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Miss USA 1966 Date May 21, 1966 Venue Miami Beach, Florida Broadcaster CBS Entrants 49 Placements 15 Winner Maria Remenyi
CaliforniaCongeniality 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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