Miss USA 1959

Miss USA 1959
Date	July 22, 1959
Venue	Long Beach, California
Entrants	46
Placements	15
Winner	Terry Huntingdon California

Miss USA 1959, the eighth Miss USA pageant, took place in Long Beach, California on July 22, 1959. The pageant was won by Terry Huntingdon of California, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Arlene Howell of Louisiana. Huntingdon was the first woman from California to win the Miss USA title, and the first to win in her home state. Two days after her victory, Huntingdon went on to place as 2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1959.

Results

• Miss USA 1959: Terry Huntingdon (California)
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Carelgean Douglas (Texas)
  • 2nd runner-up: Nanita Greene (Florida)
  • 3rd runner-up: Dorothy Taylor (Georgia)
  • 4th runner-up: Arlene Nesbitt (New York)
• The semi-finalists were:
  • Pat Sullivan (Alabama)
  • Donna Needham (Arkansas)
  • Dianne Gardner (Colorado)
  • Kay Nielson (Iowa)
  • Mary LoBianco (Louisiana)
  • Carolyn Komant (Maine)
  • Diane White (Maryland)
  • Barbara Stell (Missouri)
  • Joy Blaine (Nevada)
  • Wilda Estep (West Virginia)

Delegates

The Miss USA 1959 delegates were:

• Alabama - Pat Sullivan
• Alaska - Anna Lekanof
• Arizona - Patricia Varga
• Arkansas - Donna Needham
• California - Terry Huntingdon
• Colorado - Dianne Gardner
• Connecticut - Jayne Burghardt
• Delaware - Linda Humes
• District of Columbia - Shirley Hobbs
• Florida - Nanita Greene
• Georgia - Dorothy Taylor
• Idaho - Pat Sherburne
• Illinois - Arlene Kay
• Indiana - Anita Watkins
• Iowa - Kay Nielson
• Kentucky - Sherree Watkins
• Louisiana - Mary LoBianco
• Maine - Carolyn Komant
• Maryland - Diane White
• Massachusetts - Beatrice Duprey
• Michigan - Susan Westergaard
• Minnesota - Muriel Fairbanks
• Missouri - Barbara Stell

• Montana - Bar-Beth Smith
• Nebraska - Priscilla Eckrich
• Nevada - Joy Blaine
• New Hampshire - Nancy Gray
• New Jersey - Geraldine Binder
• New Mexico - Carol Jones
• New York - Arlene Nesbitt
• North Carolina - Peggy Brown
• North Dakota - Patricia McGinley
• Ohio - Marie di Carlo
• Oklahoma - Sondra Osborne
• Pennsylvania - Rhoda Kachiko
• Rhode Island - Gloria Ryder
• South Carolina - Mary Powell
• South Dakota - Jeannine Stratton
• Tennessee - Marcia Daniel
• Texas - Carelgean Douglas
• Utah - Melanie Canfield
• Vermont - Sandra Laquerre
• Virginia - Pat Poindexter
• Washington - Leah Robinson
• West Virginia - Wilda Estep
• Wisconsin - Charlene Krause

No state delegate: Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Wyoming

External links

• Miss USA official website