MISS USA 1962
1962 July 12
Miami Beach Auditorium & Convention Hall, Miami Beach, Florida
40 participants
Results
1 HAWAII Macel Leilani Wilson (Top 15 Universe '62)
2 CONNECTICUT Diana Marie Zabicki
3 TENNESSEE Gail White
4 CALIFORNIA Marilyn Ann Tindall
5 NEVADA Janet Hadland
Top 15
ARIZONA Jerri Michaelson
COLORADO Penny Jo James
ILLINOIS Jean Donnelly (Wool of America '63)
INDIANA Sue Ekamp
NEW HAMPSHIRE Sandra Lee Kay
NEW YORK Sherralyn Patecell
OREGON Joyce Collin
PENNSYLVANIA Margaret Lineman
TEXAS Jackie Faye Williams
UTAH Patricia E. Profaizer
Awards
Miss Amity (tied) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC & WALES
Miss Photogenic ENGLAND
Best State Costume 1) OREGON, 2) ALASKA
Remainder
ALABAMA Jerolyn Ridgeway (Sun Fun '61)
ALASKA Teresa Dawn Hanson (World-USA '62)
ARKANSAS Linda Riggan
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Helen Sweeney
FLORIDA Sharon Conrad
GEORGIA Genelda Jo Odum
IDAHO Kinne Marie Holland
IOWA Regina Prusha
KANSAS Linda Light
KENTUCKY Sally Margaret Carter (World-USA '62)
LOUISIANA Diane Gay DeClouet (Top 15 World-USA '62)
MAINE Karen Henderson
MARYLAND Shelda Farley
MASSACHUSETTS Gale Pope
MICHIGAN Judith Carolyn Lamparter
MISSISSIPPI Sandra Josette Mazur
MISSOURI Mikee Campbell
NEW JERSEY Joyce Claire Thomson
NORTH CAROLINA Brenda Joyce Smith
OHIO Joan Carole Colucy
RHODE ISLAND Marilyn A. Scott
SOUTH CAROLINA Judy West Clyburn
VERMONT Barbara “Bobby” Kearney
WEST VIRGINIA Nickie Sue Gagalis
WISCONSIN Sherri Mattison
Disqualified
WYOMING Anne Bonner (hand-picked by a woman in Kentucky) (was 1st RU Miss Wyoming '61)
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