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Miss America 1966 | |
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Date | September 11, 1965 |
Presenters | Bert Parks Bess Myerson |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | CBS |
Winner | Deborah Bryant Kansas |
Miss America 1966, the 39th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 11, 1965[1] on CBS Network.
Deborah Bryant became the first Miss Kansas to win the crown. The judges for this year's pageant included actress Joan Crawford.
Results
Placements
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2nd Runner-Up |
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3rd Runner-Up |
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4th Runner-Up |
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Top 10 |
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Order of announcements
Top 10
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Top 5
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Awards
Preliminary awards
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
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Other awards
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Miss Congeniality |
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Contestants
State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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Alabama | Linda Folsom | New Brockton | 20 | Classical Vocal, "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Alaska | Mary Ruth Nidiffer | Anchorage | 21 | Popular Vocal, "Typically English" | |||
Arizona | Sandra Montgomery | Yuma | 18 | Vocal, "Once in a Lifetime" & "I Love Being Here With You" | |||
Arkansas | Rhonda Oglesby | Pine Bluff | 19 | Popular Vocal | |||
California | Sandra Lynne Becker | Covina | 18 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Make Believe" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Colorado | Kristina Holm | Denver | 19 | Piano, "More" from Gigi | |||
Connecticut | Donna Scott | Stratford | 18 | Vocal, "Someone to Watch Over Me" | |||
Delaware | Kathleen Grandell | Wilmington | 18 | Multilingual Monologue | |||
Florida | Carol Lynn Blum | Miami Beach | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | 3rd runner-up | ||
Georgia | Mary Jane Yates | Savannah | 20 | Semi-classical Vocal, "With a Song in My Heart" | |||
Hawaii | Roberta Rosaria Conlan | Honolulu | 18 | Monologue, "Hawaiian History" | |||
Idaho | Rhonda Hammond | Boise | 19 | Speech on Fashion Design with Modeling | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Illinois | Kathleen Oros | Granite City | 20 | Popular Vocal, "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady | |||
Indiana | Eileen Smith | Indianapolis | 18 | Vocal Medley, "The Sound of Music" & "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Iowa | Marie Mushro | Sioux City | 19 | Ballet en Pointe, The Dying Swan | Miss Congeniality
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Kansas | Deborah Irene Bryant | Overland Park | 19 | Dramatic Interpretation, "The Miserable Miserliness of Midas Moneybags" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Previously Miss Kansas World 1963
Top 7 finalist at Miss USA World 1963 |
Kentucky | Rebecca Snyder | Owensboro | 20 | Dramatic Monologue, "Portrayal of the Sphinx" | |||
Louisiana | Lynda Ferguson | Shreveport | 20 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Italian Street Song" from Naughty Marietta | Top 10 | ||
Maine | Ellen Margaret Fowler | Old Orchard Beach | 19 | Vocal/Dance, "Some People" | |||
Maryland | Barbara Lynn Hamilton | College Park | 19 | Vocal, "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" | |||
Massachusetts | Mabel Bendiksen | New Bedford | 18 | Dramatic Reading & Folk Singing, "The Hazards of Nuclear Fallout" & "What Have They Done to the Rain" | |||
Michigan | Esther Lynne Smith | Portage | 19 | Classical Vocal | Non-finalist Talent Award | Born in Vlaardingen, Netherlands | |
Minnesota | Jeanne Ruth | St. Paul | 18 | Interpretive Jazz Dance to selections from West Side Story | |||
Mississippi | Patricia Puckett | Columbus | 20 | Vocal, "I Ain't Down Yet" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Featured performer at Miss America 1967 |
Missouri | Lesley Fleenor | Springfield | 20 | Vocal, "Hard Hearted Hannah" | |||
Montana | Dianne Feller | Helena | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Un bel dì vedremo" from Madama Butterfly | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Nebraska | Karen Hansmeire | Ogallala | 20 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It" | |||
Nevada | Kathryn Blaikie | Carson City | 18 | Musical Comedy, "I'm Late" | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
New Hampshire | Cheryl-Leigh Buffum | Manchester | 21 | Musical Comedy Sketch, "I Ain't Down Yet" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |||
New Jersey | Kathleen Holmes | Toms River | 19 | Vocal/Tap Dance, "Steppin' Out With My Baby" | |||
New Mexico | Ellen Growden | University Park | 21 | Dramatic Sketch, "Relationship of a Mother and Daughter" | |||
New York | Marlene Butcher | Hamburg | 19 | Vocal/Dance, "I Ain't Down Yet" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |||
North Carolina | Penelope Clark | Sanford | 19 | Classical Ballet, "Robina" | |||
North Dakota | Onalee Olson | Fargo | 19 | Original Interpretive Dance, "Charleston" | |||
Ohio | Valerie Lavin | Canton | 20 | Vocal/Dance, "I Ought to Dance" | |||
Oklahoma | Sandra Curtis | Tulsa | 20 | Dramatic Reading, "Sorry Wrong Number" | |||
Oregon | Sue Pack | Eugene | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=Miss_America_1966