Miss America 1962 Explained

Winner:Maria Fletcher
Date:September 9, 1961
Presenters:Bert Parks
Entrants:55
Placements:10
Venue:Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster:CBS
Before:1961
Next:1963

Miss America 1962, the 35th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9, 1961, and was broadcast on CBS.

According to Nielsen ratings, the pageant is the highest rated Miss America telecast on record. It is also ranked among the top 100 television events of all time. Maria Fletcher became the first entry representing North Carolina to win the crown.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss America 1962
1st Runner-Up
  • – Frances Jane Anderson
2nd Runner-Up
  • – Carolyn DeAnn Lasater
3rd Runner-Up
  • – Linda Jacklyn Loftis
4th Runner-Up
  • – Nancee Ann Parkinson
Top 10
  • – Delores Hodgens
  • – Susan Ann Henryson
  • – Joan Whitney Vine
  • – Joanna Katherine Lester
  • – Myrtice Lee Conn

Awards

Preliminary awards

AwardsContestant
Lifestyle and Fitness
Talent

Other awards

AwardsContestant
Miss Congeniality
Non-finalist Talent

Contestants

!State!Name!Hometown!Age!Talent!Placement!Awards!Note
AlabamaDelores HodgensBessemer23Classical Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12"Top 10
AlaskaJean Ann HolmFairbanks19Monologue with Modeling
ArizonaSusan WebbPrescott19Original Dramatic Composition, "My Heritage: The Stars"
ArkansasFrances AndersonPine Bluff19Vocal, "I Enjoy Being a Girl"1st runner-upPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
CaliforniaSusan HenrysonFresno19Vocal, "You've Got to See Momma Every Night"Top 10Preliminary Talent Award

Miss Congeniality

CanadaConnie Gail FellerOttawa20
ChicagoNancy KesslerOak Park18Modern Dance
ColoradoJane McBurneyDenver18Piano, "Malagueña"
ConnecticutKaren SealiseGlastonbury18Sermon based on Sermon on the Mount
DelawareRobin Jane WhemperWilmington18Vocal & Dance, "That's What Makes Paris Paree" from April in ParisNon-finalist Talent Award
District of ColumbiaScarlett ShinaultSilver Spring, MD20Vocal, "I Cain't Say No"Non-finalist Talent Award
FloridaSherry GrimesSarasota18Vocal, "My Man's Gone Now"
GeorgiaGlenda BrunsonSavannah18Spanish Dance
HawaiiJoan Whitney VineHonolulu18Vocal Medley, "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" & "Thou Swell"Top 10
IdahoLaVerda GarrisonNampa18Dramatic Monologue, "The Yellow Wallpaper"
IllinoisJacqueline BingertWinthrop Harbor21Tap Dance & India Ink Sketching
IndianaKathleen BurkeTerre Haute18Musical Monologue & Fashion ShowNon-finalist Talent Award
IowaPatti WhalenClinton18Vocal Medley, "I Feel Pretty" & "Tonight" from West Side Story
KansasCarolyn Jane ParkinsonScott City20Musical Reading, "Hello Kansas"
KentuckyLee GrigsbyBardstown18Vocal, "Summertime"
LouisianaLyndra Frances PateShreveport20Vocal, "The House I Live in"
MaineDawne Frances ChristieGray21Piano, 'Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11"Non-finalist Talent Award
MarylandPatricia Ann MoonBethesda18Modern Jazz Dance
MassachusettsNona SmithFairhaven18Dramatic Reading
MichiganKaren SouthwayWyoming18Vocal, "Someone to Watch Over Me"
MinnesotaNancee ParkinsonWest St. Paul18Modern Calypso Jazz Dance4th runner-upPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
MississippiAnnice JerniganNew Albany21Piano Medley
MissouriSarah BurnsCaruthersville20Vocal/Dance, "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie
MontanaJoanna LesterMissoula20Vocal Medley, "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" & "There Once was a Man" from The Pajama GameTop 10
NebraskaNancy Lee ForemanAlbion20Dramatic Reading, "Such is Your Heritage"
NevadaSherry WagnerReno19Tap Dance, "Oh Them Golden Slippers"
New HampshireAnnette LambertClaremont18Saxophone, "Valse Vanite" by Rudy Wiedoeft
New JerseyMarilyn HauflerWatchung18Comedic Monologue
New MexicoMyrtice ConnClovis21Comedic Monologue, "Phonetic Punctuation" by Victor BorgeTop 10
New YorkKathryn ModenBuffalo20Dramatic Reading from A Midsummer Night's Dream
New York CityMaryann HillyerNew York City20Vocal, "The Song is You"
North CarolinaMaria FletcherAsheville19Tap Dance to a recorded version of herself singing "Somebody Loves Me"WinnerPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
North DakotaDiane UlvedalGrand Forks18Piano, "Gavotte in B Major" by Bach
OhioDarlene DepasqualeDayton18Comedy Skit, "Betty at the Baseball Game"
OklahomaDana Darlene RenoStigler20Oration with Indian Sign Language
OregonJody BourneSalem20Interpretive Ballet
PennsylvaniaE. Lynn MaloneyKing of Prussia20Charcoal Drawing Display & Pantomime Routine
Puerto RicoRosita GiustiNon-finalist Talent Award

Miss Congeniality

Rhode IslandCheryl HirstGreenville18Ventriloquism & Organ, "This Can't be Love"Non-finalist Talent Award
South CarolinaJanet McGeeGreenville20Vocal, "Ave Maria"
South DakotaRejean BowarFaulkton21Piano, Vocal, & Narration of Original Monologue
TennesseeRita WilsonHumboldt20Vocal, "I'm Doing Alright for a Country Gal"Previously National Sweetheart 1959
TexasLinda LoftisFort Worth19Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata3rd runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
UtahCarolyn DeAnn LasaterSalt Lake City19Pantomime Dance, "My Life in a Day"2nd runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
VermontJanice ColeBinghamton, NY18Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet
VirginiaCharlotte ThomasRoanoke19Piano, "Malagueńa"
WashingtonGail HannukAberdeen18Piano, "Warsaw Concerto"
West VirginiaCarole JohnsonRivesville21Vocal & Dance, "Hey, Look Me Over" from Wildcat & "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" from Annie Get Your GunLater Miss West Virginia World 1962
WisconsinDiane AndersonEau Claire19Violin & Ballet en Pointe, "The Swan"
WyomingMary OttSheridan19Dramatic Reading, "The Bride"

References

  1. News: Rob . Neufeld . Portrait of the past: Miss America parade . Citizen Times . January 15, 2015.

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