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Miss USA 1959
Miss USA 1959 | |
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Date | July 22, 1959 |
Venue | Long Beach, California |
Entrants | 46 |
Placements | 15 |
Winner | Terry Huntingdon![]() |
Miss USA 1959 was the 8th Miss USA pageant, held in Long Beach, California on July 22, 1959. The pageant was won by Terry Huntingdon of California, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Arlene Howell of Louisiana. Huntingdon was the first woman from California to win the Miss USA title, and the first to win in her home state. Two days after her victory, Huntingdon went on to place as 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1959.
Results
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss USA 1959 | |
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 15 |
Historical significance
- Alaska competes as a state for the very first time
- California wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 9th state who does it for the first time.
- Texas earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time.
- Florida earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
- Georgia earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
- New York earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
- States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New York and Texas.
- Texas placed for the seventh consecutive year.
- California and New York placed for the third consecutive year.
- Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Louisiana made their second consecutive placement.
- Arkansas, Iowa, Maryland, Nevada and West Virginia last placed in 1957.
- Colorado last placed in 1956.
- Missouri last placed in 1954.
- Maine last placed in 1953.
- Illinois breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1957.
- Utah breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1956.
- Washington breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1955.
- Nebraska and South Carolina break an ongoing streak of placements since 1953.
Delegates
The Miss USA 1959 delegates were:
Alabama - Pat Sullivan
Alaska - Anna Lekanof
Arizona - Patricia Varga
Arkansas - Donna Needham
California - Terry Huntingdon
Colorado - Dianne Gardner
Connecticut - Jayne Burghardt
Delaware - Linda Humes
District of Columbia - Shirley Hobbs
Florida - Nanita Greene
Georgia - Dorothy Taylor
Idaho - Pat Sherburne
Illinois - Arlene Kay
Indiana - Anita Watkins
Iowa - Kay Nielson
Kentucky - Sherree Watkins
Louisiana - Mary LoBianco
Maine - Carolyn Komant
Maryland - Diane White
Massachusetts - Beatrice Duprey
Michigan - Susan Westergaard
Minnesota - Muriel Fairbanks
Missouri - Barbara Stell
Montana - Bar-Beth Smith
Nebraska - Priscilla Eckrich
Nevada - Joy Blaine
New Hampshire - Nancy Gray
New Jersey - Geraldine Binder
New Mexico - Carol Jones
New York - Arlene Nesbitt
North Carolina - Peggy Brown
North Dakota - Patricia McGinley
Ohio - Marie di Carlo
Oklahoma - Sondra Osborne
Pennsylvania - Rhoda Kachiko
Rhode Island - Gloria Ryder
South Carolina - Mary Powell
South Dakota - Jeannine Stratton
Tennessee - Marcia Daniel
Texas - Carelgean Douglas
Utah - Melanie Canfield
Vermont - Sandra Laquerre
Virginia - Pat Poindexter
Washington - Leah Robinson
West Virginia - Wilda Estep
Wisconsin - Charlene Krause
No state delegate: Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Wyoming
External links
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- 1959 beauty pageants
- 1959 in California