1961

Winner: Dana Darlene Reno, Miss Stigler

1st Runner-Up: Roberta Hope Reed, Tinker Air Force Base

2nd Runner-Up: Roberta Scott, Tulsa

3rd Runner-Up:  Sharon Budzinsky, McAlester

4th Runner-Up: Karen Gayle Fagg, Snyder

There were 46 women in the pageant this year, can you help us fill the holes? 

Carolyn Mingus, Anadarko

Carol Boydstun, Apache

Glenda Matlock, Broken Arrow

Judith Thomson, Central State

Viola Davis, Miss Chandler

Sharon Laging, Cyril

Barbara Chadwick, Davis

Mary Jane Turnbull, Frederick

Judy Hargis, Grandfield

Jo Ann Culberson, Holdenville

Sylvia Lohmeyer, Kingfisher

Billie Mercer, Lawton

Donna Joyce Stockton, Muskogee

Vitginia Dobelbower, OKC

Carol Willoughby, NSU, Top Ten

Carol Dugger, OU

Joy Teeters, Sapulpa

Donna Durham, Southwestern State, Congeniality

Norma Dodderer, Spencer

Wonda Chaney, Tahlequah

Donna Shirley, Wynnewood

Interestingly, Dana did not know she was entered into the Miss Oklahoma contest until she read about it in her local newspaper!  She was appointed Miss Stigler by the Chamber of Commerce and sent as their delegate, where she won the state crown!