| State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Note |
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 Alabama | Delores Hodgens | Bessemer | 23 | Classical Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12" | Top 10 | | |
 Alaska | Jean Ann Holm | Fairbanks | 19 | Monologue with Modeling | | | |
 Arizona | Susan Webb | Prescott | 19 | Original Dramatic Composition, "My Heritage: The Stars" | | | |
 Arkansas | Frances Anderson | Pine Bluff | 19 | Vocal, "I Enjoy Being a Girl" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
 California | Susan Henryson | Fresno | 19 | Vocal, "You've Got to See Momma Every Night" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award
Miss Congeniality
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 Canada | Connie Gail Feller | Ottawa | 20 | | | | |
 Chicago | Nancy Kessler | Oak Park | 18 | Modern Dance | | | |
 Colorado | Jane McBurney | Denver | 18 | Piano, "Malagueña" | | | |
 Connecticut | Karen Sealise | Glastonbury | 18 | Sermon based on Sermon on the Mount | | | |
 Delaware | Robin Jane Whemper | Wilmington | 18 | Vocal & Dance, "That's What Makes Paris Paree" from April in Paris | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 District of Columbia | Scarlett Shinault | Silver Spring, MD | 20 | Vocal, "I Cain't Say No" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 Florida | Sherry Grimes | Sarasota | 18 | Vocal, "My Man's Gone Now" | | | |
 Georgia | Glenda Brunson | Savannah | 18 | Spanish Dance | | | |
 Hawaii | Joan Whitney Vine | Honolulu | 18 | Vocal Medley, "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" & "Thou Swell" | Top 10 | | |
 Idaho | LaVerda Garrison | Nampa | 18 | Dramatic Monologue, "The Yellow Wallpaper" | | | |
 Illinois | Jacqueline Bingert | Winthrop Harbor | 21 | Tap Dance & India Ink Sketching | | | |
 Indiana | Kathleen Burke | Terre Haute | 18 | Musical Monologue & Fashion Show | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 Iowa | Patti Whalen | Clinton | 18 | Vocal Medley, "I Feel Pretty" & "Tonight" from West Side Story | | | |
 Kansas | Carolyn Jane Parkinson | Scott City | 20 | Musical Reading, "Hello Kansas" | | | |
 Kentucky | Lee Grigsby | Bardstown | 18 | Vocal, "Summertime" | | | |
 Louisiana | Lyndra Frances Pate | Shreveport | 20 | Vocal, "The House I Live in" | | | |
 Maine | Dawne Frances Christie | Gray | 21 | Piano, 'Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 Maryland | Patricia Ann Moon | Bethesda | 18 | Modern Jazz Dance | | | |
 Massachusetts | Nona Smith | Fairhaven | 18 | Dramatic Reading | | | |
 Michigan | Karen Southway | Wyoming | 18 | Vocal, "Someone to Watch Over Me" | | | |
 Minnesota | Nancee Parkinson | West St. Paul | 18 | Modern Calypso Jazz Dance | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
 Mississippi | Annice Jernigan | New Albany | 21 | Piano Medley | | | |
 Missouri | Sarah Burns | Caruthersville | 20 | Vocal/Dance, "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie | | | |
 Montana | Joanna Lester | Missoula | 20 | Vocal Medley, "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" & "There Once was a Man" from The Pajama Game | Top 10 | | |
 Nebraska | Nancy Lee Foreman | Albion | 20 | Dramatic Reading, "Such is Your Heritage" | | | |
 Nevada | Sherry Wagner | Reno | 19 | Tap Dance, "Oh Them Golden Slippers" | | | |
 New Hampshire | Annette Lambert | Claremont | 18 | Saxophone, "Valse Vanite" by Rudy Wiedoeft | | | |
 New Jersey | Marilyn Haufler | Watchung | 18 | Comedic Monologue | | | |
 New Mexico | Myrtice Conn | Clovis | 21 | Comedic Monologue, "Phonetic Punctuation" by Victor Borge | Top 10 | | |
 New York | Kathryn Moden | Buffalo | 20 | Dramatic Reading from A Midsummer Night's Dream | | | |
 New York City | Maryann Hillyer | New York City | 20 | Vocal, "The Song is You" | | | |
 North Carolina | Maria Fletcher | Asheville | 19 | Tap Dance to a recorded version of herself singing "Somebody Loves Me" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
 North Dakota | Diane Ulvedal | Grand Forks | 18 | Piano, "Gavotte in B Major" by Bach | | | |
 Ohio | Darlene Depasquale | Dayton | 18 | Comedy Skit, "Betty at the Baseball Game" | | | |
 Oklahoma | Dana Darlene Reno | Stigler | 20 | Oration with Indian Sign Language | | | |
 Oregon | Jody Bourne | Salem | 20 | Interpretive Ballet | | | |
 Pennsylvania | E. Lynn Maloney | King of Prussia | 20 | Charcoal Drawing Display & Pantomime Routine | | | |
 Puerto Rico | Rosita Giusti | | | | | Non-finalist Talent Award
Miss Congeniality
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 Rhode Island | Cheryl Hirst | Greenville | 18 | Ventriloquism & Organ, "This Can't be Love" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 South Carolina | Janet McGee | Greenville | 20 | Vocal, "Ave Maria" | | | |
 South Dakota | Rejean Bowar | Faulkton | 21 | Piano, Vocal, & Narration of Original Monologue | | | |
 Tennessee | Rita Wilson | Humboldt | 20 | Vocal, "I'm Doing Alright for a Country Gal" | | | Previously National Sweetheart 1959 |
 Texas | Linda Loftis | Fort Worth | 19 | Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
 Utah | Carolyn DeAnn Lasater | Salt Lake City | 19 | Pantomime Dance, "My Life in a Day" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
 Vermont | Janice Cole | Binghamton, NY | 18 | Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet | | | |
 Virginia | Charlotte Thomas | Roanoke | 19 | Piano, "Malagueńa" | | | |
 Washington | Gail Hannuk | Aberdeen | 18 | Piano, "Warsaw Concerto" | | | |
 West Virginia | Carole Johnson | Rivesville | 21 | Vocal & Dance, "Hey, Look Me Over" from Wildcat & "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" from Annie Get Your Gun | | | Later Miss West Virginia World 1962 |
 Wisconsin | Diane Anderson | Eau Claire | 19 | Violin & Ballet en Pointe, "The Swan" | | | |
 Wyoming | Mary Orr | Sheridan | 19 | Dramatic Reading, "The Bride" | | | |
