MISS USA 1957

1957 July 17

Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California

43 participants

NOTE Winner was disqualified (she was married); 1st to 4th runner-ups moved up one spot, and Ohio advanced to 4th runner-up from Top 15).  

Results

1  MARYLAND  Leona Mary Gage (disqualified a day after winning the Miss U.S.A. title)

1  UTAH  Charlotte Sheffield (World '57) (succeeded Leona as Miss U.S.A.)

2  WEST VIRGINIA  Ruth Marie Parr

3  NEVADA  Joan Adams

4  NEBRASKA  Carolyn McGirr

5  OHIO  Kathryn Gabriel

Top 14 (after the disqualification of Miss Maryland)

ARKANSAS  Helen Elizabeth Garrott

CALIFORNIA  Peggy Jacobson

ILLINOIS  Marianne Gaba

IOWA  Judith Ann Hall

MASSACHUSETTS  Sandra Ramsey

NEW YORK  Sanita Pelkey

SOUTH CAROLINA  Jean Spotts

TEXAS  Gloria Hunt

WASHINGTON  Diana Schafer

Awards

Miss Amity  PUERTO RICO

Miss Photogenic  GERMANY

Remainder

COLORADO  Mary Linda Clapham

CONNECTICUT  Rosemary Galliotti

DELAWARE  Patricia Ann Ellingsworth

FLORIDA  Deanie Cates

GEORGIA  Ruth Avanelle Lycan

INDIANA  Pat Dorsett

LOUISIANA  Earlyn Regouffre

MAINE  Roberta Aymie

MIAMI BEACH (FL)  Faye Ray

MICHIGAN  Sharon Moore

MINNESOTA  Mary Margaret Ford

MISSOURI  Judith Ann Murback

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Lyla Lee Moran

NEW JERSEY  Jeanne Lewis

NEW MEXICO  Patricia June Stafford

NORTH CAROLINA  Peggy Ann Dennis

NORTH DAKOTA  Anne-Marit Studness

OKLAHOMA  Rose Mary Raab

OREGON  Sonja Landsem

PENNSYLVANIA  Rosalie Culp

PHILADELPHIA (PA)  Barbara Miller

RHODE ISLAND  Myrna Altieri

SOUTH DAKOTA  Gay Marshall

ST. LOUIS (MO)  Carole Learn

TENNESSEE  Patricia Prather

VERMONT  Marjorie Link

VIRGINIA  Patricia Jean Bush

WISCONSIN  Natalie Faye Lueck

WYOMING  Marilyn Hawkins

DISQUALIFIED

MARYLAND  Leona Mary Gage

Replaced:

OREGON  Lila Carlberg

MIAMI BEACH-FL  Beverly Neale

Guest

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Anne Trebes