- Marite Ozers
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Marite Ozers (also Mārīte Ozere,[1] born c. 1944) is Miss USA 1963.[2]
After winning the Miss Illinois USA crown, Marite, from Chicago, Illinois went on to win the title of Miss USA, 1963.[3] Marite Ozers was the first naturalized citizen to be crowned Miss USA. She was born in Latvia.[4]
References
- ^ "Woman in folk costume...". http://snuffy.lib.umn.edu/image/srch/bin/Dispatcher?mode=600&id=im000376. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Past Titleholders". Miss USA. http://www.missuniverse.com/missusa/contestant_profiles/past. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Refugee's Daughter selected Miss U.S.A.". Tuscaloosa News. 19 July 1963. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_6IeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=95oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7552,2592747&dq=marite-ozers+-wikipedia&hl=en. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Decision thrills ex-Miss USA". Milwaukee Sentinel. 22 April 1991. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=04pQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yhIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6727,5798254&dq=marite-ozers+naturalised+-wikipedia&hl=en. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
Preceded by
Jean DonnellyMiss Illinois USA
1963Succeeded by
Karen WiesbrookMiss USA titleholders (1960–1979) Linda Bement (1960) · Sharon Brown (1961) · Macel Leilani Wilson (1962) · Mārīte Ozere (1963) · Bobbi Johnson (1964) · Sue Ann Downey (1965) · Maria Remenyi (1966) · Sylvia Hitchcock/Cheryl Patton (1967) · Dorothy Anstett (1968) · Wendy Dascomb (1969) · Deborah Shelton (1970) · Michele McDonald (1971) · Tanya Wilson (1972) · Amanda Jones (1973) · Karen Morrison (1974) · Summer Bartholomew (1975) · Barbara Peterson (1976) · Kimberly Tomes (1977) · Judi Andersen (1978) · Mary Therese Friel (1979)
Complete list · (1952–1959) · (1960–1979) · (1980–1999) · (2000–2019) Illinois pageant winners Miss Illinois Lois Delander (1927) · Judith Ford (1968) · Karen Moncrieff (1985) · Jeri Zimmermann (1989) · Marjorie Vincent (1990) · Chuti Tiu (1994) · Katherine Shindle (1997) · Jenny Powers (2000) · Erika Harold (2002)Miss Illinois USA Myrna Hansen (1953) · Marianne Gaba (1957) · Marite Ozers (1963) · Amanda Jones (1973) · Karen Morrison (1974) · Jill Gulseth (2005) · Catherine Warren (2006) · Mia Heaston (2007)Miss Illinois Teen USA AL • AK • AZ • AR • CA • CO • CT • DE • FL • GA • HI • ID • IL • IN • IA • KS • KY • LA • ME • MD • MA • MI • MN • MS • MO • MT • NE • NV • NH • NJ • NM • NY • NC • ND • OH • OK • OR • PA • RI • SC • SD • TN • TX • UT • VT • VA • WA • WV • WI • WYCategories:- Miss USA winners
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