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USA">Wyoming</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Withdrawals</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Delaware_USA" title="Miss Delaware USA">Delaware</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Florida_USA" title="Miss Florida USA">Florida</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Georgia_USA" title="Miss Georgia USA">Georgia</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Kansas_USA" title="Miss Kansas USA">Kansas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_New_Mexico_USA" title="Miss New Mexico USA">New Mexico</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Oregon_USA" title="Miss Oregon USA">Oregon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Tennessee_USA" title="Miss Tennessee USA">Tennessee</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Winner</th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Myrna_Hansen" title="Myrna Hansen">Myrna Hansen</a></b><br /><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Illinois_%281915%E2%80%931969%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Illinois_%281915%E2%80%931969%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Illinois_%281915%E2%80%931969%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Illinois_%281915%E2%80%931969%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Illinois_%281915%E2%80%931969%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Illinois_%281915%E2%80%931969%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="720" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Congeniality</th><td class="infobox-data">Jeanne Vaughn Thompson<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Flag_of_Louisiana_%281912%E2%80%932006%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Louisiana_%281912%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Flag_of_Louisiana_%281912%E2%80%932006%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Louisiana_%281912%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Flag_of_Louisiana_%281912%E2%80%932006%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Louisiana_%281912%E2%80%932006%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="/wiki/Miss_USA_1952" title="Miss USA 1952">1952</a></div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/Miss_USA_1954" title="Miss USA 1954">1954</a> →</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Miss USA 1953</b> was the second <a href="/wiki/Miss_USA" title="Miss USA">Miss USA</a> pageant, held at the <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach_Municipal_Auditorium" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Beach Municipal Auditorium">Long Beach Municipal Auditorium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach, California</a> on July 16, 1953. </p><p>At the end of the event, <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Loughery" title="Jackie Loughery">Jackie Loughery</a> of <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a> crowned Myrna Hansen of <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a> as Miss USA 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the first victory of Illinois in the pageant's history. </p><p>Contestants from 43 states and cities competed in this year's pageant. The competition was hosted by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Russell_(television_presenter)" title="Bob Russell (television presenter)">Bob Russel</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Municipal_auditorium_and_lagoon,_Long_beach,_Calif_(68317).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Municipal_auditorium_and_lagoon%2C_Long_beach%2C_Calif_%2868317%29.jpg/250px-Municipal_auditorium_and_lagoon%2C_Long_beach%2C_Calif_%2868317%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Municipal_auditorium_and_lagoon%2C_Long_beach%2C_Calif_%2868317%29.jpg/375px-Municipal_auditorium_and_lagoon%2C_Long_beach%2C_Calif_%2868317%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Municipal_auditorium_and_lagoon%2C_Long_beach%2C_Calif_%2868317%29.jpg/500px-Municipal_auditorium_and_lagoon%2C_Long_beach%2C_Calif_%2868317%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3295" data-file-height="2115" /></a><figcaption>Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, the venue of Miss USA 1953</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Selection_of_participants">Selection of participants</h3></div> <p>Contestants from 43 states/cities have been selected to compete in the competition. The age requirement in this edition is still from 18 to 28, where women who are married and have children can also participate.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jeanne Vaughn Thompson of Louisiana, who competed last year and placed as first runner-up,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> competed once again in this edition, making her the first contestant from Miss USA who competed twice. </p><p>This edition saw the debuts of Iowa, Maryland, Miami, Myrtle Beach, Nebraska, New Hampshire, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The states of Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, New Mexico, Oregon, and Tennessee withdrew in this edition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Placements">Placements</h3></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Placement </th> <th>Contestant </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Miss USA 1953</b> </td> <td> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Miss_Illinois_USA" title="Miss Illinois USA">Illinois</a></b> – <b><a href="/wiki/Myrna_Hansen" title="Myrna Hansen">Myrna Hansen</a><sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1st runner-up </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_South_Carolina_USA" title="Miss South Carolina USA">Myrtle Beach, South Carolina</a> – Mary Kemp Griffin<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2nd runner-up </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Alabama_USA" title="Miss Alabama USA">Alabama</a> – Doris Edwards<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3rd runner-up </td> <td> <ul><li>Washington – Nancy Petraborg<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4th runner-up </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Utah_USA" title="Miss Utah USA">Utah</a> – Shauna Wood<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Top 20 </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_California_USA" title="Miss California USA">California</a> – Marcella Roulette<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Colorado_USA" title="Miss Colorado USA">Colorado</a> – Jeanie Carroll<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Iowa_USA" title="Miss Iowa USA">Iowa</a> – Marilyn Shonka<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Kentucky_USA" title="Miss Kentucky USA">Kentucky</a> – Mary Ann Stice<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Louisiana_USA" title="Miss Louisiana USA">Louisiana</a> – Jeanne Thompson<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Maine_USA" title="Miss Maine USA">Maine</a> – Jackie Lee<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Florida_USA" title="Miss Florida USA">Miami Beach, Florida</a> – Kay Duggar<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Minnesota_USA" title="Miss Minnesota USA">Minnesota</a> – Mary Ann Papke<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Nebraska_USA" title="Miss Nebraska USA">Nebraska</a> – Berneta Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Nevada_USA" title="Miss Nevada USA">Nevada</a> – Earlene Whitt<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_New_York_USA" title="Miss New York USA">New York</a> – Reta Knapp<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Ohio_USA" title="Miss Ohio USA">Ohio</a> – Eleanor Mack<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Pennsylvania_USA" title="Miss Pennsylvania USA">Pennsylvania</a> – Jeri Bauer<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_South_Carolina_USA" title="Miss South Carolina USA">South Carolina</a> – Susan Day<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Texas_USA" title="Miss Texas USA">Texas</a> – Joan Bradshaw<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_awards">Special awards</h3></div> <table class="wikitable unsortable" style="font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Award </th> <th>Contestant </th></tr> <tr> <td>Miss Congeniality </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Louisiana_USA" title="Miss Louisiana USA">Louisiana</a> – Jeanne Vaughn Thompson<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Miss Body Beautiful </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miss_Kentucky_USA" title="Miss Kentucky USA">Kentucky</a> – Mary Stice<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pageant">Pageant</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Format">Format</h3></div> <p>From ten semi-finalists in 1952, twenty semi-finalists were chosen at the preliminary competition that consists of the swimsuit and evening gown competition.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each of the twenty semi-finalists gave a short speech during the final telecast. Afterwards, the twenty semi-finalists paraded again in their swimsuits and evening gowns, and the five finalists were eventually chosen.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Selection_committee">Selection committee</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Chandler_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeff Chandler (actor)">Jeff Chandler</a> – American actor<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhonda_Fleming" title="Rhonda Fleming">Rhonda Fleming</a> – American actress and singer<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlene_Dahl" title="Arlene Dahl">Arlene Dahl</a> – American actress<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constance_Moore" title="Constance Moore">Constance Moore</a> – American actress and singer<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Buddy Westmore – American moviemaker<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Varga – Artist<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contestants">Contestants</h2></div> <p>43 contestants competed for the title.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>State/City </th> <th>Contestant </th> <th>Age<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Hometown </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Alabama_USA" title="Miss Alabama USA">Alabama</a> </td> <td>Doris Edwards </td> <td>25 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Arizona_USA" title="Miss Arizona USA">Arizona</a> </td> <td>Eleanor Ruth Cross </td> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandler,_Arizona" title="Chandler, Arizona">Chandler</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Arkansas_USA" title="Miss Arkansas USA">Arkansas</a> </td> <td>Jackie Stucker </td> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/West_Helena,_Arkansas" title="West Helena, Arkansas">West Helena</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_California_USA" title="Miss California USA">California</a> </td> <td>Marcella Roulette<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Colorado_USA" title="Miss Colorado USA">Colorado</a> </td> <td>Jeanie Carroll </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Connecticut_USA" title="Miss Connecticut USA">Connecticut</a> </td> <td>Beverlee Burlant<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_Connecticut" title="Bridgeport, Connecticut">Bridgeport</a> </td> <td>Previously Miss Connecticut 1951 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Idaho_USA" title="Miss Idaho USA">Idaho</a> </td> <td>Patricia Carter </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Boise,_Idaho" title="Boise, Idaho">Boise</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Miss_Illinois_USA" title="Miss Illinois USA">Illinois</a></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Myrna_Hansen" title="Myrna Hansen">Myrna Rae Hansen</a><sup id="cite_ref-:03_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:03-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></b> </td> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> </td> <td>1st runner-up at <a href="/wiki/Miss_Universe_1953" title="Miss Universe 1953">Miss Universe 1953</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Indiana_USA" title="Miss Indiana USA">Indiana</a> </td> <td>Edith Mae Krumme<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seymour,_Indiana" title="Seymour, Indiana">Seymour</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Iowa_USA" title="Miss Iowa USA">Iowa</a> </td> <td>Marilyn Shonka<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sioux_City,_Iowa" title="Sioux City, Iowa">Sioux City</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Kentucky_USA" title="Miss Kentucky USA">Kentucky</a> </td> <td>Mary Stice<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Louisiana_USA" title="Miss Louisiana USA">Louisiana</a> </td> <td>Jeanne Vaughn Thompson<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge</a> </td> <td>Previously <a href="/wiki/Miss_Louisiana_USA" title="Miss Louisiana USA">Miss Louisiana USA</a> 1952<br />Placed 1st runner-up at <a href="/wiki/Miss_USA_1952" title="Miss USA 1952">Miss USA 1952</a><sup id="cite_ref-:4_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Previously <a href="/wiki/Miss_Louisiana" title="Miss Louisiana">Miss Louisiana</a> 1951 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Maine_USA" title="Miss Maine USA">Maine</a> </td> <td>Jackie Lee </td> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cape_Neddick,_Maine" title="Cape Neddick, Maine">Cape Neddick</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Maryland_USA" title="Miss Maryland USA">Maryland</a> </td> <td>Diane Gale Durham </td> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Massachusetts_USA" title="Miss Massachusetts USA">Massachusetts</a> </td> <td>Joan Daly<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Florida_USA" title="Miss Florida USA">Miami Beach, Florida</a> </td> <td>Kay Duggar<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Michigan_USA" title="Miss Michigan USA">Michigan</a> </td> <td>Jo Ann Page </td> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Minnesota_USA" title="Miss Minnesota USA">Minnesota</a> </td> <td>Mary Ann Papke<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Mississippi_USA" title="Miss Mississippi USA">Mississippi</a> </td> <td>Jessie Wynn Morgan </td> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Newton,_Mississippi" title="Newton, Mississippi">Newton</a> </td> <td>Previously <a href="/wiki/Miss_Mississippi" title="Miss Mississippi">Miss Mississippi</a> 1951<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Top 15 at <a href="/wiki/Miss_America_1952" title="Miss America 1952">Miss America 1952</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Missouri_USA" title="Miss Missouri USA">Missouri</a> </td> <td>Donna Gardner<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portageville,_Missouri" title="Portageville, Missouri">Portageville</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Montana_USA" title="Miss Montana USA">Montana</a> </td> <td>Billie Jean Tyrell<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billings,_Montana" title="Billings, Montana">Billings</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_South_Carolina_USA" title="Miss South Carolina USA">Myrtle Beach, South Carolina</a> </td> <td>Mary Kemp Griffin<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina" title="Florence, South Carolina">Florence</a> </td> <td>Later represented the USA at <a href="/wiki/Miss_World_1953" title="Miss World 1953">Miss World 1953</a> and placed 5th runner-up </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Nebraska_USA" title="Miss Nebraska USA">Nebraska</a> </td> <td>Berneta Nelson<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clay_Center,_Nebraska" title="Clay Center, Nebraska">Clay Center</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Nevada_USA" title="Miss Nevada USA">Nevada</a> </td> <td>Earlene Whitt </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_New_Hampshire_USA" title="Miss New Hampshire USA">New Hampshire</a> </td> <td>Muriel Roy </td> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_New_Jersey_USA" title="Miss New Jersey USA">New Jersey</a> </td> <td>Susan Ruth Harris<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haddonfield,_New_Jersey" title="Haddonfield, New Jersey">Haddonfield</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_New_York_USA" title="Miss New York USA">New York</a> </td> <td>Reta Knapp </td> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_North_Carolina_USA" title="Miss North Carolina USA">North Carolina</a> </td> <td>Libby Walker<sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wilton,_North_Carolina" title="Wilton, North Carolina">Wilton</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_North_Dakota_USA" title="Miss North Dakota USA">North Dakota</a> </td> <td>Marilyn Caufield<sup id="cite_ref-:3_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_North_Dakota" title="Jamestown, North Dakota">Jamestown</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Ohio_USA" title="Miss Ohio USA">Ohio</a> </td> <td>Eleanore Mack<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bellaire,_Ohio" title="Bellaire, Ohio">Bellaire</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Oklahoma_USA" title="Miss Oklahoma USA">Oklahoma</a> </td> <td>Barbara Bond<sup id="cite_ref-:1_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Pennsylvania_USA" title="Miss Pennsylvania USA">Pennsylvania</a> </td> <td>Jeri Hauer<sup id="cite_ref-Hauer_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hauer-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>27 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hatboro,_Pennsylvania" title="Hatboro, Pennsylvania">Hatboro</a><sup id="cite_ref-Hauer_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hauer-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Rhode_Island_USA" title="Miss Rhode Island USA">Rhode Island</a> </td> <td>Barbara Rose Deigman </td> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_South_Carolina_USA" title="Miss South Carolina USA">South Carolina</a> </td> <td>Susan Anthony Day<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greenville,_South_Carolina" title="Greenville, South Carolina">Greenville</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_South_Dakota_USA" title="Miss South Dakota USA">South Dakota</a> </td> <td>Kathleen Herman </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bowdle,_South_Dakota" title="Bowdle, South Dakota">Bowdle</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Texas_USA" title="Miss Texas USA">Texas</a> </td> <td>Joan Bradshaw </td> <td>17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Utah_USA" title="Miss Utah USA">Utah</a> </td> <td>Shauna Wood<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Vermont_USA" title="Miss Vermont USA">Vermont</a> </td> <td>Kathleen Marie Eugenia Surrel </td> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn, New York City</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Virginia_USA" title="Miss Virginia USA">Virginia</a> </td> <td>Dorothy Lee Bailey<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Washington </td> <td>Nancy Petraborg<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_West_Virginia_USA" title="Miss West Virginia USA">West Virginia</a> </td> <td>Fay Higley </td> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/South_Charleston,_West_Virginia" title="South Charleston, West Virginia">South Charleston</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Wisconsin_USA" title="Miss Wisconsin USA">Wisconsin</a> </td> <td>Jacque Kimmel </td> <td>24 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Miss_Wyoming_USA" title="Miss Wyoming USA">Wyoming</a> </td> <td>Nancy Rogers<sup id="cite_ref-:3_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>– </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheyenne,_Wyoming" title="Cheyenne, Wyoming">Cheyenne</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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