Miss America 1970

Miss America 1970, the 43rd Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1969.[1]

Miss America 1970
DateSeptember 6, 1969
PresentersBert Parks
VenueBoardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
BroadcasterNBC
WinnerPamela Eldred
Michigan

First runner-up Kathy Baumann became an actress, guest-starring in several television series, including a featured role in the January 5, 1974 episode of M*A*S*H. Second runner-up Susan Anton also became a successful actress and singer.

Results

Placements
Final results Contestant
Miss America 1970
1st runner-up
  • Ohio - Kathy Lynn Baumann
2nd runner-up (tie)
3rd runner-up
N/A
4th runner-up
Top 10

Preliminary awards
Awards Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness
Talent

Other awards
Awards Contestant
Non-finalist Talent
Miss Congeniality
Neat as a Pin Award

Delegates
StateNameHometownAgeTalentPlacementAwardsNotes
AlabamaAnn FowlerBirmingham21Vocal "Matchmaker, Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the RoofAlabama's Junior Miss 1966
AlaskaGwenn GreggAnchorage18Art & Poetry Interpretation "The Wonder of Color"
ArizonaKathleen EnnisTucson20Original Comedy Monologue "Interview with Cleopatra, Shirley Temple and Tiny Tim"
ArkansasMarilyn AllenNorth Little Rock20Acrobatic Ballet "Theme from Exodus"
CaliforniaSusan Ellen AntonYucaipa18Vocal "Get Happy" & "Put On a Happy Face"2nd runner-up (tie)
ColoradoAdria EastonBoulder21Baton Twirling "Medley from Funny Girl"Top 10
ConnecticutCarol Jean NorvalStafford Springs21Organ "St. Louis Blues"Preliminary Swimsuit
DelawareMargo EwingWilmington19Vocal Interpretation "My Mother's Wedding Day"
FloridaLynne Edea ToppingMarco Island20Ballet "Kismet"
GeorgiaMarilyn OlleyMarietta19Dramatic Interpretation & Dance "Romeo and Juliet"
HawaiiSheryl Hung Lan Lokelani AkakaHonolulu22Piano "Piano in E-flat Major"Top 10
IdahoDiana HopperstadTwin Falls19Folk Song w/Tambourine & Drum Solo "Both Sides, Now"
IllinoisDulcie ScriptureElgin20Piano "Khachaturian's Toccata"Non-finalist Talent
IndianaJill JacksonAnderson18Vocal/Dance "Much More" from The Fantasticks
IowaLois Koth[2]Alta20Pipe Organ "Toccata" by Charles-Marie WidorNon-finalist Talent
KansasMargo Sue SchroederHillsboro18Piano "Sunny"
KentuckyLouisa FlookRichmond20Dramatic Monologue from Little Moon of Alban by James Costigan
LouisianaSharon BranamanNew Iberia19Classical Vocal "Olympia's Aria" from The Tales of Hoffmann
MaineKirsten Elizabeth BellCaribou18Piano "Theme from The Apartment"
MarylandMargaret Elaine MackleCecilton21Dramatic Monologue
MassachusettsGeorgina HossfeldBurlington22Piano "Grieg's Piano Concerto" & "Bumble Boogie"Top 10
MichiganPamela EldredBirmingham21Ballet "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet"Miss America 1970
MinnesotaJudy MendenhallEdina18Flute "The Swiss Shepherd's Song" by Pietro Morlacchi4th runner-upPreliminary Talent
MississippiJane FosheeHattiesburg19Vocal/Soft Shoe Dance "Makin' Whoopee"Mississippi's Junior Miss 1967
MissouriFrances BiesemeyerNew Franklin18Art Presentation "Talk to the Animals"Non-finalist Talent
MontanaJeanne MeekBridger22Piano "Toccata" by Paul Ben-Haim
NebraskaJane Deliese BriggemanSeward21Musical Interpretation "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" & "Fantaisie-Impromptu"Miss Congeniality
NevadaKaren WastunYerington21Dramatic Presentation "Lizzie" from The Rainmaker
New HampshireCatherine ZanichkowskyNashua19Vocal Medley "Go Tell It on the Mountain" & "Blowin' in the Wind"
New JerseyCheryl CarterMatawan19Piano "Theme from An Affair to Remember"2nd runner-up (tie)
New MexicoPat BrummettHobbs21Classical Vocal "Caro Nome" from RigolettoTop 10Preliminary Talent
New YorkLinda TrybusSnyder20Song & Dance "Mary Poppins Medley"Top 10
North CarolinaPatricia JohnsonWinston-Salem20Semi-Classical Vocal from Porgy and BessNon-finalist Talent
North DakotaCharlene SeifertGascoyne21Comedy Monologue "Sleeping Beauty"
OhioKathy Lynn BaumannBowling Green19Gymnastics Dance "Those Were the Days"1st runner-upPreliminary Swimsuit
Preliminary Talent
OklahomaJeanne GambrellTulsa22Ballet/Jazz Dance "Hair" and "Aquarius" from Hair
OregonMargie Elaine HuhtaAstoria20Vocal Medley "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" & "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
PennsylvaniaTrudy Lee PedersenEtters18Vocal "The Sound of Music"
Rhode IslandJeanne BursleyBarrington20Vocal/Dance "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
South CarolinaBrantlee PriceNewberry19Vocal "Got a Lot o' Living to Do"
South DakotaNancy NickelsonBelle Fourche20Folk Singing & Guitar "If I Had Wings"
TennesseeMary CoxJohnson City20Semi-Classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New MoonNon-finalist Talent
TexasDana DowellWhite Oak19Drum Set "Cute"
UtahSusan NielsonSalt Lake City20Ballet "Eleven Studies for Eleven Players" by Ned Rorem
VermontBarbara SchmittSouth Hero21Comedy Reading "Archy and Mehitabel"
VirginiaSydney LewisHampton19Original Monologue "Prisoner at the Bar"Non-finalist Talent
WashingtonMarsha CoveyMoses Lake19Vocal Medley "Love Come Again" & "That's Life"
West VirginiaJudith ShoupGibsonia, PA22Vocal Medley & French Horn "Days of Wine and Roses", "A Taste of Honey" & "I've Gotta Be Me"Non-finalist Talent
WisconsinCindy MorganJanesville18Vocal "Old Devil Moon"
WyomingSandra GrimCasper20Vocal Medley "People", "I Gotta Be Me" & "Free Again"

Judges

References
  1. There she is: From 1921 to 2014, see the Miss America pageant through the years:1970
  2. List of Miss Iowa Winners
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