- Miss USA 1953
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Miss USA 1953 Presenters Bob Russell Venue Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA Entrants 43 Placements 20 Winner Myrna Hansen
Illinois
Congeniality Jeanne Vaughn Thompson (Louisiana) The second edition of Miss USA was held in 1953, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California, USA.
Myrna Hansen of Illinois, won the competition and was crowned by outgoing titleholder, the very first Miss USA, Jackie Loughery of New York.Contents
Results
Final Results Contestant Miss USA 1953 1st runner-up Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - Mary Kemp Griffin
2nd runner-up Alabama - Doris Edwards
3rd runner-up Washington - Nancy Petraborg
4th runner-up Utah - Shauna Wood
Top 20 California - Marcella Roulette
Colorado - Jeanie Carroll
Florida - Kay Duggar
Iowa - Marilyn Shonka
Kentucky - Mary Ann Stice
Louisiana - Jeanne Vaughn Thompson
Maine - Jackie Lee
Minnesota - Mary Ann Papke
Nebraska - Berneta Nelson
Nevada - Earlene Whitt
New York - Reta Knapp
Ohio - Eleanor Mack
Pennsylvania - Jeri Bauer
South Carolina - Susan Anthony Day
Texas - Joan Gail Bradshaw
Special awards
Award Contestant Miss Congeniality Louisiana - Jeanne Vaughn Thompson
Contestants
Alabama - Doris Edwards
Arizona - Eleanor Ruth Cross
Arkansas - Jackie Stucker
California - Marcella Roulette
Colorado - Jeanie Carroll
Connecticut - Beverlee Burlant
Florida - Kay Duggar
Idaho - Patricia Rose Carter
Illinois - Myrna Hansen
Indiana - Edith Mae Krumme
Iowa - Marilyn Shonka
Kentucky - Mary Ann Stice
Louisiana - Jeanne Vaughn Thompson
Maine - Jackie Lee
Maryland - Diane Gale Durham
Massachusetts - Joan Daly
Michigan - Jo Ann Page
Minnesota - Mary Ann Papke
Mississippi - Jessie Wynn Morgan
Missouri - Donna Gardner
Montana - Billie Jean Tyrrell
Nebraska - Berneta Nelson
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - Mary Kemp Griffin
Nevada - Earlene Whitt
New Hampshire - Muriel Roy
New Jersey - Susan Ruth Harris
New York - Reta Knapp
North Carolina - Libby Walker
North Dakota - Marilyn Caufield
Ohio - Eleanor Mack
Oklahoma - Barbara Bond
Pennsylvania - Jeri Bauer
Rhode Island - Barbara Deignan
South Carolina - Susan Anthony Day
South Dakota - Kathleen Herman
Texas - Joan Gail Bradshaw
Utah - Shauna Wood
Vermont - Kathleen Surrel
Virginia - Dorothy Lee Bailey
Washington - Nancy Petraborg
West Virginia - Fay Higley
Wisconsin - Jacque Marie Kimmel
Wyoming - Nancy Rogers
Panel of Judges
- Jeff Chandler
- Rhonda Flemming
- Arlene Dahl
- Constance Moore
External links
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