Miss USA 1960

Miss USA 1960
Date	July 7, 1960
Presenters	Charles Collingwood
Venue	Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Entrants	45
Placements	15
Winner	Linda Bement; Utah

Miss USA 1960, the ninth Miss USA pageant, was won by Linda Bement of Utah who later became Miss Universe 1960. She was crowned by Miss USA 1959, Terry Huntingdon of California. Utah became the first state to have two titleholders, after Charlotte Sheffield was named Miss USA 1957 following the disqualification of Mary Leona Gage.

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss USA 1960	Utah – Linda Bement
1st runner-up	New York – Mary Rodite
2nd runner-up	Alabama – Margaret Jo Gordon
3rd runner-up	North Carolina – Lyndia Ann Tarleton
4th runner-up	Florida – Nancy Wakefield
Top 15	California – Teri Janssen Connecticut – Joyce Trautwig Iowa – Trudy Shulkin Louisiana – Judy Fletcher Massachusetts – Barbara Feldman Michigan – Judith Richards Missouri – Marilyn Jean Stalcup New Jersey – Sandy Chudy Ohio – Corrine Huff West Virginia – Garnett Pugh

Historical significance

Utah wins competition for the second time. Incidentally, Bement went on to become the third woman from the USA to win the Miss Universe title in 1960.
New York earns the 1st runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1954.
Alabama earns the 2nd runner-up position for the third time. The last time it placed this was in 1958.
North Carolina earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
Florida earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Alabama, California, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, New York and West Virginia.
California and New York placed for the fourth consecutive year.
Alabama, Florida and Louisiana placed for the third consecutive year.
Iowa, Missouri and West Virginia made their second consecutive placement.
Utah last placed in 1958.
Massachusetts and Ohio last placed in 1957.
Michigan, New Jersey and North Carolina last placed in 1956.
Connecticut last placed in 1954.
Georgia breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1958.
Texas breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1953.

Delegates

The Miss USA 1960 delegates were:

Alabama – Margaret Gordon
Alaska – Evelyn Bly
Arizona – Virginia Crook
Arkansas – Gene Chambers
California – Teri Janssen
Colorado – Karen Eickermann
Connecticut – Joyce Trautwig
Delaware – Rose Anne Reed
District of Columbia – Doris Lee Jones
Florida – Nancy Wakefiled
Georgia – Cecilia Upton
Hawaii – Gordean Lee (withdrew from competition)
Idaho – Margie Davis
Illinois – Patricia Thompson
Indiana – June Cochran
Iowa – Trudy Shulkin
Kansas – Peggy Patterson
Kentucky – Barbara Joan Lovins
Louisiana – Judy Fletcher
Maine – Terry Suzanne Tripp
Maryland – Jerri Fiorilli
Massachusetts – Barbara Feldman
Michigan – Judith Richards

Missouri – Marilyn Jean Stalcup
Montana – Joanne Lane
New Hampshire – Joan Joyce Chesleing
New Jersey – Sandy Chudy
New Mexico – Kaye Smith
New York – Mary Rodite
North Carolina – Lyndia Ann Tarleton
North Dakota – Twila Fleckton
Ohio – Corrine Huff
Oklahoma – Suzanna Moore
Pennsylvania – Betsy Reeves
Rhode Island – Lorelie Sue White
South Carolina – Margaret Thompson
South Dakota – Patricia Klith
Tennessee – Christine McSwain
Texas – Pat Cloud
Utah – Linda Bement
Vermont – Carole Mary Demas
Virginia – Elizabeth Betty Noreen Fulford
West Virginia – Garnett Pugh
Wisconsin – Sharyn Chalik
Wyoming – Anita Simon

No state delegates sent: Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.

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