- Miss USA 1968
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Miss USA 1968 Date May 18, 1968 Presenters Bob Barker Venue Miami Beach, Florida Broadcaster CBS Entrants 51 Placements 15 Winner Dorothy Anstett
WashingtonCongeniality Julia Pinkley Photogenic Kathy Hebert Miss USA 1968, the 17th Miss USA pageant, was televised live by CBS from Miami Beach, Florida on May 18, 1968.
The pageant was won by Dorothy Anstett of Washington, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Cheryl Patton of Florida. Anstett was the first – and to date only – woman from Washington to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1968.
Contents
Results
- Miss USA 1968: Dorothy Anstett (Washington)
- The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Paulette Reck (Maryland)
- 2nd runner-up: Kathy Landry (Nevada)
- 3rd runner-up: Kathy Hebert (Louisiana)
- 4th runner-up: Bonnie Tafoya (New Mexico)
- The semi-finalists were:
- Claudia Robinson (Alabama)
- Ann Smithwick (Arkansas)
- Suzanne Fromm (California)
- Janice Shilinsky (Connecticut)
- Carol Seymour (Hawaii)
- Virginia Clift (Michigan)
- June West (New York)
- Linda Hoyle (Ohio)
- Sandra Force (Tennessee)
- Laurie Burke (Virginia)
Special awards
Delegates
The Miss USA 1968 delegates were:
- Alabama - Claudia Robinson
- Alaska - Sharon Long
- Arizona - Shirley Sprague
- Arkansas - Ann Smithwick
- California - Suzanne Fromm
- Colorado - Ann Bell
- Connecticut - Janice Shilinksy
- Delaware - Diane Parker
- District of Columbia - Dianne Mothershead
- Florida - Leslie Bauer
- Georgia - Midge Ivie
- Hawaii - Carol Seymour
- Idaho - Anna Evanson
- Illinois - Sandra Wolsfeld
- Indiana - Nikki Peck
- Iowa - Markie Anderson
- Kansas - Anne Layton
- Kentucky - Julia Pinkley
- Louisiana - Kathy Hebert
- Maine - Cheryl Campell
- Maryland - Paulette Reck
- Massachusetts - Sonia Prince
- Michigan - Virginia Clift
- Minnesota - Arlene Larson
- Mississippi - Brenda Conerly
- Missouri - Jan Barton
- Montana - Christina Baker
- Nebraska - Linda Dresher
- Nevada - Kathy Landry
- New Hampshire - Deborah Steers
- New Jersey - Linda Papa
- New Mexico - Bonnie Tafoya
- New York - June West
- North Carolina - Kelli Moore
- North Dakota - Jewel Christensen
- Ohio - Linda Hoyle
- Oklahoma - Linda Bertozzi
- Oregon - Marsha Mayer
- Pennsylvania - Barbara Verlander
- Rhode Island - Betty Lou Whitmore
- South Carolina - Kathryn Knoy
- South Dakota - Byrean Blacksmith
- Tennessee - Sandra Force
- Texas - Jeannie Wilson
- Utah - Shelley Cannon
- Vermont - Susan Glynn
- Virginia - Laurie Burke
- Washington - Dorothy Anstett
- West Virginia - Patricia Coyne
- Wisconsin - Janice Kropps
- Wyoming - Penny Smathers
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