| State
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Name
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Hometown
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Age
|
Talent
|
Placement
|
Awards
|
Notes
|
 Alabama
|
Marilyn Tate
|
Haleyville
|
21
|
Ventriloquism/Classical Vocal
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Arizona
|
Marjorie Nylund
|
Phoenix
|
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Dramatic Reading, "A Marine's Conversation"
|
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 Arkansas
|
Sarah Martin
|
Little Rock
|
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Classical Vocal
|
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 California
|
Lee Merriwether
|
San Francisco
|
19
|
Dramatic Monologue from Riders to the Sea
|
Winner
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
Actress best known as Betty Jones in the 1970's TV series Barnaby Jones
|
 Canada
|
Barbara Joan Markham
|
Cornwall
|
|
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 Chicago
|
Regina Dombeck
|
Chicago
|
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Dramatic Monologue from Mary of Scotland by Maxwell Anderson
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Colorado
|
Barbara Busey
|
Denver
|
|
Vocal/Dance
|
|
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 Connecticut
|
Dorothy Hopkins
|
Storrs
|
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Piano
|
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 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
|
Gertrude Kapi'olani Miller
|
Honolulu
|
|
Hula
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Idaho
|
LaVonne Skalsky
|
Nampa
|
|
Dramatic Monologue, "Children of God"
|
|
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|
 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
|
|
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|
 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
|
Polly Suber
|
Greenville
|
|
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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