Miss USA 1960
Miss USA 1960, the ninth Miss USA pageant, was won by Linda Bement of Utah who later became Miss Universe 1960. She was crowned by Miss USA 1959, Terry Huntingdon of California. Utah became the first state to have two titleholders, after Charlotte Sheffield was named Miss USA 1957 following the disqualification of Mary Leona Gage.Results
Historical significance
- Utah wins competition for the second time. Incidentally, Bement went on to become the third woman from the USA to win the Miss Universe title in 1960.
- New York earns the 1st runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1954.
- Alabama earns the 2nd runner-up position for the third time. The last time it placed this was in 1958.
- North Carolina earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
- Florida earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
- States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Alabama, California, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Missouri, New York and West Virginia.
- California and New York placed for the fourth consecutive year.
- Alabama, Florida and Louisiana placed for the third consecutive year.
- Iowa, Missouri and West Virginia made their second consecutive placement.
- Utah last placed in 1958.
- Massachusetts and Ohio last placed in 1957.
- Michigan, New Jersey and North Carolina last placed in 1956.
- Connecticut last placed in 1954.
- Georgia breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1958.
- Texas breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1953.
Delegates
The Miss USA 1960 delegates were:
- Alabama – Margaret Gordon
- Alaska – Evelyn Bly
- Arizona – Virginia Crook
- Arkansas – Gene Chambers
- California – Teri Janssen
- Colorado – Karen Eickermann
- Connecticut – Joyce Trautwig
- Delaware – Rose Anne Reed
- District of Columbia – Doris Lee Jones
- Florida – Nancy Wakefiled
- Georgia – Cecilia Upton
- Hawaii – Gordean Lee
- Idaho – Margie Davis
- Illinois – Patricia Thompson
- Indiana – June Cochran
- Iowa – Trudy Shulkin
- Kansas – Peggy Patterson
- Kentucky – Barbara Joan Lovins
- Louisiana – Judy Fletcher
- Maine – Terry Suzanne Tripp
- Maryland – Jerri Fiorilli
- Massachusetts – Barbara Feldman
- Michigan – Judith Richards
- Missouri – Marilyn Jean Stalcup
- Montana – Joanne Lane
- New Hampshire – Joan Joyce Chesleing
- New Jersey – Sandy Chudy
- New Mexico – Kaye Smith
- New York – Mary Rodite
- North Carolina – Lyndia Ann Tarleton
- North Dakota – Twila Fleckton
- Ohio – Corrine Huff
- Oklahoma – Suzanna Moore
- Pennsylvania – Betsy Reeves
- Rhode Island – Lorelie Sue White
- South Carolina – Margaret Thompson
- South Dakota – Patricia Klith
- Tennessee – Christine McSwain
- Texas – Pat Cloud
- Utah – Linda Bement
- Vermont – Carole Mary Demas
- Virginia – Elizabeth Betty Noreen Fulford
- West Virginia – Garnett Pugh
- Wisconsin – Sharyn Chalik
- Wyoming – Anita Simon
No state delegates sent: Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon and Washington.
