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Miss USA 1960 | |
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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 |
Miss USA 1960 was the 9th Miss USA pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida on July 7, 1960.
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.
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss USA 1960 | |
1st runner-up | |
2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 15 |
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45 contestants competed for the title.
State/City | Contestant | Age [lower-alpha 1] | Hometown | Notes |
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Alabama | Margaret Jo Gordon | 22 | Homewood | Competed in the Miss United States 1960 pageant |
Alaska | Evelyn Bly [4] | 23 | Fairbanks | |
Arizona | Virginia Crook | 18 | Phoenix | |
Arkansas | Gene Chambers [5] | 18 | Danville | Married to Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys |
California | Teri Janssen [6] | 18 | Los Angeles | |
Colorado | Karen Eickermann | 19 | Littleton | |
Connecticut | Joyce Trautwig | 19 | Hartford | |
Delaware | Rose Anne Reed | – | Wilmington | |
District of Columbia | Doris Lee Jones | – | Washington, D.C. | |
Florida | Nancy Wakefield | 19 | Winter Haven | |
Georgia | Cecilia Upton [7] | 19 | Rockmart | |
Idaho | Margie Davis [8] | 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 [9] | 21 | Sioux City | |
Kansas | Peggy Patterson | 21 | Kansas City | |
Kentucky | Barbara Joan Lovins [10] | 19 | Alexandria | |
Louisiana | Judy Fletcher [11] | 18 | Alexandria | |
Maine | Terry Suzanne Tripp | – | Lewiston | |
Maryland | Jerri Fiorilli [12] | – | Baltimore | |
Massachusetts | Barbara Gale Feldman | 20 | Natick | |
Michigan | Judith Richards [13] | 19 | Dearborn | |
Missouri | Marilyn Jean Stalcup [14] | 20 | Normandy | |
Montana | Joanne Lane | – | – | |
New Hampshire | Joan Joyce Chesleing | – | Hampstead | |
New Jersey | Sandra Chudy [15] | 20 | Bound Brook | |
New Mexico | Kaye Smith [16] | 18 | Albuquerque | |
New York | Mary Rodite [17] | 19 | Port Jefferson | |
North Carolina | Lyndia Ann Tarleton | 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 |
Oklahoma | Suzanna Moore [18] | 18 | Oklahoma City | |
Pennsylvania | Betsy Reeves [19] | 18 | Newtown | |
Rhode Island | Lorelie Sue White | 20 | Cranston | |
South Carolina | Margaret Thompson | – | Sumter | |
South Dakota | Patricia Klith | 20 | Sioux Falls | |
Tennessee | Christine McSwain [20] | 22 | Memphis | |
Texas | Pat Cloud [21] | 20 | Houston | |
Utah | Linda Jeanne Bement [22] | 18 | Salt Lake City | Miss Universe 1960 |
Vermont | Carole Mary Demas | – | Burlington | |
Virginia | Elizabeth Noreen Fulford [23] | 18 | Norfolk | |
West Virginia | Carole Garnett Pugh [24] | 18 | Queen Shoals | |
Wisconsin | Sharyn Chalik [25] | 19 | Milwaukee | |
Wyoming | Anita Simon | – | Cheyenne |
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