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Miss USA 1963 Date July 17, 1963 Venue Miami Beach, Florida Entrants 43 Placements 15 Winner Marite Ozers
Illinois
Miss USA 1963, the 12th Miss USA pageant, took place in Miami Beach, Florida on July 17, 1963. The pageant was won by Marite Ozers of Illinois, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Macel Leilani Wilson of Hawaii. Latvian-born Ozers was the first woman born outside the U.S. to take the Miss USA title, and the second delegate from Illinois to do so. Ozers went on to finish as a Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1963.
First runner-up Michele Metrinko later won the Miss World USA 1963 pageant and finished as a Top 14 semi-finalist at Miss World 1963. Metrinko's sister Marsha also competed in Miss USA 1963 – the only instance to date of two sisters competing against each other at the same pageant.
Results
- Miss USA 1963: Marite Ozers (Illinois)
- The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Michele Metrinko (District of Columbia)
- 2nd runner-up: Sandra Marlin (Missouri)
- 3rd runner-up: Rhea Looney (Colorado)
- 4th runner-up: Francine Herack (California)
- The semi-finalists were:
- Dinah Armstrong (Alabama)
- Diane McGarry (Arizona)
- Sandra Smith (Massachusetts)
- Pamela Sands (Michigan)
- Kathee Francis (Nevada)
- Sandra Fullingim (New Mexico)
- Jeanne Quinn (New York)
- Roberta Mosier (Oklahoma)
- Cecelia Yoder (South Carolina)
- Bobbie Morrow (Tennessee)
Delegates
The Miss USA 1963 delegates were:
Alabama - Dinah Armstrong
Alaska - Nina Whaley
Arizona - Diane McGarry
Arkansas - Cheryl Bechtelheimer
California - Francine Herack
Colorado - Rhea Looney
Connecticut - Gail Dinan
Delaware - Susan Kowalski
District of Columbia - Michele Metrinko
Florida - Linda Egland
Georgia - Brenda Seagraves
Hawaii - Susan Molina
Illinois - Marite Ozers
Indiana - Vickie Little
Iowa - Ramona Meylor
Kansas - Diane Stalker
Kentucky - Mary Arnold
Louisiana - Peggy Romero
Maine - Laurel Barker
Maryland - Marsha Metrinko
Massachusetts - Sandra Smith
Michigan - Pamela Sands
Mississippi - Joan Kinnebrew
Missouri - Sandra Marlin
Nebraska - Sandy Zimmer
Nevada - Kathee Francis
New Hampshire - Johnnye McLeod
New Jersey - Judy Ayers
New Mexico - Sandra Fullingim
New York - Jeanne Quinn
North Carolina - Trudy Cauthen
Ohio - Gloria McBride
Oklahoma - Roberta Mosier
Oregon - Joset Fisher
Pennsylvania - Deborah Cardonick
Rhode Island - Rosemary Dickinson
South Carolina - Cecelia Yoder
Tennessee - Bobbie Morrow
Texas - Cheryl Wilburn
Utah - Carla Dinius
Vermont - Ellen Centerbar
West Virginia - Nina Denton
Wisconsin - Lynn Korchunoff
No state delegate: Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming
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