| Title
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Name
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Hometown
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Age
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Talent
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Placement
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Awards
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Notes
|
 Alabama
|
Martha Ann Ingram
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Tarrant
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Classical Vocal, "Quando me'm vo'"
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2nd Runner-up
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 Arizona
|
Donna McElroy
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Phoenix
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Dramatic Monologue
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 Arkansas
|
Van Louis McDaniel
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Forrest City
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Monologue, "Spartan Parents"
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 Atlanta
|
Jerry Long
|
Atlanta
|
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Tap Dance, "Cherokee"
|
Top 15
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|
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| Birmingham
|
Marjorie Orr
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Birmingham
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 Boston
|
Barbara McGrath
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Boston
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 California
|
Reba Watterson
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Stockton
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 Canada
|
Betty Jean Ferguson
|
Halifax
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 Chicago
|
Lois Nettleton
|
Chicago
|
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Dramatic Monologue from Saint Joan
|
Top 15
|
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|
 Colorado
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Virginia Smith
|
Pueblo
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 Connecticut
|
Fairfax Mason
|
Bridgeport
|
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Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"
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 Delaware
|
Lorna Edwardson
|
Dover
|
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Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly
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| Detroit
|
Doris Evelyn Johnson
|
Detroit
|
|
Vocal, "Worry, Worry, Worry"
|
Top 15
|
|
|
 District of Columbia
|
Joann Miller
|
|
23
|
Vocal, "An Old, Old Castle in Scotland"
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|
 Florida
|
Rosemary Carpenter
|
Miami Beach
|
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Classical Piano & Accordion, "Fantaisie-Impromptu" & "Two Guitars"
|
Top 15
|
|
|
 Georgia
|
Gwendolyn West
|
Statesboro
|
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| Greater Philadelphia
|
Betty Jane Bruce
|
Philadelphia
|
|
Vocal, "Fool That I Am" & "Mean to Me"
|
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|
 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"
|
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|
 Indiana
|
Patti Grubbs
|
Gary
|
|
Vocal, "When You Are Away"
|
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 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
|
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 Maine
|
Muriel Applebee
|
Enfield
|
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 Maryland
|
Juanita Melrose Lookabaugh
|
Cumberland
|
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Hawaiian Hula Dance & Dress Design
|
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 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
|
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Impersonations of famous people
|
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|
 Minnesota
|
BeBe Shopp
|
Hopkins
|
18
|
Vibraharp, "Caprice Viennois" by Fritz Kreisler
|
Winner
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 Mississippi
|
Virginia Hollingsworth
|
Kosciusko
|
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 Missouri
|
Dorothy Smith
|
Kansas City
|
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 Montana
|
Patti Luer
|
Anaconda
|
|
Vocal/Dance, "Gypsy Song"
|
Top 15
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Nebraska
|
Betty Love Booth
|
Fremont
|
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 New Hampshire
|
Betty Taylor
|
Rochester
|
|
Dramatic Monologue
|
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 New Jersey
|
Barbara Anderson
|
Bloomfield
|
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 New Mexico
|
Betha Young
|
Cuba
|
22
|
Art Sculpture
|
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 New York
|
M. Yvonne Fix
|
Niagara Falls
|
|
Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly
|
|
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|
 New York City
|
Connie Inge Ronde
|
New York City
|
|
Dramatic Reading, "State of the Union"
|
Top 15
|
|
|
 North Carolina
|
Patsy Osborne
|
Lawndale
|
|
Vocal & Piano
|
|
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|
 Ohio
|
Maxine Waack
|
Fairview
|
|
Rumba Dance
|
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 Oklahoma
|
Donna Briggs
|
Tulsa
|
|
Painting Display
|
4th Runner-up
|
|
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| Omaha
|
Serena McKinney
|
Omaha
|
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 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"
|
|
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| Pittsburgh
|
Sarah Cromwell
|
Pittsburgh
|
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|
 Puerto Rico
|
Irma Nydia Vázquez
|
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 South Carolina
|
Esther Greene
|
Greenville
|
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 South Dakota
|
Myrna Clemenson
|
Conde
|
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 Tennessee
|
Dorothy Free
|
Chattanooga
|
|
Vocal Medley, "Let my Song Fill Your Heart" & "Embraceable You"
|
|
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|
 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
|
|
|
|
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 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
|
|
|
Minnesota
