Miss America 1957
Miss America 1957 | |
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Date | September 8, 1956 |
Presenters | Bert Parks |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | ABC |
Entrants | 50 |
Placements | 10 |
Winner | Marian McKnight South Carolina |
Miss America 1957, the 30th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1956, on ABC.
Marian McKnight became the first Miss South Carolina to take the crown.
Results[]
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss America 1957 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up (tie) | |
4th runner-up |
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Top 10 |
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Awards[]
Preliminary awards[]
Awards | Contestant |
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
Other awards[]
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Miss Congeniality |
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Non-finalist Talent |
Contestants[]
State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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Alabama | Anne Stuart Ariail | Birmingham | Vocal/Dance "Ado Annie" from Oklahoma! | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Arizona | Barbara Hilgenberg | Tucson | Monologue, "End and the Beginning" by John Mansfield | 3rd runner-up | |||
Arkansas | Barbara Banks | Little Rock | Interpretive Ballet, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" | Preliminary Talent Award | |||
California | Joan Beckett | Sacramento | Dramatic Sketch, "A Dream: Faith Over Atheistic Sciences" | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
Canada | Dorothy Germaine Moreau | Montreal | Top 10 | ||||
Chicago | Sandra Jean Stuart | Chicago | Water Ballet Video Presentation | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
Colorado | Polly Childs | Aurora | Drama | ||||
Connecticut | Joy Corrado | Torrington | Organ | ||||
Delaware | Janice Olson | Newark | |||||
District of Columbia | Margo Lucey | Colesville, MD | 20 | Dramatic Monologue & Vocal, "Autumn Leaves" | 1st runner-up | Later Mrs. Maryland 1980 & 4th runner-up at Mrs. America 1981 | |
Florida | Sally Fisher | Miami | Vocal/Dance, "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" from Show Boat | ||||
Georgia | Jane Morris | East Point | 18 | Ballet | |||
Hawaii | Jere Wright | Honolulu | Comedic Monologue from Gigi | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
Idaho | Gail Rupp | Pocatello | Vocal, "One Kiss" from The New Moon | ||||
Illinois | Tillie Micheletto | Collinsville | Vocal | ||||
Indiana | Mary McNulty | Fort Wayne | 22 | Soft Shoe Dance, "Singin' in the Rain" | |||
Iowa | Martha Barsness | Decorah | 20 | Vocal, "Ah, Fors'e Lui" from La Traviata | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Kansas | Mary Ann McGrew | Wellington | 19 | Dramatic Reading, "Understanding Others" | 3rd runner-up | ||
Kentucky | Janene Simpson | Louisville | Piano | ||||
Louisiana | Bobbie Chachere | Baton Rouge | Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
Maine | Mary Ellen Sanborn | Gardiner | Drama | ||||
Maryland | Jeanette Louise Rosensteel | Timonium | Vocal | ||||
Massachusetts | Jewel Smerage | Boston | Vocal Medley from The King and I | Top 10 | |||
Michigan | Shirley Swanson | Muskegon | Monologue | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
Minnesota | Marie Miller | Winona | Vocal, "Batti Batti o bel Masette" from Don Giovanni | ||||
Mississippi | Martha Tisdale | Hattiesburg | Drama | ||||
Missouri | Roseann Teri | St. Louis | Dress Design | ||||
Montana | Alice Jean White | Great Falls | Art | ||||
Nebraska | Diane Knotek | Lincoln | Classical Vocal, "The Pobnaise" | Preliminary Talent Award
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Nevada | Carmen Ruggeroli | Las Vegas | Vocal | ||||
New Hampshire | Margaret Doyon | Littleton | Percussion | ||||
New Jersey | Beverly Cass | Fair Lawn | Piano | ||||
New York City | Lael Jackson | New York City | Specialty Number | ||||
North Carolina | Joan Melton | Albemarle | Piano | ||||
North Dakota | Janet Smith | Steele | Drama | ||||
Ohio | Roberta Palmer | Cleveland | Vocal, "On the Street Where You Live" from My Fair Lady | Mother of Matthew Porretta | |||
Oklahoma | LaDonna Kramer | Loyal | Piano | ||||
Oregon | Patricia Berg | Eugene | Vibraharp, "Indian Love Call" | ||||
Pennsylvania | Lorne Malcomson | Upper Darby | Vocal | Non-finalist Talent Award | Niece of Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson and mother of Miss Delaware 1981, Jodi Meade Graham | ||
Rhode Island | Gail Gilmore | Barrington | Drama/Piano | ||||
South Carolina | Marian McKnight | Manning | 19 | Comedy Sketch, "The Monroe Doctrine" | Winner | ||
South Dakota | Lois Paulson | Mobridge | Vocal | ||||
Tennessee | Shelby Bailey | Humboldt | Vocal, "It Takes Two to Tango" | ||||
Texas | Barbara Murray | Houston | Vocal | ||||
Utah | Joan Willes | Salt Lake City | Original Comedy Skit | ||||
Vermont | Sandra Simpson | Barre | Dress Design | Miss Congeniality | |||
Virginia | Rebecca Richardson | Martinsville | Art Display & Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
Washington | Deanna Hall | Olympia | Dance | ||||
West Virginia | Carolyn Jane Miller | Martinsburg | 19 | Drama | Carolyn Jane (Miller) Miller passed away at 84 on April 17, 2021. | ||
Wisconsin | Lynn Byron Holden | Milwaukee | 19 | Piano | Non-finalist Talent Award |
External links[]
Categories:
- Miss America
- 1956 in the United States
- 1957 beauty pageants
- 1956 in New Jersey
- September 1956 events in the United States
- Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey