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Miss USA 1964
Miss USA 1964 | |
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Date | July 29, 1964 |
Venue | Miami Beach, Florida |
Broadcaster | CBS, WTVJ |
Entrants | 41 |
Placements | 15 |
Winner | Bobbi Johnson[1]![]() |
Miss USA 1964 was the 13th Miss USA pageant, held in Miami Beach, Florida on July 29, 1964. This was the last Miss USA pageant to be held as an inclusive part of the Miss Universe event.
The pageant was won by Bobbi Johnson of the District of Columbia, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Marite Ozers of Illinois. Two days after her victory, Johnson went on to place as a top 15 semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1964.
Johnson was the first woman from Washington D.C. to win the title.[2]
The rescheduling of the pageant as an independent event from Miss Universe in 1965 meant Johnson reigned for only 10 months and 6 days; apart from first runners-up who inherited the crown when Miss USA won Miss Universe, only 1986 titleholder Christy Fichtner had a shorter reign (8 months and 28 days).
Results
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss USA 1964 | |
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 |
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Historical significance
- District of Columbia wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 11th state who does it for the first time.
- Texas earns the 1st runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1959.
- Alaska earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time and it reaches it highest placement ever at the contest.
- Utah earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
- Kentucky earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
- States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Alabama, California, District of Columbia, New York and Oklahoma.
- California and New York placed for the eighth consecutive year.
- District of Columbia placed for the third consecutive year.
- Alabama and Oklahoma made their second consecutive placement.
- Oregon, Texas and Utah last placed in 1962.
- Kentucky, Mississippi and New Jersey last placed in 1961.
- Maryland last placed in 1959.
- Ohio last placed in 1960.
- Alaska and Idaho placed for the first time.
- Arizona, Colorado, Illinois and Tennessee break an ongoing streak of placements since 1962.
- Nevada breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1961.
Delegates
The Miss USA 1964 delegates were:
Alabama – Pamela Borgfeldt
Alaska – Patricia Marlin
Arizona – Diane Reutter
Arkansas – Barbara McGlothlin
California – Jeanne Venables
Connecticut – Patricia Powell
Delaware – Christina Klosetju
District of Columbia – Bobbi Johnson
Florida – Candace Davenport
Georgia – Lynda Tatum
Hawaii – Wanda Byrd
Idaho – Dorothy Johnson
Illinois – Karen Weisbrook
Indiana – Charlene Kratochvil
Iowa – Barbara Rogers
Kansas – Barbara Ford
Kentucky – Johnna Reid
Louisiana – Linda Graves
Maine – Corneille Edwards
Maryland – Royette Tarry
Massachusetts – Barbara Robery
Michigan – Johneane Teeter
Mississippi – Patricia Turk
Missouri – Sandy Bawol
Nebraska �� Georgia Merriam
Nevada – Pamela Morris
New Hampshire – Beverly Hebert
New Jersey – Barbara Richartz
New York – Dorothy Langhans
Ohio – Gail Krielow
Oklahoma – Jackie Maloney
Oregon – Toye Esch
Pennsylvania – Maryann Reilly
Rhode Island – Carol Tantimonico
South Carolina – Judy Kennedy
Tennessee – Pat Kerr
Texas – Diane Balloun
Utah – Janet Erickson
Vermont – Freda Betts
Virginia – Heidi Smith
Wisconsin – Carolyn Linquist
No state delegate: Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming
References
- ^ "Then and Now Photos of 15 Former Beauty Queens". http://www.shape.com. 5 November 2013. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014.
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- ^ "1964 - Bobbie Johnson". http://www.orlandosentinel.com.
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- ^ "Past miss USA Winners". http://www.missuniverse.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-19.
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External links
- Miss USA
- 1964 in the United States
- 1964 beauty pageants