Miss USA 1963 was the 12th Miss USA pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida on July 17, 1963. This was the first Miss USA to be broadcast on television, first aired on CBS.
At the end of the event, Macel Wilson of Hawaii crowned Marite Ozers of Illinois as Miss USA 1963. Latvian-born Ozers was the first woman born outside the United States to win the title, and the second delegate from Illinois to do so. Ozers later competed at Miss Universe and was named one of the fifteen semi-finalists.
Contestants from forty-two states and the District of Columbia competed in the pageant.
Results
Placements PlacementContestantMiss USA 1963Illinois – Marite Ozers1st runner-upDistrict of Columbia – Michele Metrinko2nd runner-upMissouri – Sandra Marlin3rd runner-upColorado – Rhea Looney4th runner-upCalifornia - Francine HerackTop 15Alabama – Dinah Armstrong Arizona – Diane McGarry Massachusetts – Sandra Smith Michigan – Pamela Sands Nevada – Kathee Francis New Mexico – Sandra Fullingim New York – Jeanne Quinn Oklahoma – Roberta Mosier South Carolina – Cecelia Yoder Tennessee – Bobbie Morrow
Contestants Forty-three contestants competed for the title. State/DistrictContestant AgeHometown NotesAlabamaDinah Irene Armstrong19MontgomeryAlaskaNina Whaley19FairbanksArizonaDiane McGarry20PhoenixArkansasCheryl Jane Bechtelheimer19CamdenCaliforniaFrancine Cheryl Herack19HollywoodColoradoRhea Looney19DenverConnecticutGail Dinan19HartfordDelawareSusan Kowalski18NewportDistrict of ColumbiaMichele Bettina Metrinko18Washington, D.C.Later Miss USA World 1963Semi-finalist at Miss World 1963Sister of Marsha Metrinko, Miss Maryland USA 1963Candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2010 U.S. House of Representatives election in Delaware for Delaware's at-large congressional districtFloridaLinda Egland18South MiamiGeorgiaBrenda Seagraves19WintervilleHawaiiSusan Molina18HonoluluLater Miss Hawaii World 1963Semi-finalist at Miss USA World 1963IllinoisMarite Ozers19ChicagoPreviously Miss Chicago World 1962Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1963IndianaVickie Little20IndianapolisIowaRamona Kathleen Meylor23Le MarsKansasDiane Victoria Stalker21WichitaKentuckyMary Ann Arnold20Calvert CityLouisianaMargaret Susan "Peggy" Romero18KaplanMaineLaurel Ann Barker21PortlandMarylandMarsha Barbara Metrinko21LaurelLater Miss New York City at Miss America 1964Sister of Michele Metrinko, Miss District of Columbia USA 1963MassachusettsSandra Smith23Newton Upper FallsMichiganPamela Lee Sands19LudingtonMississippiJoan Kinnebrew19HattiesburgCompeted at Miss Dixie 1964MissouriSandra Lee Marlin19SpringfieldNebraskaSandy Zimmer–KearneyReplaced Cheryl Warden due to publicity issuesNevadaKathee Francis20Las VegasNew HampshireJohnnye McLeod18HamptonNew JerseyJudy Kay Ayers–SalemNew MexicoSandra Fullingim18AlbuquerqueNew YorkJeanne Marie Quinn19East MeadowLater Miss USA World 1964Semi-finalist at Miss World 1964Named 1st runner up at Miss American Beauty 1964North CarolinaTrudy Ann Cauthen–NewtonOhioGloria Jean McBride21ColumbusReplaced Andrea Getzlaff for being underageOklahomaRoberta Ann Mosier19TulsaOregonJoset Fisher20PortlandPennsylvaniaDeborah Cardonick19PhiladelphiaRhode IslandRosemary Jane Dickinson19ProvidenceSouth CarolinaCecelia Yoder20LancasterCompeted at Miss USA World 1963TennesseeBobbie Lynn Morrow26MemphisTexasCheryl Rene Wilburn18HoustonUtahCarla Ann Dinius22Salt Lake CityVermontEllen Centerbar–North BenningtonWest VirginiaNina Lou Denton–MarmetWisconsinLynn Korchunoff18Milwaukee
Notes
References
External links