MISS USA 1965

NOTE  Miss U.S.A. and Miss Universe pageants became separate pageants

 1965 June 4

Miami Beach Auditorium & Convention Hall, Miami Beach, Florida

47 participants

Results

1  OHIO  Sue Ann Downey (2nd RU Universe '65)

2  ARIZONA  Jane Nelson (Top 10 America '65, Top 7 World-USA '66 both representing New Mexico)

3  NEW MEXICO  Judy Baldwin

4  KENTUCKY  Julie Andrus

5  DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Dianne Lynn Batts (winner World-USA '65, 1st RU World '65)

Top 15

ALABAMA  Leigh Sanford

CALIFORNIA  Kathryn Lee Hage

HAWAII  Elithe Aguiar

MICHIGAN  Susan Lynne Pill

NEVADA  Denyse Turner

NEW YORK  Gloria Jon

OKLAHOMA  Cheryl Ann Semrad

SOUTH CAROLINA  Vickie Jean Harrison

TEXAS  Phyllis Johnson

UTAH  Janis Sadler (World-USA '65)

Awards

Miss Amity  (tied) MINNESOTA & TENNESSEE

Miss Photogenic  OKLAHOMA

Best State Costume  ALASKA

Remainder

ALASKA  Carla Sullivan (World-USA '65)

ARKANSAS  Jeri Haynie

COLORADO  Catherine “Cathy” McPherson

CONNECTICUT  Elizabeth Matsuko

DELAWARE  Shirl Chappell

FLORIDA  Karol Kelly (American Beauty '67)

GEORGIA  Judy Simpson

ILLINOIS  Diane Gortz

INDIANA  Lora Starr

IOWA  Mari Hardy

KANSAS  Linda Bergsten

LOUISIANA  Terri Marie Sommers

MAINE  Georgia Wilson

MARYLAND  Barbara Keifer

MASSACHUSETTS  Mary Lou Volpe

MINNESOTA  Elizabeth Jane Carroll

MISSISSIPPI  Madeline Carol Scarbrough

MISSOURI  Barbara Brooks

MONTANA  Patricia “Patcee” L. Bradford (World-USA '65)

NEBRASKA  Constance Lynne Kellogg

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Judy Morrison

NEW JERSEY  Kay Franzen

NORTH CAROLINA  Sandra Farmer

NORTH DAKOTA  Patricia Kay Dodge

OREGON  Leslie Bruchner

PENNSYLVANIA  Beverly Ann Rudolph

RHODE ISLAND  Paula Farrow

TENNESSEE  Bonnie Perkins

VERMONT  Andrea Kenyon

VIRGINIA  Mary Montgomery

WISCONSIN  Judith Ann Achtor (World-USA '60 as Miss Missouri)

WYOMING  Linda Peck

REPLACED

NEVADA  Bunny Baxter