MISS USA 1959

1959 July 22

Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California

46 participants

Results

1  CALIFORNIA  Terry Lynn Huntingdon (2nd RU Universe '59)

2  TEXAS  Carelgean Douglas

3  FLORIDA  Nanita Greene

4  GEORGIA  Dorothy Gladys Taylor

5  NEW YORK  Arlene Nesbitt

Top 15

ALABAMA  Pat Sullivan (Dixie '60)

ARKANSAS  Donna Sue Needham

COLORADO  Dianne Lee Gardner

IOWA  Kay Nielson (America '58 as Miss Nebraska)

LOUISIANA  Mary Margaret Lo-Bianco

MAINE  Carolyn Komant

MARYLAND  Diane Dolores White (3rd RU World-USA '61)

MISSOURI  Barbara Jayne Stell

NEVADA  Joy Blaine

WEST VIRGINIA  Wilda Sue Estep

Awards

Miss Amity  THAILAND

Miss Photogenic  ENGLAND

Remainder

ALASKA  Anna Lekanof

ARIZONA  Patricia June Varga

CONNECTICUT  Jayne Burghardt (World-USA '61)

DELAWARE  Linda Elizabeth Humes

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Shirley Ann Hobbs

IDAHO  Pat Sherburne

ILLINOIS  Arlene Kaye

INDIANA  Anita Watkins

KENTUCKY  Sherree Owens

MASSACHUSETTS  Beatrice Lee Duprey (Sun Fun '60)

MICHIGAN  Susan Westergaard

MINNESOTA  Muriel Fairbanks

MONTANA  Bar-Beth Smith

NEBRASKA  Priscilla Eckrich

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Nancy Jeanne Gray

NEW JERSEY  Geraldine Louise Binder

NEW MEXICO  Carol Jones

NORTH CAROLINA  Peggy Anne Brown

NORTH DAKOTA  Patricia Ann McGinley

OHIO  Marie di Carlo

OKLAHOMA  Sondra Osborne

PENNSYLVANIA  Rhoda Mae Kachiko

RHODE ISLAND  Gloria Ryder

SOUTH CAROLINA  Mary Ann Powell

SOUTH DAKOTA  Jeannine Kay Stratton

TENNESSEE  Marcia Daniel

UTAH  Melanie Canfield

VERMONT  Sandra Jean Laquerre

VIRGINIA  Pat Poindexter

WASHINGTON  Leah Jo Robinson

WISCONSIN  Charlene Krause

NO SHOW:

WYOMING  Linda Lou Philipps

Replaced

NEW MEXICO  Sue Simone Ingersoll

MARYLAND  Marie Litz

Guest

MISS WELCOME TO LONG BEACH  Karen Krancus