MISS AMERICA 1954
1953 September 12
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
52 entries
Results
1 PENNSYLVANIA Evelyn Margaret Ay
2 NEW YORK CITY (NY) Joan Cecilia Kaible
3 VIRGINIA Ann Lee Ceglis
4 ALABAMA Virginia McDavid
5 MISSISSIPPI Suzanne Dugger
Top 10
CALIFORNIA Patricia Ann Johns
DELAWARE Lois Ann Alava
OREGON Patti Elaine Throop
SOUTH CAROLINA Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson (winner USA '54)
WYOMING Elaine Lois Holkenbrink
Awards
Miss Congeniality NEW JERSEY
Lifestyle and Fitness CALIFORNIA, PENNSYLVANIA, WYOMING
Talent DELAWARE, SOUTH DAKOTA, VIRGINIA
Non-finalist Talent SOUTH DAKOTA
Remainder
ARIZONA Betty Lou Lindly
ARKANSAS Helen Joyce Reed
CANADA Kathleen Ann Archibald
CHICAGO (IL) Carol Segermark
COLORADO Mary Ann Donelan
CONNECTICUT Sarah McEwen Middleton
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Helen Fiske Smith
FLORIDA Marjorie Jeanette Simmons
GEORGIA Lucia Claire Hutchinson
HAWAII Dorothy Leilani Ellis
IDAHO Jane Bostic
ILLINOIS Jacquelyn "Jacquie" Dumbauld
INDIANA Violet Ann Wratich
IOWA Constance Mae Ver Hoef
KANSAS Joanne Milnar
KENTUCKY Emily Rucker
LOUISIANA Sonya Lee LeBlanc
MAINE Karen Diane Thorsell
MARYLAND Meta Frances Justice
MASSACHUSETTS Lois Sandra Feldman
MICHIGAN Velva Irene Robbins
MINNESOTA Idell Genevieve Hulin
MISSOURI Laura Jane Holmes
NEBRASKA Diana Louise Hann
NEVADA Jeannine McColl
NEW HAMPSHIRE Elaine Ruggles
NEW JERSEY Patricia Ann Condon
NEW YORK Jeannine Corinne Bowman
NORTH CAROLINA Barbara Ann Crockett
NORTH DAKOTA Marilyn Joy Wentz
OHIO Martha Zimmermann
OKLAHOMA Lorene Washburn
PUERTO RICO Nydia Power
RHODE ISLAND Joyce Anne Sandberg
SOUTH DAKOTA Delores Jerde
TENNESSEE Ruth Ann Barker
TEXAS Paula Marie Lane
UTAH Ina Lavon Brown
VERMONT Carlene King Johnson (winner USA '55)
WASHINGTON Geraldine Ann Lindsay
WEST VIRGINIA Patricia Ann Stewart
WISCONSIN Judith Lee Jacobson