Miss USA 1955

Miss USA 1955
Miss USA 1955
Date	July 20, 1955
Presenters	Bob Russell
Venue	Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California
Entrants	43
Placements	15
Winner	Carlene King Johnson; Vermont
	← 1954 1956 →

Miss USA 1955 was the 4th Miss USA pageant, held at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California on July 20, 1955. The pageant was won by Carlene King Johnson of Vermont, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Miriam Stevenson of South Carolina. King Johnson went on to finish as a Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1955. First runner-up Margaret Haywood later went to London for Miss World 1955, finishing first runner-up to Susana Duijm of Venezuela.

Placements

Final Results	Contestant
Miss USA 1955	Vermont – Carlene King Johnson
1st Runner-Up	Arkansas – Margaret Haywood
2nd Runner-Up	Nebraska – Donna Streever
3rd Runner-Up	California – Donna Schurr
4th Runner-Up	Georgia – Carolann Connor
Top 15	Colorado – Dorothy Bewley Florida – Marlies Gessler Illinois – Diane Daniggelis New Mexico – Joan Schwartz New York – Janet Kadlecik New York City – Patricia O'Kane South Carolina – Sara Stone Texas – Mary Daughters Washington – Shirley Givins Wisconsin – Jeanne Boulay

Vermont wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 4th state who does it for the first time.
Arkansas earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time, becoming its highest placement of the state until 1982.
Nebraska earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time, becoming its highest placement of the state until 2018.
California earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time, becoming its highest placement of the state until 1959.
Georgia earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Arkansas, California, Illinois, Nebraska, New York, New York City, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin.
New York placed for the fourth consecutive year.
California, Illinois, Nebraska, South Carolina and Texas placed for the third consecutive year.
Arkansas, New York City and Wisconsin made their second consecutive placement.
Colorado, Florida and Washington last placed in 1953.
Georgia, New Mexico and Vermont placed for the first time.
Iowa and Ohio break an ongoing streak of placements since 1953.
Minnesota breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1952.

The Miss USA 1955 delegates were:

v t Miss USA
1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020 2021 2022
Miss Universe Organization Titleholders

v t United States representatives at Miss World
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020 2021
United States representatives at Miss World