| State |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Talent |
Placement |
Awards |
Notes |
|---|
 Alabama |
Marilyn Tate |
Haleyville |
21 |
Ventriloquism/Classical Vocal |
Top 10 |
|
|
 Arizona |
Marjorie Nylund |
Phoenix |
|
Dramatic Reading, "A Marine's Conversation" |
|
|
|
 Arkansas |
Sarah Martin |
Little Rock |
|
Classical Vocal |
|
|
|
 California |
Lee Meriwether |
San Francisco |
19 |
Dramatic Monologue from Riders to the Sea |
Winner |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
Actress, best known as Betty Jones in the 1970s television series Barnaby Jones |
 Canada |
Barbara Joan Markham |
Cornwall |
|
|
|
|
|
 Chicago |
Regina Dombeck |
Chicago |
|
Dramatic Monologue from Mary of Scotland by Maxwell Anderson |
Top 10 |
|
|
 Colorado |
Barbara Busey |
Denver |
|
Vocal/Dance |
|
|
|
 Connecticut |
Dorothy Hopkins |
Storrs |
|
Piano |
|
|
|
 Delaware |
Barbara Woodall |
Claymont |
|
Piano |
|
|
|
 District of Columbia |
Linda Weisbrod |
Washington, D.C. |
21 |
Classical Vocal, "O Mio Fernando" from La favorite |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
 Florida |
Ann Gloria Daniel |
Dade City |
18 |
Accordion, "Lady of Spain" |
1st runner-up |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
|
 Georgia |
Mary Jane Doar |
Macon |
19 |
Vocal Medley of songs by George Gershwin |
|
|
|
 Hawaii |
Kapiolani Miller |
Honolulu |
|
Hula |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 Idaho |
LaVonne Skalsky |
Nampa |
|
Dramatic Monologue, "Children of God" |
|
|
|
 Illinois |
Patsy Bruce |
Carbondale |
|
Dramatic Reading |
|
Miss Congeniality |
|
 Indiana |
Sue Eaton |
Monticello |
|
Art/Photo Display & Hula |
|
|
|
 Iowa |
Carol Morris |
Ottumwa |
18 |
Violin |
|
|
Later Miss Iowa USA 1956, Miss USA 1956, & Miss Universe 1956 |
 Kansas |
Phyllis Danielson |
Wichita |
|
Vocal |
|
|
|
 Kentucky |
Margaret Diane Hunt |
Lexington |
|
Dance |
|
|
|
 Louisiana |
Gail Gleason |
Shreveport |
|
Piano & Art |
|
|
|
 Maine |
Mary Ellen St. John |
Old Town |
|
Drama |
|
|
|
 Maryland |
Phyllis Yvonne Leftwich |
Dundalk |
|
Vocal |
|
|
|
 Massachusetts |
Judith Drake |
Fairhaven |
|
|
|
|
|
 Michigan |
Janice Hutton Somers |
Lansing |
|
Vocal, "You Made Me Love You" |
4th runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
 Minnesota |
Jeanne Reince |
Winona |
|
Classical Vocal |
|
|
|
 Mississippi |
Celeste Luckett |
Clarksdale |
|
Drama |
|
|
|
 Missouri |
Carole Wilkinson |
Maplewood |
|
Vocal |
|
|
|
 Nebraska |
Sue Welch Fisher |
Kearney |
|
Classical Vocal, "Un bel dì vedremo" from Madama Butterfly |
|
|
|
 Nevada |
Janice Babcock |
Reno |
|
Ballet, "Blues" |
|
|
|
 New Hampshire |
Mae Allen |
Epping |
|
Drama |
|
|
|
 New Jersey |
Joan Waller |
West Orange |
|
Vocal/Dance, "Singin' in the Rain" |
|
|
|
 New York City |
Heather Taferner |
New York City |
|
Classical Vocal, "L'Air des clochettes" from Lakmé |
|
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
 North Carolina |
Betty Ring |
Lexington |
|
Dramatic Monologue, "The Sleepwalking Scene" from Macbeth |
|
|
|
 North Dakota |
Delores Paulson |
Bismarck |
|
Violin, "Méditation" from Thaïs |
|
|
|
 Ohio |
Barbara Quinlin |
Alliance |
|
Classical Vocal, "Habanera" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
 Oklahoma |
Charlavan Baker |
Oklahoma City |
|
Dress Design |
|
|
|
 Oregon |
Diane Carman |
Milwaukie |
|
Drama, "This is America" |
|
|
|
 Pennsylvania |
Barbara Sue Nager |
Philadelphia |
|
Egyptian Ballet Dance, "Egyptian Suite" |
3rd runner-up |
|
|
 Puerto Rico |
María del Carmen Mejías |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Rhode Island |
Virginia Gregory |
Pawtucket |
|
Speech |
|
|
|
 South Carolina |
Rankin Suber |
Whitmire |
19 |
Monologue, "Air Corps" |
2nd runner-up |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
|
 South Dakota |
Cleo Ann Harrington |
Colman |
|
Classical Vocal |
|
|
|
 Tennessee |
Gerry Johnson |
Nashville |
|
Vocal/Character Pantomime, "The Deadwood Stage" |
Top 10 |
|
|
 Texas |
Yvonne Erwin |
Dallas |
|
Piano & Art |
|
|
|
 Utah |
Maurine Parker |
Ogden |
|
Drama, "Anne of the Thousand Days" |
|
|
|
 Vermont |
Annabelle Pinkham |
Brattleboro |
|
Drama |
|
|
|
 Virginia |
Julie Ann Bruening |
Swoope |
|
Charcoal Sketch of "The Statue of Liberty" |
|
|
|
 Washington |
Frances Graham |
Spokane |
|
Vocal |
|
|
|
 West Virginia |
Miriam Reep |
Clarksburg |
|
Dance |
|
|
|
 Wisconsin |
Dixie Sarchet |
Stevens Point |
19 |
Modern Dance, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" |
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