Miss USA 1960 was the ninth Miss USA pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida on July 7, 1960.
Miss USA 1960 | |
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![]() Linda Bement, Miss USA 1960 | |
Date | July 7, 1960 |
Presenters | Charles Collingwood |
Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida |
Entrants | 45 |
Placements | 15 |
Withdrawals |
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Winner | Linda Bement Utah |
At the end of the event, Linda Bement of Utah was crowned by Terry Huntingdon of California as Miss USA 1960.[1] It is the second victory of Utah in the pageant's history. Bement later competed at Miss Universe and won.[2]
Contestants from 45 states and cities competed in this year's pageant. The competition was hosted by Charles Collingwood.
Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss USA 1960 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up | |
3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up | |
Top 15 |
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Contestants
45 contestants competed for the title.
State/City | Contestant | Age[a] | Hometown | Notes |
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Alabama | Margaret Jo Gordon[4] | 22 | Homewood | Competed in the Miss United States 1960 pageant[5] |
Alaska | Evelyn Bly[6] | 23 | Fairbanks | |
Arizona | Virginia Crook | 18 | Phoenix | |
Arkansas | Gene Chambers[7] | 18 | Danville | Married to Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys |
California | Teri Janssen[8] | 18 | Los Angeles | |
Colorado | Karen Eickermann | 19 | Littleton | |
Connecticut | Joyce Elain Trautwig[4] | 19 | Hartford | |
Delaware | Rose Anne Reed | – | Wilmington | |
District of Columbia | Doris Lee Jones | – | Washington, D.C. | |
Florida | Nancy Wakefield[4] | 19 | Winter Haven | |
Georgia | Cecilia Upton[9] | 19 | Rockmart | |
Idaho | Margie Davis[10] | 22 | Pocatello | |
Illinois | Patricia Thompson | 21 | Chicago | |
Indiana | June Cochran | 18 | Indianapolis | Later Miss Indiana World 1962 Competed in the Miss USA World 1962 pageant Later Playboy Playmate of the Year 1963 |
Iowa | Trudy Shulkin[11] | 21 | Sioux City | |
Kansas | Peggy Patterson | 21 | Kansas City | |
Kentucky | Barbara Joan Lovins[12] | 19 | Alexandria | |
Louisiana | Judy Rebecca Fletcher[13] | 18 | Alexandria | |
Maine | Terry Suzanne Tripp | – | Lewiston | |
Maryland | Jerri Fiorilli[14] | – | Baltimore | |
Massachusetts | Barbara Gale Feldman[4] | 20 | Natick | |
Michigan | Judith Richards[15] | 19 | Dearborn | |
Missouri | Marilyn Jean Stalcup[16] | 20 | Normandy | |
Montana | Joanne Lane | – | – | |
New Hampshire | Joan Joyce Chesleing | – | Hampstead | |
New Jersey | Sandra Chudy[17] | 20 | Bound Brook | |
New Mexico | Kaye Smith[18] | 18 | Albuquerque | |
New York | Mary Rodite[19] | 19 | Port Jefferson | |
North Carolina | Lyndia Ann Tarleton[4] | 19 | Wingate | |
North Dakota | Twila Fleckton | 19 | Drayton | |
Ohio | Corrine Huff | 19 | Youngstown | Replaced Kathy Justice as Miss Ohio First African-American representing an American state in the pageant[20] |
Oklahoma | Suzanna Moore[21] | 18 | Oklahoma City | |
Pennsylvania | Betsy Reeves[22] | 18 | Newtown | |
Rhode Island | Lorelie Sue White | 20 | Cranston | |
South Carolina | Margaret Thompson | – | Sumter | |
South Dakota | Patricia Klith | 20 | Sioux Falls | |
Tennessee | Christine McSwain[23] | 22 | Memphis | |
Texas | Pat Cloud[24] | 20 | Houston | |
Utah | Linda Jeanne Bement[25] | 18 | Salt Lake City | Miss Universe 1960 |
Vermont | Carole Mary Demas | – | Burlington | |
Virginia | Elizabeth Noreen Fulford[26] | 18 | Norfolk | |
West Virginia | Carole Garnett Pugh[27] | 18 | Queen Shoals | |
Wisconsin | Sharyn Chalik[28] | 19 | Milwaukee | |
Wyoming | Anita Simon | – | Cheyenne |
Notes
References
External links
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