| State
|
Name
|
Hometown
|
Age
|
Talent
|
Placement
|
Awards
|
Notes
|
 Alabama
|
Patricia Bonner
|
Camden
|
22
|
Classical Vocal, "O luce di Quest Anima" from Linda di Chamounix
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Alaska
|
Mary Dee Fox
|
Anchorage
|
18
|
Original Modern Skit
|
|
|
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 Arizona
|
Paula Lou Welch
|
Tucson
|
20
|
Fire Baton Twirling
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Arkansas
|
Edye Addington
|
Texarkana
|
|
Vocal Medley, "When I Fall in Love" & "This Can't be Love"
|
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 California
|
Pamela Gamble
|
Carmel
|
18
|
Classical Jazz Interpretive Dance
|
|
|
|
 Canada
|
Helena "Nina" Marie Holden
|
Victoria
|
|
|
|
|
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 Chicago
|
Donnalyn Freund
|
Winnetka
|
20
|
Vocal, "I Enjoy Being a Girl"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Colorado
|
Sally Guinn
|
Westminster
|
18
|
Folk Vocal
|
|
|
|
 Connecticut
|
Diane DeMaio
|
Hartford
|
18
|
Dramatic Skit
|
|
|
|
 Delaware
|
Alice Jane Watts
|
Lewes
|
19
|
Pantomime, "Seventeen"
|
|
|
|
 District of Columbia
|
Ann Verner
|
Arlington, VA
|
19
|
Vocal & Guitar, "Country Boy"
|
|
|
|
 Florida
|
Gloria Brody
|
Jacksonville
|
19
|
Interpretive Ballet to the theme from Exodus
|
|
|
|
 Georgia
|
Jeannie Cross
|
Albany
|
18
|
Jazz Dance
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Hawaii
|
Patricia Lei Anderson
|
Honolulu
|
19
|
Classical Vocal, "Un bel dì vedremo" from Madama Butterfly
|
4th runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Idaho
|
Irene May Ammons
|
Nampa
|
23
|
Folk Vocal, "The Riddle Song"
|
|
|
|
 Illinois
|
Pamela Gilbert
|
Carbondale
|
21
|
Dramatic Reading
|
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 Indiana
|
Julia Flaningan
|
Lebanon
|
20
|
Popular Vocal
|
|
|
|
 Iowa
|
Joleen Wolf
|
Des Moines
|
19
|
Interpretive Ballet, "Autumn Concerto" from The Four Seasons
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Kansas
|
Beverly June Wood
|
Prairie Village
|
18
|
Charleston Dance
|
|
|
|
 Kentucky
|
Nanci Bowling
|
Campbellsville
|
21
|
Piano
|
|
|
|
 Louisiana
|
Diana Jane Smith
|
Oak Ridge
|
21
|
Organ Medley, "Lady of Spain" & "Sabre Dance"
|
|
|
|
 Maine
|
Barbara Jean Orr
|
Portland
|
19
|
Vocal, "I Wanna be Loved by You'
|
|
|
|
 Maryland
|
Beverly Ann Smith
|
Essex
|
18
|
Organ & Piano, "Warsaw Concerto"
|
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Massachusetts
|
Karen Behn
|
North Dartmouth
|
18
|
Dramatic Reading
|
|
|
|
 Michigan
|
Carole Van Valin
|
Roscommon
|
18
|
Dramatic Reading, "Joe's Pal"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 Minnesota
|
Judith Lerstad
|
Bloomington
|
22
|
Alto & Bass Saxophone Medley, "Harlem Nocture", "Misty", & "Hubcaps & Tailgates"
|
|
|
|
 Mississippi
|
Charlotte Ann Carroll
|
Walthall
|
19
|
Comedy Song & Dance Routine, "Olive Oyl"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Missouri
|
Sandra Lyle
|
Springfield
|
19
|
Dramatic Reading, "The Potion Scene" from Romeo and Juliet
|
|
|
|
 Montana
|
Marsha Thompson
|
Bozeman
|
21
|
Dress Making & Design
|
|
|
|
 Nebraska
|
Mary Lee Jepsen
|
Papillion
|
18
|
Fire Baton Twirling, "Ritual Fire Dance"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Nevada
|
Audrey Chambers
|
Las Vegas
|
19
|
Baton Twirling, Fire Baton, & Dance
|
|
|
|
 New Hampshire
|
Margaret Wass
|
Barrington, RI
|
19
|
Comedy Routine
|
|
Miss Congeniality
|
|
 New Jersey
|
Georgia Malick
|
Cherry Hill
|
|
Piano, "Deep Purple"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 New Mexico
|
Herma Loy Elliot
|
Portales
|
20
|
Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Dí" from Madama Butterfly
|
|
|
|
 New York
|
Paula Heins
|
Le Roy
|
19
|
Vocal, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" from The Sound of Music
|
|
|
|
 New York City
|
Margaret Mary Warncke
|
Flushing
|
22
|
Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival!
|
|
Special Judges Award
|
|
 North Carolina
|
Janice Barron
|
Morganton
|
18
|
Piano, "Revolutionary Étude" by Chopin
|
|
|
|
 North Dakota
|
Claudia Revland
|
Fargo
|
19
|
Vocal & Guitar
|
|
|
|
 Ohio
|
Jacquelyn Mayer
|
Sandusky
|
20
|
Broadway Vignette, "Wishing Upon a Star", "My Favorite Things", & "The White Cliffs of Dover"
|
Winner
|
|
Suffered a near fatal stroke at the age of 28.
|
 Oklahoma
|
Billi Kay Smith
|
Stroud
|
19
|
Dramatic Reading
|
|
|
|
 Oregon
|
Martha Wyatt
|
Jacksonville
|
19
|
Interpretive Jazz Dance, "Love Walked In"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Pennsylvania
|
Crystale Leigh Martin
|
Milton
|
19
|
Dramatic Presentation with Accompaniment on Harp, "The Mad Scene" from Hamlet
|
|
|
|
 Rhode Island
|
Deborah Babbitt
|
Bristol
|
18
|
Acrobatic Musical Comedy Dance
|
|
|
|
 South Carolina
|
Evelyn Ellis
|
Greenville
|
19
|
Interpretive Dance, "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" & "Gigi"
|
3rd runner-up
|
|
Previously South Carolina's Junior Miss 1961
|
 South Dakota
|
Charlean Fuhrman
|
Mansfield
|
19
|
Vocal & Dramatic Act
|
|
|
|
 Tennessee
|
Margaret Petty
|
Nashville
|
19
|
Vocal, "Something Wonderful"
|
|
|
|
 Texas
|
Penny Lee Rudd
|
Waskom
|
19
|
Jazz Dance, "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps"
|
2nd runner-up
|
|
|
 Utah
|
Judith Ann Ridd
|
Magna
|
19
|
Modern Interpretive Dance
|
|
|
|
 Vermont
|
Elaine Wright
|
Burlington
|
22
|
Display of Fashion Designs
|
|
|
|
 Virginia
|
Patricia Gaulding
|
Richmond
|
19
|
Caricature Sketching & Original Comedy Monologue
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Washington
|
Susan English
|
Bellevue
|
19
|
Dramatic Reading
|
|
|
|
 West Virginia
|
Diane Hunter
|
Arlington, VA
|
20
|
Dance & Dramatic Sketch
|
|
|
|
 Wisconsin
|
Joan Engh
|
La Crosse
|
21
|
Vocal Comedy, "I'll be Anything You Want Me to Be"
|
1st runner-up
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 Wyoming
|
Gretchen Stainbrook
|
Jackson Hole
|
19
|
Musical Skit
|
|
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