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Miss USA 1953
Miss USA 1953 | |
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Date | July 16, 1953 |
Presenters | Bob Russell |
Venue | Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California |
Entrants | 43 |
Placements | 20 |
Debuts | |
Withdrawals | |
Winner | Myrna Hansen![]() |
Congeniality | Jeanne Vaughn Thompson![]() |
Miss USA 1953 was the 2nd Miss USA pageant, held on July 16, 1953 at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California. Myrna Hansen of Illinois, won the competition and was crowned by outgoing titleholder, the first Miss USA, Jackie Loughery of New York. Hansen was 1st runner-up to Christiane Martel of France at Miss Universe 1953.
Placements
Final Results | Contestant |
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Miss USA 1953 | |
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 20 |
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Special awards
Award | Contestant |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Historical significance
- Illinois wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 2nd state who does it for the first time.
- Myrtle Beach, SC earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
- Alabama earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
- Washington earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
- Utah earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
- States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Louisiana, Minnesota and New York. All of them made their second consecutive placement.
- Alabama placed for the first time.
- California placed for the first time.
- Colorado placed for the first time.
- Illinois placed for the first time.
- Iowa placed for the first time.
- Kentucky placed for the first time.
- Maine placed for the first time.
- Miami Beach, FL placed for the first time.
- Myrtle Beach, SC placed for the first time.
- Nebraska placed for the first time.
- Nevada placed for the first time.
- Ohio placed for the first time.
- Pennsylvania placed for the first time.
- South Carolina placed for the first time.
- Texas placed for the first time.
- Utah placed for the first time.
- Washington placed for the first time.
Contestants
Alabama - Doris Edwards
Arizona - Eleanor Ruth Cross
Arkansas - Jackie Stucker
California - Marcella Roulette
Colorado - Jeanie Carroll
Connecticut - Beverlee Burlant
Idaho - Patricia Rose Carter
Illinois - Myrna Hansen
Indiana - Edith Mae Krumme
Iowa - Marilyn Shonka
Kentucky - Mary Ann Stice
Louisiana - Jeanne Vaughn Thompson
Maine - Jackie Lee
Maryland - Diane Gale Durham
Massachusetts - Joan Daly
Miami Beach, FL - Kay Duggar
Michigan - Jo Ann Page
Minnesota - Mary Ann Papke
Mississippi - Jessie Wynn Morgan
Missouri - Donna Gardner
Montana - Billie Jean Tyrrell
Myrtle Beach, SC - Mary Kemp Griffin
Nebraska - Berneta Nelson
Nevada - Earlene Whitt
New Hampshire - Muriel Roy
New Jersey - Susan Ruth Harris
New York - Reta Knapp
North Carolina - Libby Walker
North Dakota - Marilyn Caufield
Ohio - Eleanor Mack
Oklahoma - Barbara Bond
Pennsylvania - Jeri Bauer
Rhode Island - Barbara Deignan
South Carolina - Susan Anthony Day
South Dakota - Kathleen Herman
Texas - Joan Gail Bradshaw
Utah - Shauna Wood
Vermont - Kathleen Surrel
Virginia - Dorothy Lee Bailey
Washington - Nancy Petraborg
West Virginia - Fay Higley
Wisconsin - Jacque Marie Kimmel
Wyoming - Nancy Rogers
Panel of judges
- Jeff Chandler
- Rhonda Fleming
- Arlene Dahl
- Constance Moore
References
External links
Categories:
- Miss USA
- 1953 in the United States
- 1953 beauty pageants
- Beauty pageants in the United States
- 1953 in California
- Miss World America