MISS USA 1952

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