Miss USA 1960

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Miss USA 1960
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Linda Bement, Miss USA 1960
DateJuly 7, 1960
Presenters Charles Collingwood
VenueMiami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Entrants45
Placements15
Withdrawals
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • Oregon
  • Washington
Winner Linda Bement
Utah
←  1959
1961  →

Miss USA 1960 was the ninth Miss USA pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida on July 7, 1960.

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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

PlacementContestant
Miss USA 1960
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Contestants

45 contestants competed for the title.

State/CityContestantAge [lower-alpha 1] HometownNotes
Alabama Margaret Jo Gordon [4] 22 Homewood Competed in the Miss United States 1960 pageant [5]
Alaska Evelyn Bly [6] 23 Fairbanks
Arizona Virginia Crook18 Phoenix
Arkansas Gene Chambers [7] 18 Danville Married to Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys
California Teri Janssen [8] 18Los Angeles
Colorado Karen Eickermann19 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 Thompson21Chicago
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 Patterson21 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 Fleckton19 Drayton
Ohio Corrine Huff19 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 White20 Cranston
South Carolina Margaret Thompson– Sumter
South Dakota Patricia Klith20 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

  1. ↑ Ages at the time of the pageant

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All times in this article are Pacific Time Zone (UTC-7)

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