MISS USA 1953

1953  July 15

Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California

42  participants

Results

1  ILLINOIS  Myrna Rae Hansen (1st RU Universe '53)

2  MYRTLE BEACH (SC)  Mary Kemp Griffin (America '52, World '53)

3  ALABAMA  Doris Edwards

4  WASHINGTON  Nancy Petraborg

5  UTAH  Shauna Wood

Top 20

CALIFORNIA  Marcella Roulette

COLORADO  Jeanie Carroll

IOWA  Marilyn Shonka

KENTUCKY  Mary Ann Stice

LOUISIANA  Jeanne Vaughn Thompson

MAINE  Jackie Lee

MIAMI BEACH (FL)  Kay Duggar

MINNESOTA  Mary Ann Papke

NEBRASKA  Berneta Nelson

NEVADA  Earlene Whitt

NEW YORK  Reta Knapp

OHIO  Eleanor Mack

PENNSYLVANIA  Jeri Bauer

SOUTH CAROLINA  Susan Anthony Day

TEXAS  Joan Gail Bradshaw

Awards

Miss Amity  LOUISIANA

Miss Photogenic  ILLINOIS

Remainder

ARIZONA  Eleanor Ruth Cross

ARKANSAS  Jackie Stucker

CONNECTICUT  Beverlee Burlant

IDAHO  Patricia Rose Carter

INDIANA  Edith Mae Krumme

MARYLAND  Diane Gale Durham

MASSACHUSETTS  Joan Daly

MICHIGAN  Jo Ann Page

MISSOURI  Donna Gardner

MONTANA  Billie Jean Tyrrell

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Muriel Roy

NEW JERSEY  Susan Ruth Harris

NORTH CAROLINA  Libby Walker

NORTH DAKOTA  Marilyn Caufield

OKLAHOMA  Barbara Bond

RHODE ISLAND  Barbara Rose Deignan

SOUTH DAKOTA  Kathleen Herman

VERMONT  Kathleen Marie Eugenia Surrel

VIRGINIA  Dorothy Lee Bailey

WEST VIRGINIA  Fay Higley

WISCONSIN  Jacque Marie Kimmel

WYOMING  Nancy Rogers

WITHDREW:

MISSISSIPPI  Jessie Wynn Morgan

Guest

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Shirley Collard

Replaced

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Joan Kelly