- Miss USA 1959
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Miss USA 1959 Date July 22, 1959 Venue Long Beach, California Entrants 46 Placements 15 Winner Terry Huntingdon
California
Miss USA 1959, the 8th Miss USA pageant, took place in Long Beach, California on July 22, 1959. The pageant was won by Terry Huntingdon of California, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Arlene Howell of Louisiana. Huntingdon was the first woman from California to win the Miss USA title, and the first to win in her home state. Two days after her victory, Huntingdon went on to place as 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1959.
Results
- Miss USA 1959: Terry Huntingdon (California)
- The runners-up were:
- The semi-finalists were:
Delegates
The Miss USA 1959 delegates were:
Alabama - Pat Sullivan
Alaska - Anna Lekanof
Arizona - Patricia Varga
Arkansas - Donna Needham
California - Terry Huntingdon
Colorado - Dianne Gardner
Connecticut - Jayne Burghardt
Delaware - Linda Humes
District of Columbia - Shirley Hobbs
Florida - Nanita Greene
Georgia - Dorothy Taylor
Idaho - Pat Sherburne
Illinois - Arlene Kay
Indiana - Anita Watkins
Iowa - Kay Nielson
Kentucky - Sherree Watkins
Louisiana - Mary LoBianco
Maine - Carolyn Komant
Maryland - Diane White
Massachusetts - Beatrice Duprey
Michigan - Susan Westergaard
Minnesota - Muriel Fairbanks
Missouri - Barbara Stell
Montana - Bar-Beth Smith
Nebraska - Priscilla Eckrich
Nevada - Joy Blaine
New Hampshire - Nancy Gray
New Jersey - Geraldine Binder
New Mexico - Carol Jones
New York - Arlene Nesbitt
North Carolina - Peggy Brown
North Dakota - Patricia McGinley
Ohio - Marie di Carlo
Oklahoma - Sondra Osborne
Pennsylvania - Rhoda Kachiko
Rhode Island - Gloria Ryder
South Carolina - Mary Powell
South Dakota - Jeannine Stratton
Tennessee - Marcia Daniel
Texas - Carelgean Douglas
Utah - Melanie Canfield
Vermont - Sandra Laquerre
Virginia - Pat Poindexter
Washington - Leah Robinson
West Virginia - Wilda Estep
Wisconsin - Charlene Krause
No state delegate: Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Wyoming
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