Miss USA 1960 was the ninth Miss USA pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida on July 7, 1960.

At the end of the event, Linda Bement of Utah was crowned by Terry Huntingdon of California as Miss USA 1960.[1] It is the second victory of Utah in the pageant's history. Bement later competed at Miss Universe and won.[2]

Contestants from 45 states and cities competed in this year's pageant. The competition was hosted by Charles Collingwood.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss USA 1960
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 15

Contestants

45 contestants competed for the title.

State/CityContestantAge[a]HometownNotes
AlabamaMargaret Jo Gordon[4]22HomewoodCompeted in the Miss United States 1960 pageant[5]
AlaskaEvelyn Bly[6]23Fairbanks
ArizonaVirginia Crook18Phoenix
ArkansasGene Chambers[7]18DanvilleMarried to Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys
CaliforniaTeri Janssen[8]18Los Angeles
ColoradoKaren Eickermann19Littleton
ConnecticutJoyce Elain Trautwig[4]19Hartford
DelawareRose Anne Reed–Wilmington
District of ColumbiaDoris Lee Jones–Washington, D.C.
FloridaNancy Wakefield[4]19Winter Haven
GeorgiaCecilia Upton[9]19Rockmart
IdahoMargie Davis[10]22Pocatello
IllinoisPatricia Thompson21Chicago
IndianaJune Cochran18IndianapolisLater Miss Indiana World 1962
Competed in the Miss USA World 1962 pageant
Later Playboy Playmate of the Year 1963
IowaTrudy Shulkin[11]21Sioux City
KansasPeggy Patterson21Kansas City
KentuckyBarbara Joan Lovins[12]19Alexandria
LouisianaJudy Rebecca Fletcher[13]18Alexandria
MaineTerry Tripp–LewistonPreviously Miss Maine 1958
MarylandJerri Fiorilli[14]–Baltimore
MassachusettsBarbara Gale Feldman[4]20Natick
MichiganJudith Richards[15]19Dearborn
MissouriMarilyn Jean Stalcup[16]20Normandy
MontanaJoanne Lane––
New HampshireJoan Joyce Chesleing–Hampstead
New JerseySandra "Sandy" Chudy[17]20Bound Brook
New MexicoKaye Smith[18]18Albuquerque
New YorkMary Rodites[19]19Port Jefferson
North CarolinaLyndia Ann Tarleton[4]19Wingate
North DakotaTwila Fleckton19Drayton
OhioCorrine Huff19YoungstownReplaced Kathy Justice as Miss Ohio
First African-American representing an American state in the pageant[20]
OklahomaSuzanna Moore[21]18Oklahoma City
PennsylvaniaBetsy Reeves[22]18Newtown
Rhode IslandLorelei White20Cranston
South CarolinaMargaret Thompson–Sumter
South DakotaPatricia Klith20Sioux Falls
TennesseeChristine McSwain[23]22Memphis
TexasPat Cloud[24]20Houston
UtahLinda Jeanne Bement[25]18Salt Lake CityMiss Universe 1960
VermontCarole Mary Demas–Burlington
VirginiaElizabeth Noreen Fulford[26]18Norfolk
West VirginiaCarole Garnett Pugh[27]18Queen Shoals
WisconsinSharyn Chalik[28]19Milwaukee
WyomingAnita Simon–Cheyenne

Notes

  1. ^ Ages at the time of the pageant

References

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  2. ^ "Miss Universe and runners-up". The Spokesman-Review. 11 July 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 19 July 2023. – via Google News Archive
  3. ^ MacFeely, F. T. (7 July 1960). "Miss U.S.A. will be chosen tonight". The Daily Tribune. p. 11. Retrieved 22 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  4. ^ "15 beauties enter semifinals of contest to name Miss USA". Lewiston Morning Tribune. 7 July 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 10 August 2023. – via Google News Archive
  5. ^ "Here are statistics on beauty entrants". Sunday Herald. 9 October 1960. p. 12. Retrieved 10 August 2023. – via Google News Archive
  6. ^ "Evelyn Bly crowned Miss Alaska here". Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. 12 March 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  7. ^ "Miss Missouri and Miss Arkansas". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 4 July 1960. p. 30. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  8. ^ "Fairest of the fair". The Sacramento Bee. 20 June 1960. p. 12. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  9. ^ "Queen of the chicks". The Atlanta Constitution. 11 June 1960. p. 3. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  10. ^ "Miss Universe hopeful". Idaho State Journal. 1 May 1960. p. 36. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  11. ^ "Sioux City's Trudy is 'Miss Iowa'". Sioux City Journal. 27 June 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  12. ^ "Universal appeal". The Courier-Journal. 20 June 1960. p. 5. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  13. ^ "The new look". The Shreveport Journal. 24 June 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  14. ^ "Early defeat pays off". The Daily Times. 25 June 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
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  16. ^ "Miss Missouri". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 6 June 1960. p. 19. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  17. ^ "Suburban girl's a beauty". The Courier-News. 21 June 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  18. ^ "Miss New Mexico". The Albuquerque Tribune. 18 June 1960. p. 2. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  19. ^ "Delegate from New York". Evening World-Herald. 23 June 1960. p. 44. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  20. ^ "Mass confusion continues in Miss Universe beauty contest". Ocala Star-Banner. 7 July 1960. p. 18. Retrieved 10 August 2023. – via Google News Archive
  21. ^ "Oklahoma's Miss Universe entry". The Tulsa Tribune. 27 June 1960. p. 8. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  22. ^ "Miss Pennsylvania". Tri-City Herald. 1 July 1960. p. 2. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  23. ^ "Represents Tennessee". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. 4 July 1960. p. 51. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  24. ^ "Miss Texas". Times Record News. 13 June 1960. p. 8. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  25. ^ "Senior wins place in beauty test". The Salt Lake Tribune. 28 May 1960. p. 19. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  26. ^ Bennett, Rose (29 June 1960). "Virginian to join contest-bound beauties here". The Richmond News Leader. p. 27. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  27. ^ "State's top beauties". The Raleigh Register. 27 June 1960. p. 1. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com
  28. ^ "Miss Sharyn Chalik to represent state as Miss Wisconsin-Universe". Green Bay Press-Gazette. 6 June 1960. p. 14. Retrieved 20 July 2023. – via Newspapers.com