Miss USA 1959
Beauty pageant
Miss USA 1959 | |
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![]() Terry Lynn Huntingdon, Miss USA 1959 | |
Date | July 22, 1959 |
Venue | Long Beach, California |
Entrants | 46 |
Placements | 15 |
Winner | Terry Huntingdon California |
← 1958 1960 → |
Miss USA 1959 was the eighth Miss USA pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California on 22 July 1959.
At the end of the event, Eurlyne Howell of Louisiana crowned Terry Huntingdon of California as Miss USA 1959.[1] It is the first victory of California in the pageant's history. Huntingdon later competed at Miss Universe and was named as second runner-up to eventual winner, Akiko Kojima.[2]
Contestants from 46 states and cities competed in the pageant.
Results
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Miss_USA_1959_and_runners-up.jpg/250px-Miss_USA_1959_and_runners-up.jpg)
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss USA 1959 |
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1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 15 |
Contestants
46 contestants competed for the title.[5]
State | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown | Notes |
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Alabama | Pat Sullivan[6] | 21 | Birmingham | |
Alaska | Anna Lekanof[7] | 23 | Fairbanks | |
Arizona | Patricia June Varga[8] | 18 | Phoenix | |
Arkansas | Donna Sue Needham | 19 | Berryville | |
California | Terry Lynn Huntingdon[9] | 19 | Mount Shasta | 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1959[2] |
Colorado | Dianne Lee Gardner | 20 | Denver | |
Connecticut | Jayne Burghardt[10] | 21 | Hartford | |
Delaware | Linda E. Humes | 18 | Harrington | |
District of Columbia | Shirley Ann Hobbs | 20 | Washington, D.C. | |
Florida | Nanita Greene[11] | 21 | Coral Gables | |
Georgia | Dorothy Gladys Taylor[12] | 18 | Valdosta | |
Idaho | Pat Sherburne[13] | 19 | Pocatello | |
Illinois | Arlene Kay | 19 | Western Springs | |
Indiana | Anita Watkins[14] | 18 | Monticello | |
Iowa | Kay Nielson | 22 | Council Bluffs | Former Miss Nebraska 1957 |
Kentucky | Sherree Owens | 22 | Louisville | |
Louisiana | Mary LoBianco | 19 | Baton Rouge | |
Maine | Carolyn Komant[15] | 18 | Kittery | |
Maryland | Diane Dolores White | 24 | Baltimore | 3rd runner up at Miss World USA 1961[16] |
Massachusetts | Beatrice Lee Duprey | 20 | Weymouth | Competed in the 1960 Miss Sun Fun USA Pageant |
Michigan | Susan Westergaard | 20 | Detroit | |
Minnesota | Muriel Fairbanks | 23 | Minneapolis | |
Missouri | Barbara Jayne Stell | 23 | Kansas City | |
Montana | Bar-Beth Smith | 18 | Butte | |
Nebraska | Priscilla Eckrich | 21 | Lincoln | |
Nevada | Joy Blaine | 23 | Reno | |
New Hampshire | Nancy Jeanne Gray | 20 | Somersworth | |
New Jersey | Geraldine Binder | 18 | Irvington | |
New Mexico | Carol Jones[17] | 23 | Albuquerque | Replaced Sue Ingersoll after she withdrew |
New York | Arlene Nesbitt | 21 | Mineola | 2nd runner-up in the 1960 Miss Sun Fun USA Pageant |
North Carolina | Peggy Anne Brown | 20 | Sunbury | |
North Dakota | Patricia Ann McGinley | 18 | Minot | |
Ohio | Marie di Carlo | 18 | Poland | |
Oklahoma | Sondra Osborne[18] | 18 | Oklahoma City | |
Pennsylvania | Rhoda Mae Kachiko | 19 | Delmont | |
Rhode Island | Gloria Ryder | 18 | Providence | |
South Carolina | Mary Anne Powell | 20 | Union | |
South Dakota | Jeannine Kay Stratton | 19 | Sioux Falls | |
Tennessee | Marcia Daniel | 19 | Memphis | |
Texas | Carelgean Douglas | 20 | Corpus Christi | |
Utah | Melanie Canfield | 18 | Tremonton | |
Vermont | Sandra Jean Laquerre | 21 | Barre | |
Virginia | Pat Poindexter | 18 | Salem | |
Washington | Leah Jo Robinson | 20 | Bellingham | |
West Virginia | Wilda Sue Estep | 18 | Elkview | |
Wisconsin | Charlene Krause | 19 | Milwaukee |
Notes
- ^ Ages at the time of the pageant
References
- ^ "Californian is Miss USA". Youngstown Vindicator. Youngstown, Ohio. 23 July 1959. p. 6. Retrieved 28 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ a b "Japanese Girl Beauty Queen". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 July 1959. p. 19. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ a b c d e "California coed chose as Miss U.S.A." The Courier-News. 23 July 1959. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Dixie dominates top 15". The Montgomery Advertiser. 23 July 1959. p. 1. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Most beautiful girls in world". Independent. Long Beach, California. 19 July 1959. p. 8. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "FBI beauty state 'Miss Universe'". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. 27 June 1959. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Jeffers, Loyd V. (16 March 1959). "Anna Lekanof reigns as 1959 Carnival Queen". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Fairbanks, Alaska. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss Arizona prepares for Universe contest". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. 14 July 1959. p. 12. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UCLA coed is finalist for Miss U". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 29 June 1959. p. 16. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Title search". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. 26 May 1959. p. 16. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Beauty finalist". The Knoxville Journal. 23 July 1959. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Beauty crowned". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. 13 June 1959. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Morrison, Joy (16 April 1959). "Two tall blonde ISC coeds win beauty pageant titles". Idaho State Journal. Pocatello, Idaho. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Beauty queen". Journal and Courier. Lafayette, Indiana. 6 June 1959. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Main choice for Miss Maine". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. 29 December 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss U.S.A. is Southern brunette, 19". The Spokesman-Review. 28 August 1961. p. 3. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "N.M. girl quits pageant". The Pittsburgh Press. 21 July 1959. p. 7. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "One crown and two to go". The Daily Oklahoman. 16 July 1959. p. 19. Retrieved 5 September 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Miss USA official website
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