- Miss USA 1965
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Miss USA 1965 Date June 4, 1965 Venue Miami Beach, Florida Broadcaster CBS Entrants 47 Placements 15 Winner Sue Downey
Ohio
Congeniality Elizabeth Carroll
Bonnie Perkins
Photogenic Cheryl Semrad
Miss USA 1965, the 14th Miss USA pageant, took place in Miami Beach, Florida on June 4, 1965. This was the first Miss USA pageant to be televised live (on the CBS network), and the first to be a self-contained production, held several weeks before, and independent of, the Miss Universe pageant.
The pageant was won by Sue Downey of Ohio, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Bobbi Johnson of the District of Columbia. Downey went on to place as 2nd runner-up to Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand at Miss Universe 1965. Pageant finalist Dianna Lynn Batts later won the 1965 Miss World USA title, and placed 1st runner-up to Lesley Langley of the United Kingdom at Miss World 1965.
Contents
Results
- Miss USA 1965: Sue Downey (Ohio)
- The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Jane Nelson (Arizona)
- 2nd runner-up: Judy Baldwin (New Mexico)
- 3rd runner-up: Julie Andrus (Kentucky)
- 4th runner-up: Dianna Lynn Batts (District of Columbia)
- The semi-finalists were:
- Leigh Sanford (Alabama)
- Kathryn Hage (California)
- Elithe Aguiar (Hawaii)
- Susan Pill (Michigan)
- Denyse Turner (Nevada)
- Gloria Jon (New York)
- Cheryl Semrad (Oklahoma)
- Vickie Harrison (South Carolina)
- Phyllis Johnson (Texas)
- Janice Sadler (Utah)
Special awards
- Congeniality (tie): Elizabeth Carroll (Minnesota) and Bonnie Perkins (Tennessee)
- Photogenic: Cheryl Semrad (Oklahoma)
Delegates
The Miss USA 1965 delegates were:
Alabama - Leigh Sanford
Alaska - Carla Sullivan
Arizona - Jane Nelson
Arkansas - Jeri Haynie
California - Kathryn Hage
Colorado - Cathy McPherson
Connecticut - Elizabeth Matsuko
Delaware - Shirl Chappell
District of Columbia - Diana Lynn Batts
Florida - Karol Kelly
Georgia - Judy Simpson
Hawaii - Elithe Aguiar
Idaho - no delegate
Illinois - Diane Gortz
Indiana - Lora Starr
Iowa - Mari Hardy
Kansas - Linda Bergsten
Kentucky - Julie Andrus
Louisiana - Terri Sommers
Maine - Georgia Wilson
Maryland - Barbara Keifer
Massachusetts - Mary Lou Volpe
Michigan - Susan Pill
Minnesota - Elizabeth Carroll
Mississippi - Madeline Scarbrough
Missouri - Barbara Brooks
Montana - Patricia Bradford
Nebraska - Constance Kellogg
Nevada - Denyse Turner
New Hampshire - Judy Morrison
New Jersey - Kay Franzen
New Mexico - Judy Baldwin
New York - Gloria Jon
North Carolina - Sandra Farmer
North Dakota - Patricia Dodge
Ohio - Sue Downey
Oklahoma - Cheryl Semrad
Oregon - Leslie Bruchner
Pennsylvania - Beverly Rudolph
Rhode Island - Paula Farrow
South Carolina - Vickie Harrison
South Dakota - no delegate
Tennessee - Bonnie Perkins
Texas - Phyllis Johnson
Utah - Janice Sadler
Vermont - Andrea Kenyon
Virginia - Mary Montgomery
Washington - no delegate
West Virginia - no delegate
Wisconsin - Judith Achtor
Wyoming - Linda Peck
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