Miss USA World 1963 explained

Date:	August 31, 1963
Venue:	Huntington, West Virginia
Presenters:	Bob Hope
Entrants:	45
Placements:	15
Winner:	Michele Bettina Metrinko New York City, NY
Congeniality:	Rosalind Nelson Kentucky
Before:	1962
Next:	1964

Miss USA World 1963 was the 2nd edition of the Miss USA World pageant and it was held in Detroit, Michigan and was won by Michele Bettina Metrinko of New York City, NY. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Amedee Chabot of California. Metrinko went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 1963 Pageant in London later that year. She finished in the Top 14 at Miss World.^[1]

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss USA World 1963	New York City, NY – Michele Bettina Metrinko
1st Runner-Up	Alabama – Kathy Miller
2nd Runner-Up	Ohio – Diane Budan
3rd Runner-Up	Arkansas – Kathleen Barden
4th Runner-Up	Missouri - Sandy Bawol
Top 7	Kansas - Deborah Irene Bryant
Top 15	Boston, MA - Nancy Joan Brackett California - Shari Roark Florida - Lanita Gayle Kent Georgia - Judy Brown Hawaii - Susan Molina Illinois - Janice Hope Jordan Maine - Carol Prentice Faroni Massachusetts - Marion E. Sarristo West Virginia - Kay Rosencrance

Special awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	– Rosalind Nelson

Delegates

The Miss USA World 1963 delegates were:

• Alabama - Kathy Miller
• Arkansas - Kathleen Barden
• Atlantic City, NJ - Rose Ann Jacobson
• Baltimore, MD - Kathy Alexander
• Boardman, OH - Betsy Nittoli
• Boston, MA - Nancy Joan Brackett
• Bridgeport, CT - Vivienne Eileen Dargon
• California - Shari Roark
• Connecticut - Gloria Andronick
• Detroit, MI - Terry Lynn Stern
• District of Columbia - Nancy Bailey
• Florida - Lanita Gayle Kent
• Georgia - Judy Brown
• Hawaii - Susan Molina
• Idaho - Marolane Yellen
• Illinois - Janice Hope Jordan
• Indiana - Barbara Jean Eaglen
• Iowa - Peggi Ann Matzke
• Kansas - Deborah Irene Bryant
• Kentucky - Rosalind Nelson
• Los Angeles, CA - Annette Allen
• Louisiana - Mary Carmen Fredeman
• Maine - Carol Prentice Faroni
• Massachusetts - Marion E. Sarristo
• Michigan - Charlene McKinnon
• Minnesota - Karen E. Johnson
• Missouri - Sandy Bawol
• New Jersey - Patti Burd
• New York - Elyse K. Mars
• New York City, NY - Michele Bettina Metrinko
• Ohio - Diane Budan
• Oklahoma - Glynda Quinn
• Pennsylvania - Tina Marks
• Philadelphia, PA - Frances M. Dougherty
• South Carolina - Cecelia McBride Yoder
• Tennessee - Mary Jane Barber
• Texas - Diana Ketchell
• Utah - Jane McClellan
• Vermont - Susie Vankovich
• Virginia - Faye Miriam Amy Atkinson
• Washington - La Rayne Richards
• West Virginia - Kay Rosencrance

Notes

Did not Compete

Crossovers

Contestants who competed in other beauty pageants:

Miss USA

• 1963

New York City, NY: Michele Bettina Metrinko (1st Runner-Up; as )

• 1963

: Cecelia McBride Yoder (Top 15)

• 1963

: Susan Molina

• 1964

: Patricia Susan Marlin

• 1966

Boston, MA - Nancy Joan Brackett (Top 15; as )

Miss America

• 1966

: Deborah Irene Bryant (Winner)

Miss American Beauty (Miss U.S. International)

• 1964: : Diane Budan (2nd Runner-Up)

External links

• Miss World Official Website
• Miss World America Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miss World USA 1963-65 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130123145138/http://www.pageantopolis.com/nat_past/World_USA_1963-1965.htm . West . Donald . pageantopolis.com . January 23, 2013 . usurped.