- Maria Remenyi
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Maria Remenyi Beauty pageant titleholder Born Maria Remenyi
1946 (age 64–65)
DenmarkHeight 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Measurements 35-23-35 (89-58-89) Hair color Brown Eye color Brown Title(s) Miss California USA 1966
Miss USA 1966Major
competition(s)Miss California USA 1966
(Winner)
Miss USA 1966
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1966
(Top 15)Maria Remenyi (born c. 1946 in Denmark) is a beauty queen who held the title of Miss USA 1966.
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Early life
Remenyi was born in Denmark and grew up in Hungary after her father was transferred to an army post there. She migrated to the United States in 1956 when her family escaped from the Hungarian revolt.[1]
Miss USA
Remenyi, residing in El Cerrito, California at the time, represented California at the Miss USA 1966 pageant held in Miami in May 1966. She was voted Miss Pixable by the press.[2] On 22 May 1966 she became the second Californian to win the Miss USA title.[3] In July she competed in the Miss Universe 1966 pageant, placing in the top fifteen.[4]
In 1973 Remenyi was invited to judge the Miss Universe 1973 pageant.[5]
Life after Miss USA
Prior to winning the Miss USA title she was a junior studying astrophysics at the University of California at Berkeley and was involved in bevatron research and computer programming at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.[6] She dropped out after winning Miss USA and transferred to Columbia University, stating that she had fallen in love with New York during her reign.[7]
References
- ^ Thompson, Ruth (1966-06-25). "Logistics a Problem as "Miss Universe" nears". Gettysburg Times. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c0wmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Gf8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2752,400609&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en.
- ^ Tucker, William (1966-05-20). "American Beauties Figure in Final". The Miami News. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vdUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VusFAAAAIBAJ&pg=678,1359674&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en.
- ^ "Californian Lass is Miss USA". The Tuscaloosa News. 1966-05-22. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z140AAAAIBAJ&sjid=GJsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1824,3438661&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en.
- ^ "New Miss Universe is Shipshape Swede". The Miami News. 1966-07-17. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=esMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dusFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4180,227222&dq=maria-remenyi+universe&hl=en.
- ^ "Miss USA title goes to Illinois". The Victoria Advocate. 1973-05-20. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lMccAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SVoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4111,2993634&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en.
- ^ Thompson, Ruth (1967-05-13). "Brainy Beauty Ready to Step Down as Miss USA". Gettysburg Times. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E1cmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZP8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2806,3947267&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en.
- ^ Associated Press (1967-02-28). "'Miss USA' leaving California for New York". Times Daily. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n_wrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=38YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2861,4668531&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en.
External links
Miss USA titleholders (1960–1979) Linda Bement (1960) · Sharon Brown (1961) · Macel Leilani Wilson (1962) · Mārīte Ozere (1963) · Bobbi Johnson (1964) · Sue Ann Downey (1965) · Maria Remenyi (1966) · Sylvia Hitchcock/Cheryl Patton (1967) · Dorothy Anstett (1968) · Wendy Dascomb (1969) · Deborah Shelton (1970) · Michele McDonald (1971) · Tanya Wilson (1972) · Amanda Jones (1973) · Karen Morrison (1974) · Summer Bartholomew (1975) · Barbara Peterson (1976) · Kimberly Tomes (1977) · Judi Andersen (1978) · Mary Therese Friel (1979)
Complete list · (1952–1959) · (1960–1979) · (1980–1999) · (2000–2019) Miss Photogenic award winners at the Miss USA pageant Sharon Brown (1961) · Maria Remenyi (1966) · Deborah Shelton (1970) · Liz Wickersham (1976) · Shannon Marketic (1992) · Kelly Hu (1993) · Patricia Southall (1994) · Ali Landry (1996) · Elyzabeth Pham (1999) · Katee Doland (2001) · Sarah Cahill (2003) · Tyler Willis (2005) · Cristin Duren (2006) · Rebecca Moore (2007) · Courtney Carroll (2008) · Jessi Pierson (2009)
California Pageant Winners Miss California Fay Lanphier (1924-25) · Phyllis Randall (1937) · Rosemary LaPlanche (1940-41) · Lucille Lambert (1942) · Jean Bartel (1943) · Marilyn Buferd (1946) · Lee Meriwether (1954) · Sandra Lynne Becker (1965) · Charlene Dallas (1966) · Susan Anton (1969) · Debra Maffett (1982) · Lisa Davenport (1985) · Wendy Berry (1989) · Paige Adams (1991) · Patricia Northrup (1992) · Lisa Michelle Duncan (1993) · Jennifer Hanson (1994) · Tiffany Stoker (1995) · Lyndsay Kahler (1996) · Rebekah Ann Keller (1997) · Danielle Coney (1998) · MaryAnne Sapio (1999) · Rita Ng (2000) · Stephanie Baldwin (2001) · Jennifer Glover (2002) · Nicole Lamarche (2003) · Veena Goel (2004) · Dustin-Leigh Konzelman (2005) · Jacquelynne Fontaine (2006) · Melissa Chaty (2007) · Jackie Geist (2008) · Arianna Afsar (2010) · Noelle Freeman (2011)Miss California USA Terry Huntingdon (1959) · Maria Remenyi (1966) · Summer Bartholomew (1975) · Julie Hayek (1983) · Kelly Parsons (1986) · Shannon Marketic (1992) · Shauna Gambill (1998) · Rebekah Ann Keller (2000) · Jennifer Glover (2001) · Candice Sanders (2003) · Ellen Chapman (2004) · Brittany Hogan (2005) · Tamiko Nash (2006) · Meagan Tandy (2007) · Raquel Beezley (2008) · Carrie Prejean (2009) · Tami Farrell (2009) · Nicole Michele Johnson (2010) · Alyssa Campanella/Katie Blair (2011)Miss California Teen USA Miss California's Outstanding Teen Arianna Afsar (2005)AL • AK • AZ • AR • CA • CO • CT • DE • FL • GA • HI • ID • IL • IN • IA • KS • KY • LA • ME • MD • MA • MI • MN • MS • MO • MT • NE • NV • NH • NJ • NM • NY • NC • ND • OH • OK • OR • PA • RI • SC • SD • TN • TX • UT • VT • VA • WA • WV • WI • WY Categories:- Miss USA winners
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