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Miss USA 1966 Date May 21, 1966 Venue Miami Beach, Florida Broadcaster CBS Entrants 49 Placements 15 Winner Maria Remenyi
California
Congeniality Linda Leafdale
Photogenic Maria Remenyi
Miss USA 1966, the 15th Miss USA pageant, was televised live from Miami Beach, Florida on May 21, 1966.
The pageant was won by Maria Remenyi of California, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Sue Downey of Ohio. Remenyi was the second woman from California to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as a semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1966.
Idaho and South Dakota did not send a delegate in 1966, making this the last Miss USA pageant in which not all states were represented. (The only subsequent pageant with fewer than 51 delegates in the live telecast – 1981 – resulted from a state representative being disqualified during the preliminary judging.)
Contents
Results
- Miss USA 1966: Maria Remenyi (California)
- The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Pat Denne (Connecticut)
- 2nd runner-up: Elaine Richards (Indiana)
- 3rd runner-up: Judy Slayton (North Dakota)
- 4th runner-up: Randy Beard (Florida)
- The semi-finalists were:
- Roxanne Neeley (Arizona)
- Sue Counts (District of Columbia)
- Judith Wolski (Hawaii)
- Roselaine Zetter (Maryland)
- Nancy Brackett (Massachusetts)
- Nancy Self (New York)
- Karen Dietz (Ohio)
- Mary Smith (Tennessee)
- Dorothy Pickens (Texas)
- Denice Blair (Utah)
Special awards
- Congeniality: Linda Leafdale (Wyoming)
- Photogenic: Maria Remenyi (California)
Delegates
The Miss USA 1966 delegates were:
Alabama - Susan Scott
Alaska - Elrita Blakensop
Arizona - Roxanne Neeley
Arkansas - Peggy Jones
California - Maria Remenyi
Colorado - Kim Kelly
Connecticut - Pat Denne
Delaware - Jacqueline Kalazinskas
District of Columbia - Sue Counts
Florida - Randy Beard
Georgia - Flora Goddard
Hawaii - Judith Wolski
Idaho - no delegate
Illinois - Cheryl Setser
Indiana - Elaine Richards
Iowa - Janis Mieras
Kansas - Pat Ravenscroft
Kentucky - Jennifer Burcham
Louisiana - Tanya Becnel
Maine - Susan Bartash
Maryland - Roselaine Zetter
Massachusetts - Nancy Brackett
Michigan - Kathleen Blascak
Minnesota - Patricia Thatcher
Mississippi - Jane Sutherland
Missouri - Martha Taylor
Montana - Carol Boetcher
Nebraska - Karen Weinfurtner
Nevada - Mary Martin
New Hampshire - Elaine Brandt
New Jersey - Jo Ann Franchi
New Mexico - Susan Franz
New York - Nancy Self
North Carolina - Brenda Moye
North Dakota - Judy Slayton
Ohio - Karen Dietz
Oklahoma - Melva Brown
Oregon - Sharon Gerritz
Pennsylvania - Barbara Levitt
Rhode Island - Barbara Williams
South Carolina - Joselyn Alarie
South Dakota - no delegate
Tennessee - Mary Smith
Texas - Dorothy Pickens
Utah - Denice Blair
Vermont - Peggy Eckert
Virginia - Beverly Johnson
Washington - Sandra Carlile
West Virginia - Annette Peery
Wisconsin - Janet Driscoll
Wyoming - Linda Leafdale
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