Miss America 1960

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Miss America 1960
Miss America candidates Jacque Baker, Lynda Mead, Sharon O'Neal, Suzie Jackson.jpg
Four Miss America 1960 candidates: Jacque Baker (Miss Iowa), Lynda Mead (Miss Mississippi and Miss America 1960, bottom), Sharon O'Neal (Miss Kansas), Suzie Jackson (Miss Arkansas)
DateSeptember 12, 1959
Presenters Bert Parks
Venue Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster CBS
Entrants54
Placements10
Winner Lynda Lee Mead
Mississippi
  1959
1961  

Miss America 1960, the 33rd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1959 [1] on CBS.

Contents

Pageant winner Lynda Lee Mead was the second Miss Mississippi in a row to wear the crown, succeeding actress Mary Ann Mobley. [1]

Among the other contestants was Ann Marston of Michigan, an archery champion who had appeared on the cover of the Aug. 8, 1955 edition of Sports Illustrated. Her skill with a bow and arrow won Marston the talent portion of the 1960 pageant.

Dawn Wells, later to star on the television series Gilligan's Island , represented Nevada in the Miss America 1960 competition.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss America 1960
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10

Order of announcements

Awards

Preliminary awards

AwardsContestant
Lifestyle and Fitness
Talent

Other awards

AwardsContestant
Miss Congeniality
  • Flag of Hawaii.svg Hawaii - Gordean Leilehua Lee
Non-finalist Talent

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Herrington, Tommy (13 Sep 1959). "Lynda Mead Is Miss America To Keep Title In Mississippi". Clarion-Ledger . Associated Press. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2023.