MISS USA 1963

1963 July 17

Miami Beach Auditorium & Convention Hall, Miami Beach, Florida

43 participants

Results

1  ILLINOIS  Marite Ozers (Top 15 Universe '63)

2  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Michele Bettina Metrinko (winner World-USA '63, Top 15 World '63)

3  MISSOURI  Sandra Lee Marlin

4  COLORADO  Rhea Looney

5  CALIFORNIA  Francine Cheryl Herack

Top 15

ALABAMA  Dinah Irene Armstrong

ARIZONA  Diane McGarry

MASSACHUSETTS  Sandra "Su-Su" Smith (World-USA '61)

MICHIGAN  Pamela Lee Sands

NEVADA  Kathee Francis

NEW MEXICO  Sandra Fullingim

NEW YORK  Jeanne Marie Quinn (3rd RU American Beauty '64, winner World-USA '64, Top 15 World '64)

OKLAHOMA  Roberta Ann Mosier

SOUTH CAROLINA  Cecelia McBride Yoder (World-USA '63)

TENNESSEE  Bobbie Lynn Morrow

Awards

Miss Amity  SCOTLAND

Miss Photogenic  IRELAND

Best State Costume  1) FLORIDA, 2) ALASKA, 3) HAWAII

Remainder

ALASKA  Nina Whaley

ARKANSAS  Cheryl Jane Bechtelheimer (American Beauty '63)

CONNECTICUT  Gail Dinan (American Beauty '63)

DELAWARE  Susan Kowalski

FLORIDA  Linda Egland

GEORGIA  Brenda Jean Seagraves

HAWAII  Susan Molina (Top 15 World-USA '63)

INDIANA  Vickie Little

IOWA  Dr. Ramona Meylor

KANSAS  Diane V. Stalker

KENTUCKY  Mary Ann Arnold

LOUISIANA  Margaret Susan “Peggy” Romero

MAINE  Laurel Ann Barker

MARYLAND  Marsha Barbara Metrinko

MISSISSIPPI  Joan Elizabeth Kinnebrew (Dixie '64)

NEBRASKA  Sandy S. Zimmer

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Johhnye McLeod

NEW JERSEY  Judy Kay Ayers

NORTH CAROLINA  Trudy Ann Cauthen

OHIO  Gloria McBride

OREGON  Joset June Fisher

PENNSYLVANIA  Deborah Cardonick (Pennsylvania's Miss Press Photographer '62)

RHODE ISLAND  Rosemary Jane Dickinson

TEXAS  Cheryl Rene Wilburn

UTAH  Carla Ann Dinius

VERMONT  Ellen Centerbar

WEST VIRGINIA  Nina Lou Denton

WISCONSIN  Lynn Korchunoff

Disqualified & replaced

OHIO  Andrea Getzlaff (underage at 17)

Disqualified and not replaced

VIRGINIA  Elizabeth Carolyn Claiborne (not chosen in a proper pageant)

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