| State
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Name
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Hometown
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Age
|
Talent
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Placement
|
Awards
|
Notes
|
 Alabama
|
Becky Alford
|
Birmingham
|
20
|
Vocal, "Ain't This a Pretty Night" from Susannah
|
|
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|
 Alaska
|
Penny Thomasson
|
Spenard
|
19
|
Recitation & Song, "Let's Go to Alaska"
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|
|
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 Arizona
|
Bea Willis
|
Phoenix
|
19
|
Vocal, "Wouldn't it be Loverly" from My Fair Lady
|
|
|
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 Arkansas
|
Sharon Evans
|
North Little Rock
|
20
|
Vocal/Dance, "Mame" from Mame
|
|
Miss Congeniality
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 California
|
Karen Pursell
|
Lindsay
|
22
|
Vocal, "Much More" from The Fantasticks
|
|
|
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 Colorado
|
Tia Tyler
|
Golden
|
20
|
Dramatic Reading, "Queendom Sequence" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
|
|
Miss Congeniality
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Connecticut
|
Diane Bylo
|
Norwalk
|
21
|
Vocal, "Heaven Hop"
|
|
|
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 Delaware
|
Susan Alice Levens
|
Dover
|
18
|
Vocal, "Who Will Buy" from Oliver!
|
|
|
|
 Florida
|
Dawn Cashwell
|
Pensacola
|
22
|
Baton Twirling, "Blue Tango"
|
4th runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
Contestant at National Sweetheart 1963 representing Georgia
|
 Georgia
|
Sandra McRee
|
Atlanta
|
19
|
Classical Vocal, "Caro Mio Ben"
|
|
|
|
 Hawaii
|
Robin Engel
|
Honolulu
|
21
|
Piano, "Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse" by Aaron Copland
|
|
|
Sister of Georgia Engel
|
 Idaho
|
Kristine Phillips
|
Rupert
|
19
|
Organ Medley, "Tico Tico", "Dark Eyes", & "The Shadow of Your Smile"
|
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 Illinois
|
Kathryn Myers
|
Aurora
|
20
|
Dramatic Reading from Ion
|
|
|
|
 Indiana
|
Mary Haglund
|
Indianapolis
|
19
|
Figure Skating, "Swan Lake" & "The Shadow of Your Smile"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Iowa
|
Lynda Jean Formanek
|
Belle Plaine
|
23
|
Character Portrayal from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Kansas
|
Deborah Dene Barnes
|
Moran
|
20
|
Piano, "Born Free"
|
Winner
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 Kentucky
|
Jo-Anne Clark
|
Louisville
|
19
|
Vocal/Guitar, "Unchained Melody"
|
|
|
|
 Louisiana
|
Genevieve Del Gallo
|
New Orleans
|
21
|
Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Dì" from Madama Butterfly
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Maine
|
Linda Christine Livanda
|
Cape Elizabeth
|
19
|
Original Recitation & Dance, "Dance of the Decades"
|
|
|
|
 Maryland
|
Ingrid Christine Larson
|
Ellicott City
|
20
|
Piano, "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Massachusetts
|
Maria Lynn Chaffee
|
Waltham
|
18
|
Ballet & Jazz Toe Dance, "Do I Hear a Waltz?", "Georgy Girl", & "One of Those Songs"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Michigan
|
Toni Jo Abbenante
|
East Grand Rapids
|
19
|
Dramatic Reading, "Then You'll Remember Me" by Grace Atkinson
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Minnesota
|
Charlotte Sims
|
St. Paul
|
19
|
Acrobatic Dance, "Ebb Tide"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Mississippi
|
Joan Myers
|
Forest
|
20
|
Speech & Display of Original Art, "Doctor Zhivago"
|
1st runner-up
|
|
|
 Missouri
|
Ronnee Brunk
|
St. Louis
|
19
|
Vocal, "I Feel a Song Coming On"
|
|
|
|
 Montana
|
Linda Rhein
|
Helena
|
20
|
Original Piano Composition, "What the West Contributed to America"
|
|
|
|
 Nebraska
|
Terry Lee Schmidt
|
Lincoln
|
18
|
Drawing & Reading, "What is a Girl?" by Alan Beck
|
|
|
|
 Nevada
|
Vicky Landeck
|
Reno
|
18
|
Dramatic Reading, "Ruth, the Moabitess" by N.A. Truell
|
|
|
|
 New Hampshire
|
Sheila Scott
|
North Hampton
|
19
|
Vocal, "We Need a Little Christmas"
|
|
Miss Congeniality
|
|
 New Jersey
|
Linda Ann Wilmer
|
Laurel Springs
|
18
|
Classical Vocal, "Quando m'en vò" from La bohème
|
|
|
|
 New Mexico
|
Rosemary Brown
|
Carlsbad
|
20
|
Vocal, "This is My Song"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 New York
|
Kari Pedersen
|
Staten Island
|
21
|
Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 North Carolina
|
Sarah Stedman
|
Asheboro
|
22
|
Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 North Dakota
|
Wanda Lou Lowry
|
Bismarck
|
18
|
Classical Vocal, "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette
|
|
|
|
 Ohio
|
Pamela Robinson
|
Dayton
|
22
|
Vocal, "Oh, to be a Movie Star" from The Apple Tree
|
|
|
Previously Ohio's Junior Miss 1963
3rd runner-up at America's Junior Miss 1963
|
 Oklahoma
|
Carolyn Denton
|
Muskogee
|
19
|
Vocal, "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows"
|
|
|
|
 Oregon
|
Christine Beach
|
Pendleton
|
18
|
Vocal, "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady
|
|
|
|
 Pennsylvania
|
Doris Ann Lausch
|
Lancaster
|
20
|
Vocal, "Love in a Home" from Li'l Abner
|
|
|
|
 Rhode Island
|
Marilyn Cocozza
|
North Providence
|
19
|
Piano/Vocal, "I Have Confidence" from The Sound of Music
|
3rd runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
Previously Rhode Island's Junior Miss 1966
|
 South Carolina
|
Peggy White
|
Fountain Inn
|
23
|
Organ Medley, "Spanish Flea" & "Flight of the Bumblebee"
|
|
|
|
 South Dakota
|
Sally Jo Iverson
|
Branden
|
20
|
Original Reading, "Tomorrow's Game"
|
|
|
|
 Tennessee
|
Linda Workman
|
Martin
|
18
|
Vocal, "I Don't Care"
|
|
|
Mother of Miss Tennessee 1995, Alison Shumate
|
 Texas
|
Molly Grubb
|
Fort Worth
|
20
|
Ballet en Pointe, "La Périchole"
|
|
|
|
 Utah
|
Patricia Soutas
|
Salt Lake City
|
20
|
Magic Act & Original Vocal, "Everyone Has Magic"
|
|
|
|
 Vermont
|
Kathleen Rowley
|
Williston
|
19
|
Vocal Presentation of an Original Song, "The Bigness of Being Small"
|
|
|
|
 Virginia
|
Barbara Yost
|
Roanoke
|
19
|
Piano, "Grande valse brillante in E-flat Major"
|
|
|
|
 Washington
|
Lynda Kilp
|
White Center
|
19
|
Vocal Medley, "One Boy" & "A Lot of Livin' to Do" from Bye Bye Birdie
|
|
|
|
 West Virginia
|
Helen Morgan
|
Lewisburg
|
19
|
Toe & Acrobatic Dance, "Teakwood Nocturne" by Roger Williams
|
|
|
|
 Wisconsin
|
Barbara Burk Baugh
|
Brookfield
|
20
|
Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival!
|
2nd runner-up
|
|
|
 Wyoming
|
Patricia Martínez
|
Torrington
|
18
|
Classical Vocal, "Les Filles de Cadix"
|
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