MISS AMERICA 1957
1956 September 8
Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
50 entries
Results
1 SOUTH CAROLINA Marian Ann McKnight
2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Margo Zita Sandra Lucey
3 ALABAMA Anne Stuart Ariail
4 (tied) ARIZONA Barbara Patricia Hilgenberg
4 (tied) KANSAS Mary Ann McGrew
Top 10
CALIFORNIA Joan Colleen Beckett
CANADA Dorothy Germaine Moreau
CHICAGO (IL) Sandra Jean Stuart
HAWAII Jere Wright
MASSACHUSETTS Jewel Frast Smerage
Awards
Miss Congeniality VERMONT
Lifestyle and Fitness CALIFORNIA, HAWAII, CHICAGO
Talent ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, NEBRASKA
Remainder
ARKANSAS Barbara Banks
COLORADO Polly M. Childs
CONNECTICUT Joy Adrienne Corrado
DELAWARE Janice Marilyn Olson
FLORIDA Sally Fisher
GEORGIA Rosalie Jane Morris (Dixie '57)
IDAHO Gail Rupp
ILLINOIS Tillie Jean Micheletto
INDIANA Mary Jane McNulty
IOWA Martha Barsness
KENTUCKY Janene Simpson
LOUISIANA Donna "Bobbie" Chachere (Dixie '57)
MAINE Mary Ellen Sanborn
MARYLAND Jeanette Rose Steel (Dixie '57)
MICHIGAN Shirley Ann Swanson
MINNESOTA Marie Eloise Miller
MISSISSIPPI Martha Tisdale
MISSOURI Roseann Teri
MONTANA Alice Jean White
NEBRASKA Diane Knotek
NEVADA Carmen Ruggeroli
NEW HAMPSHIRE Margaret Doyon
NEW JERSEY Beverly Ann Cass
NEW YORK CITY (NY) Lael Jackson
NORTH CAROLINA Joan Spinks Melton
NORTH DAKOTA Janet Elizabeth Smith
OHIO Roberta Ann Palmer
OKLAHOMA LaDonna Jane Kramer
OREGON Patricia LaVonne Berg
PENNSYLVANIA Lorna Malcomson Ringler
RHODE ISLAND Gail Stirling Gilmore
SOUTH DAKOTA Lois Mae Paulson
TENNESSEE Shelby Bailey
TEXAS Barbara Murray (Dixie '57)
UTAH Joan Willis
VERMONT Sandra Jean Simpson
VIRGINIA Rebecca Loula Richardson
WASHINGTON Deanna May Hall
WEST VIRGINIA Carolyn Jane Miller (Dixie '57)
WISCONSIN Lynn Byron Holden