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The Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe pageants were held together, with the Miss U.S.A. winner advancing directly into the Miss Universe pageant at the same venue. Contestants from either group competed for the special awards.
1952 June 27
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California
39 participants
Results
1 NEW YORK Jacqueleen “Jackie” Virginia Loughery (Top 10 Universe '52)
2 LOUISIANA Jeanne Vaughn Thompson
3 MISSOURI Carolyn Carlew
4 TENNESSEE Jean Harper
5 OKLAHOMA Trula Birchfield
Top 10
INDIANA Virginia Ann Johnson
MICHIGAN Judy Hatula
MINNESOTA Jodell Stirmlinger
MONTANA Valerie Jackson
NEW JERSEY Ruth June Hampton
Award
Miss Amity MONTANA
Remainder
ALABAMA Doris Edwards
ARKANSAS Barbara Wathen
CALIFORNIA Gloria Maxwell
COLORADO Joan Linn
CONNECTICUT Jo Kuhlman
DELAWARE Sue Langton
FLORIDA Yvonne Peairs
GEORGIA Betty Jane Wood
IDAHO Cherie Jean Lindsey
ILLINOIS Sherri Matulis
KANSAS Betty Lou Renick
KENTUCKY Jean Vawter Tingle
MAINE Jean Marie Lemire
MASSACHUSETTS Vel Dorne
MISSISSIPPI Carolyn Thomas
NEVADA Barbara Jean Clark
NEW MEXICO Kay Nail
NORTH CAROLINA Doris Stanley
NORTH DAKOTA Gloria Jo Rowe
OHIO Margie Broering
OREGON Beth Bailey
PENNSYLVANIA Jeanne Ferguson
RHODE ISLAND Ana Dolores Selinder
SOUTH CAROLINA Margie Allen
TEXAS Charlene McClary
UTAH Carol Jean Isbell
VERMONT Elizabeth Whitcomb
VIRGINIA Elizabeth Glenn
WASHINGTON Adele Slaybaugh
Did not compete
ARIZONA Charlene Hendricks (she backed out at the last minute)
SOUTH DAKOTA Marlene Margaret Reib (missed her train to Los Angeles)
WISCONSIN Jeannie Huston (won Miss Wisconsin for America '52)
Guest
MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH Jeri Miller
Replaced
GEORGIA Rosemarie Bowe
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