MISS USA 1954

1954  July 21

Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California

44  participants

NOTE  1st runner-up from Virginia was 16, therefore disqualified; 2nd to 4th runner-ups moved up one spot and Illinois advanced to 4th runner-up from Top 20.

Results

1  SOUTH CAROLINA  Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson (America '53, winner Universe '54)

2  VIRGINIA  Ellen Whitehead (DISQUALIFIED)

2  NEW YORK  Karin Hultman

3  NEW YORK City (NY)  Renee Roy

4  TEXAS  Betty Virginia Lee

5  ILLINOIS  Celeste Ravel

Top 19 (after the disqualification of Miss Virginia)

ARKANSAS  Waydine Nesbitt

CALIFORNIA  Sandra Lea Constance

CONNECTICUT  Andrea Todd

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Laura Farley

INDIANA  Cecilia Ann Dennis

IOWA  Ione Lukens

MEMPHIS (TN)  Janice Beverly Bowles

MINNESOTA  Dawn Joyce

MISSOURI  Alice Jean Porritt

MONTANA  Dawn Oney

NEBRASKA  Margie Winkhoff

NEW JERSEY  Evelyn Orowitz

OHIO  Barbara Joyce Randa

WISCONSIN  Rita Dolores Younger

Award

Miss Amity  Greece

Remainder

ARIZONA  Bonnie Omadee Johnson

COLORADO  Lorna Batterson

FLORIDA  Rosemary Talucci

FRONT ROYAL (VA)  Carol Hammarck

KANSAS  Sue Ravencroft

KENTUCKY  Nikki Horner

LOUISIANA  Sadie Marie Vinson

MASSACHUSETTS  Nan Cowan

MICHIGAN  Gerri Hoffman

NEVADA  Mary Jane Arnold

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Myrna Louise Smith

NORTH CAROLINA  Ann Pickett

NORTH DAKOTA  Priscella Jane Hewitt

OREGON  Charlotte Miller

PENNSYLVANIA  Helen Vidovich

PLEASURE BEACH (CT)  Violet Fuchs

RHODE ISLAND  Joyce Ann Sandberg

SOUTH DAKOTA  Barbara Ann Brown

ST. LOUIS (MO)  Jo Ann Lynde

TENNESSEE  Barbara Sue Holly

UTAH  Laverna Laub

VERMONT  GEORGIA Laurise

WASHINGTON  Darlene Gail Shride

WEST VIRGINIA  Sandra Waggy

WYOMING  Faith Adele Radenbaugh

WITHDREW

PHILADELPHIA (PA)  Elaine DuFeen (withdrew after placing in Top 20)

Disqualified

MARYLAND  Barbara Ann Eschenburg (underage at 16)

VIRGINIA  Ellen Whitehead (underage at 16)

Guest

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Marlene Becker