| State
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Name
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Hometown
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Age
|
Talent
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Placement
|
Awards
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Notes
|
 Alabama
|
Linda Folsom
|
New Brockton
|
20
|
Classical Vocal, "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
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|
 Alaska
|
Mary Ruth Nidiffer
|
Anchorage
|
21
|
Popular Vocal, "Typically English"
|
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 Arizona
|
Sandra Montgomery
|
Yuma
|
18
|
Vocal, "Once in a Lifetime" & "I Love Being Here With You"
|
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 Arkansas
|
Rhonda Oglesby
|
Pine Bluff
|
19
|
Popular Vocal
|
|
|
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 California
|
Sandra Lynne Becker
|
Covina
|
18
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Make Believe"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Colorado
|
Kristina Holm
|
Denver
|
19
|
Piano, "More" from Gigi
|
|
|
|
 Connecticut
|
Donna Scott
|
Stratford
|
18
|
Vocal, "Someone to Watch Over Me"
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|
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 Delaware
|
Kathleen Grandell
|
Wilmington
|
18
|
Multilingual Monologue
|
|
|
|
 Florida
|
Carol Lynn Blum
|
Miami Beach
|
21
|
Classical Vocal, "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi
|
3rd runner-up
|
|
|
 Georgia
|
Mary Jane Yates
|
Savannah
|
20
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "With a Song in My Heart"
|
|
|
|
 Hawaii
|
Roberta Rosaria Conlan
|
Honolulu
|
18
|
Monologue, "Hawaiian History"
|
|
|
|
 Idaho
|
Rhonda Hammond
|
Boise
|
19
|
Speech on Fashion Design with Modeling
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Illinois
|
Kathleen Oros
|
Granite City
|
20
|
Popular Vocal, "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady
|
|
|
|
 Indiana
|
Eileen Smith
|
Indianapolis
|
18
|
Vocal Medley, "The Sound of Music" & "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
|
2nd runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Iowa
|
Marie Mushro
|
Sioux City
|
19
|
Ballet en Pointe, The Dying Swan
|
|
Miss Congeniality
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Kansas
|
Deborah Irene Bryant
|
Overland Park
|
19
|
Dramatic Interpretation, "The Miserable Miserliness of Midas Moneybags"
|
Winner
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
Previously Miss Kansas World 1963
Top 7 finalist at Miss USA World 1963
|
 Kentucky
|
Rebecca Snyder
|
Owensboro
|
20
|
Dramatic Monologue, "Portrayal of the Sphinx"
|
|
|
|
 Louisiana
|
Lynda Ferguson
|
Shreveport
|
20
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Italian Street Song" from Naughty Marietta
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Maine
|
Ellen Margaret Fowler
|
Old Orchard Beach
|
19
|
Vocal/Dance, "Some People"
|
|
|
|
 Maryland
|
Barbara Lynn Hamilton
|
College Park
|
19
|
Vocal, "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"
|
|
|
|
 Massachusetts
|
Mabel Bendiksen
|
New Bedford
|
18
|
Dramatic Reading & Folk Singing, "The Hazards of Nuclear Fallout" & "What Have They Done to the Rain"
|
|
|
|
 Michigan
|
Esther Lynne Smith
|
Portage
|
19
|
Classical Vocal
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands
|
 Minnesota
|
Jeanne Ruth
|
St. Paul
|
18
|
Interpretive Jazz Dance to selections from West Side Story
|
|
|
|
 Mississippi
|
Patricia Puckett
|
Columbus
|
20
|
Vocal, "I Ain't Down Yet" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown
|
1st runner-up
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
Featured performer at Miss America 1967
|
 Missouri
|
Lesley Fleenor
|
Springfield
|
20
|
Vocal, "Hard Hearted Hannah"
|
|
|
|
 Montana
|
Dianne Feller
|
Helena
|
21
|
Classical Vocal, "Un bel dì vedremo" from Madama Butterfly
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Nebraska
|
Karen Hansmeire
|
Ogallala
|
20
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It"
|
|
|
|
 Nevada
|
Kathryn Blaikie
|
Carson City
|
18
|
Musical Comedy, "I'm Late"
|
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 New Hampshire
|
Cheryl-Leigh Buffum
|
Manchester
|
21
|
Musical Comedy Sketch, "I Ain't Down Yet" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown
|
|
|
|
 New Jersey
|
Kathleen Holmes
|
Toms River
|
19
|
Vocal/Tap Dance, "Steppin' Out With My Baby"
|
|
|
|
 New Mexico
|
Ellen Growden
|
University Park
|
21
|
Dramatic Sketch, "Relationship of a Mother and Daughter"
|
|
|
|
 New York
|
Marlene Butcher
|
Hamburg
|
19
|
Vocal/Dance, "I Ain't Down Yet" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown
|
|
|
|
 North Carolina
|
Penelope Clark
|
Sanford
|
19
|
Classical Ballet, "Robina"
|
|
|
|
 North Dakota
|
Onalee Olson
|
Fargo
|
19
|
Original Interpretive Dance, "Charleston"
|
|
|
|
 Ohio
|
Valerie Lavin
|
Canton
|
20
|
Vocal/Dance, "I Ought to Dance"
|
|
|
|
 Oklahoma
|
Sandra Curtis
|
Tulsa
|
20
|
Dramatic Reading, "Sorry Wrong Number"
|
|
|
|
 Oregon
|
Sue Pack
|
Eugene
|
18
|
Vocal, "The Lonely Goatherd" from The Sound of Music
|
Top 10
|
|
Joined The New Christy Minstrels in 1966
Wife of Mickey Newbury
|
 Pennsylvania
|
Judith Lynn McConnell
|
Pittsburgh
|
21
|
Dramatic Reading from Saint Joan
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Best known for her role in the soap opera, Santa Barbara
|
 Rhode Island
|
Maureen Manton
|
Warwick
|
21
|
Dramatic Reading from The Diary of Anne Frank
|
|
|
|
 South Carolina
|
Nancy Moore
|
Aiken
|
18
|
Piano, Variations on "There She Is"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
Later married US Senator Strom Thurmond, who was 44 years her senior, in 1968
|
 South Dakota
|
Nancy Sandwick
|
Sioux Falls
|
19
|
Vocal Medley, "Wouldn't it be Loverly" & "I Could've Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady
|
|
|
|
 Tennessee
|
Marcia Murray
|
Paris
|
19
|
Popular Vocal, "Spellbound"
|
|
|
|
 Texas
|
Mary Lou Butler
|
Irving
|
19
|
Vocal
|
|
|
|
 Utah
|
Frances Yvonne Vernon
|
Salt Lake City
|
22
|
Original Modern Dance, "The American Pioneer Woman"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Vermont
|
Lois Dodge
|
Grand Isle
|
20
|
Vocal, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain"
|
|
|
|
 Virginia
|
Jean Inge
|
Norfolk
|
22
|
Speech about Politics & Government entitled "Democracy"
|
|
|
|
 Washington
|
Kippy Lou Brinkman
|
Richland
|
21
|
Harp & Tap Dance, "Night and Day"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 West Virginia
|
Lois Gay Ratcliff
|
Bluefield
|
19
|
Dramatic Reading, "Lonesome Train"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Wisconsin
|
Sharon Singstock
|
Oshkosh
|
20
|
Vocal, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Medley"
|
4th runner-up
|
|
|
 Wyoming
|
Trudy Bower
|
Freedom
|
19
|
Vocal, "From This Moment On"
|
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