Miss America 1958, the 31st Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1957 on CBS.
The winner, Marilyn Van Derbur, who was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar at the University of Colorado, performed a medley of the songs "Tenderly" and "Tea for Two" on the organ during the talent competition. She later revealed it was the only thing she knew how to play.
Results
Placements
Placement Contestant Miss America 1958 – Marilyn Van Derbur 1st Runner-Up – Jody Shattuck 2nd Runner-Up – Nancy Denner 3rd Runner-Up – Lorna M. Anderson 4th Runner-Up – Dorothy Maria Steiner Top 10 – Lynn Freyse – Sara Cooper – Loni Gravelle – Elaine Herndon – Judith Hansen
Awards
Preliminary awards Awards Contestant Lifestyle and Fitness Arizona - Lynn Freyse Georgia - Jody Shattuck North Carolina - Elaine Herndon Talent Indiana - Gloria Ruth Rupprecht Missouri - Sara Cooper Oregon - Judith Hansen (tie) Pennsylvania - Jennie Rebecca Blatchford (tie)
Other awards Awards Contestant Miss Congeniality New Mexico - Glynnelle HubbardNon-finalist Talent Alabama - Anna Stange Connecticut - Susan Lightbown Idaho - Carene Clark Kentucky - Jane Brock Nebraska - Catherine "Kay" Nielson Utah - Francine Louise Felt Vermont - Joan Hewitt
Contestants
+StateNameHometownAgeTalentPlacementAwardsNotes AlabamaAnna StangeBirmingham20Monologue from Mourning Becomes ElectraNon-finalist Talent Award ArizonaLynn FreyseTucson20Dramatic Reading from The Country GirlTop 10Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness AwardLater starred in the TV series Hazel ArkansasSuzanne ScudderHot Springs18Vocal CaliforniaLorna AndersonSacramento18Accordion, "Dark Eyes"3rd runner-up CanadaJoan May FitzpatrickWindsor20Dramatic Reading ChicagoBette LiebChicago18Dramatic Monologue from Romeo and Juliet ColoradoMarilyn Van DerburDenver20Organ, "Tea for Two" & "Tenderly"Winner ConnecticutSusan LightbownFairfield18Vocal, "Wouldn't it be Loverly" from My Fair LadyNon-finalist Talent Award DelawareKathleen Ann D'AttillioWilimington19Piano District of ColumbiaJune CookArlington, VA20Piano, "Rhapsody in Blue" FloridaDorothy Maria SteinerBoca Raton20Dramatic Reading, "Such is Your Heritage"4th runner-up GeorgiaJody ShattuckAtlanta20Vocal & Dance, "Namely You" from Li'l Abner1st runner-upPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award HawaiiSandra Lei Lauhiwa ForsytheHonolulu19Hula IdahoCarene ClarkPocatello20Classical Vocal from Die FledermausNon-finalist Talent Award IllinoisJeannie BeachamDowners Grove20Drama, "The Great Debates" IndianaGloria RupprechtValparaiso19Vocal/Comedy Skit, "My Hero"Preliminary Talent Award IowaCarol FleckOskaloosa19Dance KansasGeorgiana RundleAxtell21Vocal, "Habanera" & "Getting to Know You" KentuckyJane BrockLiberty19PianoNon-finalist Talent Award LouisianaBeverly Leigh NormanShreveport19Vocal, "My Own True Love" MaineCarol Ann BartelsBath18Drama/Art MarylandNancy Elizabeth NorrisSilver Spring18Dramatic Monologue, "A Letter to my Parents" MassachusettsDaly HirschBoston20Drama MichiganValerie StrongWilliamsburg21Piano, "Brazil" MinnesotaArdyce GustafsonSt. Paul18Vocal Medley from My Fair Lady MississippiMary AllenYazoo City19Dance & Art Presentation MissouriSara CooperBuckner18Charleston DanceTop 10Preliminary Talent AwardDaughter of Major League Baseball player, Walker Cooper NebraskaCatherine "Kay" NielsonLincoln20DanceNon-finalist Talent AwardLater Miss Iowa USA 1959 NevadaLoni GravelleReno19Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard GriegTop 10 New HampshireHolly ArnelNew London18Drama New JerseyJanet ResslerUnion19Vocal New MexicoGlynnelle HubbardFarmington19DanceMiss Congeniality New YorkJanet CorriganHuntington21Vocal, "True Love" New York CityAstrid PapamichaelNew York City19Vocal North CarolinaElaine HerndonDurham18Vocal & DanceTop 10Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award North DakotaHelen WinjeMinot18Vocal OhioLinda HattmanMansfield18Ballet OklahomaNancy DennerAlva21Poetry Recitation, "The Ballad of the Harp Weaver" by Edna St. Vincent Millay2nd runner-up OregonJudith HansenAstoria19Classical Vocal, "Mi Chiamano Mimi" from La bohémeTop 10Preliminary Talent Award PennsylvaniaJennie Rebecca BlatchfordHollidaysburg23Baton Twirling, "St. Louis Blues" & "The Stars and Stripes Forever"Preliminary Talent Award Puerto RicoWinnie RodríguezRio Piedras18Mexican Hat Dance Rhode IslandBeatrice TurekProvidence20Art Display South CarolinaCecilia ColvertGreenwood19Pantomime/Vocal, "C'est si bon" by Eartha KittMother of Miss South Carolina 1988, Anna Graham Reynolds South DakotaPatricia MillerMobridge18Vocal TennesseeAmanda Lee WhitmanNashville18Trampoline/Tumbling, "The Third Man Theme"Performed the first trampoline talent act in the Miss America competition TexasCarolyn CalvertAustin18Monologue from Medea UtahFrancine Louise FeltSalt Lake City19ViolinNon-finalist Talent Award VermontJoan HewittBrattleboro21Art Presentation & Original Skit with original musicNon-finalist Talent Award VirginiaRebecca Lee EdmundsRoanoke22Dance West VirginiaJanice SickleFairmont20Vocal & Dance WisconsinJoan HentschelWauwatosa18Interpretive Dance, "3:00 in the Morning"
References
External links Miss America official website