|
 Colorado |
Cheryl Sweeten |
Arvada |
18 |
Dramatic Reading from Anastasia |
Top 10 |
|
|
 Connecticut |
Valerie Stetson |
Milldale |
|
Modern Ballet |
|
|
|
 Delaware |
Diane Beverly Isaacs |
Greenwood |
|
Piano & Popular Vocal |
|
|
|
 District of Columbia |
Rosanne Tueller |
McLean, VA |
|
Vocal & Jazz Dance, "I Love Paris" |
1st runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
|
 Florida |
Flora Jo Chandonnet |
North Miami |
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "One Kiss" from The New Moon |
|
|
|
 Georgia |
Nancy Middleton |
Macon |
|
Semi-classical Vocal |
|
|
|
 Hawaii |
Susan Pickering |
Honolulu |
|
Combination of Can-Can, Jazz, & Freestyle Ballet with Art Display |
2nd runner-up |
|
|
 Idaho |
Linda Moulton |
Boise |
20 |
Semi-classical Vocal & Piano |
|
|
|
 Illinois |
Judith Schlieper |
Decatur |
20 |
Siamese Dance |
|
|
|
 Indiana |
Marsha Pinkstaff |
Crawfordsville |
|
Dramatic Reading |
|
|
|
 Iowa |
Carolyn Northway |
Davenport |
19 |
Piano, "Étude Opus 25, No. 8" by Frédéric Chopin |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 Kansas |
Karen Raye Schwartz |
Pratt |
20 |
Classical Vocal, "Voi la Sapete" from Cavalleria rusticana |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 Kentucky |
Nell Owen |
Bowling Green |
|
Fashion Design |
|
|
Former mayor of Prospect, KY |
 Louisiana |
Linda Gail Baucum |
Springhill |
18 |
Modern Jazz/South American Rock-Umba Dance |
|
|
Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1962 |
 Maine |
Elaine Ann Ouillette |
Lewiston |
|
Musical Variety Act |
|
|
|
 Maryland |
Carolyn Bond Wright |
Forest Hill |
|
Sketch/Ballet/Modern Jazz Dance |
|
|
|
 Massachusetts |
Lila Saldani |
Attleboro |
|
Original Dramatic Monologue, "A World of Darkness" |
|
|
|
 Michigan |
Kathleen McLaughlin |
Ishpeming |
22 |
Dramatic Presentation, "Western Star" by Stephen Vinvent Benét |
|
|
|
 Minnesota |
Sharon Carnes |
St. Paul |
|
Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It" from The Kissing Bandit |
|
|
|
 Mississippi |
Jan Nave |
McComb |
|
Contemporary Dance |
|
|
|
 Missouri |
Judith Engelhardt |
Affton |
|
Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust |
|
|
|
 Montana |
Roberta Tarbox |
Missoula |
|
Classical Vocal |
|
|
|
 Nebraska |
Donna Marie Black |
Broken Bow |
|
Classical Vocal, "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville |
|
|
|
 Nevada |
Cheryle Thompson |
Las Vegas |
|
Folk Singing, "My Lover has Gone" |
Top 10 |
|
|
 New Hampshire |
Georgia Taggart |
Westport, CT |
|
Dramatic Reading |
|
|
|
 New Jersey |
Janet Bryan Adams |
Hopatcong |
|
Dramatic Monologue |
|
|
|
 New Mexico |
Sandi Moore |
Loving |
19 |
Combination Acrobatic Routine & Drawing |
|
|
|
 New York |
Barbara Gloede |
Staten Island |
|
Vocal & Pantomime, "Guide to World Capitals" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 New York City |
Marsha Metrinko |
New York City |
|
Tap Dance, "Just in Time" & "Blues" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 North Carolina |
Jeanne Swanner† |
Graham |
18 |
Comedy Sketch & Ukulele |
|
Miss Congeniality |
Judged the Miss America Pageants in 1990, 1994, & 2000. Jeanne Flinn Swanner Robertson died unexpectedly on August 21, 2021, at age 77. |
 North Dakota |
JoAnn Syvrud |
Mandan |
|
Vocal Ballad & Guitar |
|
|
|
 Ohio |
Peggy Emerson |
Akron |
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "And This is my Beloved" |
|
|
|
 Oklahoma |
Cheryl Semrad Hassman |
Waukomis |
|
Speech, "May I Teach Others to Live" |
|
|
|
 Oregon |
D'Ann Fullerton |
Roseburg |
|
Original Novelty Dance & Hula Baton |
|
|
|
 Pennsylvania |
Cheryl Lyn Kegley |
Salisbury |
|
Classical Ballet, "Ritual Fire Dance" |
|
|
|
 Rhode Island |
Sheila Guamiere |
Bristol |
|
Piano |
|
|
|
 South Carolina |
Carolyn Gaines |
North Augusta |
19 |
Popular Vocal |
|
|
|
 South Dakota |
Heather Ann Paterson |
Watertown |
|
Ballet, Soft Shoe, & Charleston Dance |
|
|
|
 Tennessee |
Martha Truett |
Tiptonville |
|
Piano, Rhapsody in Blue |
3rd runner-up |
|
|
 Texas |
Jeanne Amacker |
Beaumont |
|
Vocal, "When You Wish Upon a Star" |
|
|
|
 Utah |
Annette Bates |
Salt Lake City |
|
Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus |
|
|
|
 Vermont |
Melissa Hetzel |
Burlington |
|
Popular Vocal, "Fly Me to the Moon" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 Virginia |
Dorcas Campbell |
Fairfield |
|
Vocal Medley, "Prés des remparts de Séville" from Carmen & songs from West Side Story |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
 Washington |
Mardi Hagen |
Tacoma |
|
Modern & Classical Character Dance |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 West Virginia |
Karen Childers |
South Charleston |
|
Dramatic Reading from "The Yellow Wallpaper" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 Wisconsin |
Barbara Bonville |
Whitefish Bay |
19 |
Cello, "Pièce en forme de Habanera" by Maurice Ravel |
|
Special Scholarship Award |
|
 Wyoming |
Cody Neville |
Byron |
|
Classical Piano, Fantaisie - Impromptu |
|
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