Miss America 1968
Miss America 1968 | |
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Date | September 9, 1967 |
Presenters | Bert Parks |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | NBC |
Winner | Debra Dene Barnes Kansas |
← 1967 1969 → |
Miss America 1968, the 41st Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9, 1967[1] on NBC Network.
Results
Placements
Placement | Contestant |
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Miss America 1968 |
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1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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3rd Runner-Up |
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4th Runner-Up |
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Top 10 |
Order of announcements
Top 10
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Awards
Preliminary awards
Awards | Contestant |
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
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Other awards
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Miss Congeniality |
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Non-finalist Talent |
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Contestants
State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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Alabama | Becky Alford | Birmingham | 20 | Vocal, "Ain't This a Pretty Night" from Susannah | |||
Alaska | Penny Thomasson | Spenard | 19 | Recitation & Song, "Let's Go to Alaska" | |||
Arizona | Bea Willis | Phoenix | 19 | Vocal, "Wouldn't it be Loverly" from My Fair Lady | |||
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 | |||
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" | |||
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" |
References
- ^ Associated Press (1967-09-10). "Kansas Beauty is Miss America". Tuscaloosa News. p. 1.
External links
- Miss America official website
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