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