MISS AMERICA 1956
1955 September 10
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
50 entries
Results
1 COLORADO Sharon Kay Ritchie
2 OREGON Dorothy Mae Johnson
3 CHICAGO (IL) Florence Gallagher
4 NORTH CAROLINA Clara Faye Arnold
5 OKLAHOMA Ann Campbell (winner Football '55)
Top 10
ALABAMA Patricia Byrd Huddleston
ARIZONA Beth Andre
FLORIDA Sandra Wirth
HAWAII Barbara Mamo Vieira
MASSACHUSETTS Virginia E. Maffucci
Awards
Miss Congeniality HAWAII
Lifestyle and Fitness HAWAII, NORTH CAROLINA, OKLAHOMA
Talent ALABAMA, FLORIDA, MASSACHUSETTS
Remainder
ARKANSAS Charlene "Cherie" Marie Bowers
CALIFORNIA Barbara Jane Harris
CANADA Dalyce Gail Smith
CONNECTICUT Audrey Vivian Figlar
DELAWARE Joanne Loraine Sakowski
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Judith Anne Dunkle
GEORGIA Jeanine Aleatrice Parris (Dixie '56)
IDAHO Judy Lynn Voiten
ILLINOIS Marian Elizabeth Cox
INDIANA Carolyn Sue Turner
IOWA Kay Taylor
KANSAS Gail White
KENTUCKY Ann Shirley Gillock
LOUISIANA Jan Aline Johnston
MAINE Janice Elaine Vaughan
MARYLAND Carol Jennette
MICHIGAN Margaret Ellen Devereaux
MINNESOTA Marlyse Lee Reed
MISSISSIPPI Carolyn Cochran
MISSOURI Sharon Frances Knickmeyer
MONTANA Berta Mae Huebl
NEBRASKA Sandra Elizabeth Speicher
NEVADA Vivienne Mae Potter
NEW HAMPSHIRE Margaret Aldred Johnson
NEW JERSEY Patricia Elmira Campbell
NEW YORK CITY (NY) Diana Deutsch
NORTH DAKOTA Mary Ann Gibbs
OHIO Marguerite Elizabeth Garr
PENNSYLVANIA Pam Ulrich
PUERTO RICO Gladys Rodriguez
RHODE ISLAND Claire May Emerson
SOUTH CAROLINA Martha Dean Chestnut (winner Dixie '56, winner Southern 500 '59)
SOUTH DAKOTA Connie Darlene White
TENNESSEE Patricia Anne Williams
TEXAS June Prichard (1st RU Dixie '57)
UTAH Suzanne Poulton
VERMONT Phyllis R. Reich
VIRGINIA Betty Sue Mathews
WEST VIRGINIA Mary Lou Fryman
WISCONSIN Margaret Carolynne Walls