Title | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
---|
Alabama | Martha Ann Ingram | Tarrant | | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'm vo'" | 2nd Runner-up | | |
Arizona | Donna McElroy | Phoenix | | Dramatic Monologue | | | |
Arkansas | Van Louis McDaniel | Forrest City | | Monologue, "Spartan Parents" | | | |
Atlanta | Jerry Long | Atlanta | | Tap Dance, "Cherokee" | Top 15 | | |
Birmingham | Marjorie Orr | Birmingham | | | | | |
Boston | Barbara McGrath | Boston | | | | | |
California | Reba Watterson | Stockton | | | | | |
Canada | Betty Jean Ferguson | Halifax | | | | | |
Chicago | Lois Nettleton | Chicago | | Dramatic Monologue from Saint Joan | Top 15 | | |
Colorado | Virginia Smith | Pueblo | | | | | |
Connecticut | Fairfax Mason | Bridgeport | | Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | | | |
Delaware | Lorna Edwardson | Dover | | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | | | |
Detroit | Doris Evelyn Johnson | Detroit | | Vocal, "Worry, Worry, Worry" | Top 15 | | |
District of Columbia | Joann Miller | | 23 | Vocal, "An Old, Old Castle in Scotland" | | | |
Florida | Rosemary Carpenter | Miami Beach | | Classical Piano & Accordion, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" & "Two Guitars" | Top 15 | | |
Georgia | Gwendolyn West | Statesboro | | | | | |
Greater Philadelphia | Betty Jane Bruce | Philadelphia | | Vocal, "Fool That I Am" & "Mean to Me" | | | |
Hawaii | Yun Tau Zane | Honolulu | | Hula | | Miss Congeniality | First Asian-American to compete at Miss America |
Illinois | Viola Ruth Hutmacher | Quincy | | Classical Vocal, "Italian Street Song" | | | |
Indiana | Patti Grubbs | Gary | | Vocal, "When You Are Away" | | | |
Kansas | Vera June Ralston | Wichita | 18 | Oratory | 3rd Runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Better known as actress Vera Miles |
Kentucky | Mildred Joanne Hollinger | Louisville | | | | | |
Maine | Muriel Applebee | Enfield | | | | | |
Maryland | Juanita Melrose Lookabaugh | Cumberland | | Hawaiian Hula Dance & Dress Design | | | |
Massachusetts | Barbara Laughton | Reading | | Vocal, "The Moon Belongs to Everybody" | Top 15 | | |
Memphis | Lois Jeanette Welch | Memphis | | Vocal & Fashion Design, "Gianni Mia" | Top 15 | | |
Michigan | Linda Carroll | Grand Rapids | | Impersonations of famous people | | | |
Minnesota | BeBe Shopp | Hopkins | 18 | Vibraharp, "Caprice Viennois" by Fritz Kreisler | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
Mississippi | Virginia Hollingsworth | Kosciusko | | | | | |
Missouri | Dorothy Smith | Kansas City | | | | | |
Montana | Patti Luer | Anaconda | | Vocal/Dance, "Gypsy Song" | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Nebraska | Betty Love Booth | Fremont | | | | | |
New Hampshire | Betty Taylor | Rochester | | Dramatic Monologue | | | |
New Jersey | Barbara Anderson | Bloomfield | | | | | |
New Mexico | Betha Young | Cuba | 22 | Art Sculpture | | | |
New York | M. Yvonne Fix | Niagara Falls | | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | | | |
New York City | Connie Inge Ronde | New York City | | Dramatic Reading, "State of the Union" | Top 15 | | |
North Carolina | Patsy Osborne | Lawndale | | Vocal & Piano | | | |
Ohio | Maxine Waack | Fairview | | Rumba Dance | | | |
Oklahoma | Donna Briggs | Tulsa | | Painting Display | 4th Runner-up | | |
Omaha | Serena McKinney | Omaha | | | | | |
Oregon | Joyce Davis | Bend | | Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | Top 15 | | |
Pennsylvania | Ruth Douglas | Harrisburg | | Vocal Medley, "Let my Song Fill Your Heart" & "Lover" | | | |
Pittsburgh | Sarah Cromwell | Pittsburgh | | | | | |
Puerto Rico | Irma Nydia Vázquez | | | | | | |
South Carolina | Esther Greene | Greenville | | | | | |
South Dakota | Myrna Clemenson | Conde | | | | | |
Tennessee | Dorothy Free | Chattanooga | | Vocal Medley, "Let my Song Fill Your Heart" & "Embraceable You" | | | |
Texas | Bonnie Jean Bland | Orange | | Vocal/Art Display, "Put the Blame on Mame" | | | |
Utah | Marilyn Robinson | Ogden | | Dramatic Monologue, "Tommy, Tommy, Tommy" | Top 15 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Vermont | Jean Peatman | Montpelier | | | | | |
Virginia | Bobby Joe Wilson | Hillsville | | | | | |
Washington | Lorraine Lowder | Aberdeen | | Hula Dance | | | |
West Virginia | Jane Queen | Huntington | | Vocal & Piano | | | |
Wisconsin | Marvene Fischer | Milwaukee | 19 | | | | |
Wyoming | Carol Held | Douglas | | Piano, Hungarian Opus 9 by Edward MacDowell | 1st Runner-up | | |