Miss America 1970

Miss America 1970
Date	September 6, 1969
Presenters	Bert Parks
Venue	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster	NBC
Winner	Pamela Eldred Michigan

Miss America 1970, the 43rd Miss America, pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1969^[1] on NBC Network.

Results

• Miss America 1970: Pamela Eldred (Miss Michigan)
• First runner-up: Katherine Baumann (Miss Ohio)
• Second runner-up: (tie) Cheryl Carter (Miss New Jersey) & Susan Ellen Anton (Miss California)
• Third runner-up: none
• Fourth runner-up: Judy Mendenhall (Miss Minnesota)

Semi-finalists:

• Adria Easton (Miss Colorado)
• Sheryl Akaka (Miss Hawaii)
• Georgina Hossfeld (Miss Massachusetts)
• Patricia Brummett (Miss New Mexico)
• Linda Trybus (Miss New York)

Delegates

The Miss America 1970 delegates:

State	Name	Hometown	Age	Talent	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Ann Fowler	Birmingham					Former Alabama's Junior Miss 1966; Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
Alaska	Gwenn Gregg	Anchorage
Arizona	Kathleen Ennis	Tucson
Arkansas	Marilyn Allen	North Little Rock
California	Susan Ellen Anton	Yucaipa			2nd runner-up (tie)		Actress, best known for her role as "Susan Williams" in the various Stop Susan Williams!-related television series and television movies. Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
Colorado	Adria Easton	Boulder			Top 10		Performed in the Miss America USO Troupe
Connecticut	Carol Jean Norval	Stafford Springs				Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Delaware	Margo Ewing	Wilmington					Served as a Delaware State Senator
Florida	Lynne Edea Topping	Marco Island
Georgia	Marilyn Olley	Marietta
Hawaii	Sheryl Hung Lan Lokelani Akaka	Honolulu			Top 10
Idaho	Diana Hopperstad	Twin Falls
Illinois	Dulcie Scripture	Elgin				Non-finalist Talent Award
Indiana	Jill Jackson	Anderson
Iowa	Lois Koth	Alta				Non-finalist Talent
Kansas	Margo Sue Schroeder	Hillsboro
Kentucky	Louisa Flook	Richmond
Louisiana	Sharon Branaman	New Iberia
Maine	Kirsten Elizabeth Bell	Caribou
Maryland	Margaret Elaine Mackle	Cecilton
Massachusetts	Georgina Hossfeld	Burlington			Top 10
Michigan	Pamela Eldred	Birmingham			Miss America 1970
Minnesota	Judy Mendenhall	Edina			4th runner-up	Preliminary Talent Award
Mississippi	Jane Foshee	Hattiesburg					Previously Mississippi's Junior Miss 1967
Missouri	Frances Biesemeyer	New Franklin				Non-Finalist Talent
Montana	Jeanne Meek	Bridger
Nebraska	Jane Deliese Briggeman	Seward				Miss Congeniality
Nevada	Karen Wastun	Yerington
New Hampshire	Catherine Zanichkowsky	Nashua
New Jersey	Cheryl Carter	Matawan			2nd runner-up (tie)
New Mexico	Pat Brummett	Hobbs			Top 10	Preliminary Talent Award
New York	Linda Trybus	Snyder			Top 10
North Carolina	Patricia Johnson	Winston-Salem				Non-finalist Talent Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
North Dakota	Charlene Seifert	Gascoyne
Ohio	Katherine Baumann	Bowling Green			1st runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit; Preliminary Talent	Aunt of Miss Ohio 1999 Tiffany Baumann
Oklahoma	Jeanne Gambrell	Tulsa
Oregon	Margie Elaine Huhta	Astoria					Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
Pennsylvania	Trudy Lee Pedersen	Etters
Rhode Island	Jeanne Bursley	Barrington
South Carolina	Brantlee Price	Newberry
South Dakota	Nancy Nickelson	Belle Fourche
Tennessee	Mary Cox	Johnson City				Non-finalist Talent	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
Texas	Dana Dowell	White Oak
Utah	Susan Nielson	Salt Lake City
Vermont	Barbara Schmitt	South Hero
Virginia	Sydney Lewis	Hampton				Non-finalist Talent Award
Washington	Marsha Covey	Moses Lake
West Virginia	Judith Shoup	Gibsonia, Pennsylvania				Non-finalist Talent Award	Won Miss West Virginia while attending West Virginia University
Wisconsin	Cindy Morgan	Janesville
Wyoming	Sandra Grim	Casper

References

1. ^ Associated Press (1969-09-08). "Queen's A Traditionalist". St' Petersberg Times. p. 2A. 

External links

• Miss America official website