Miss USA 1959 was the eighth Miss USA pageant, held at the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California on 22 July 1959.
At the end of the event, Eurlyne Howell of Louisiana crowned Terry Huntingdon of California as Miss USA 1959. It is the first victory of California in the pageant's history. Huntingdon later competed at Miss Universe and was named as second runner-up to eventual winner, Akiko Kojima.
Contestants from 46 states and cities competed in the pageant.
Results
Placements PlacementContestantMiss USA 1959 California – Terry Lynn Huntingdon1st runner-up Texas – Carelgean Douglas2nd runner-up Florida – Nanita Greene3rd runner-up Georgia – Dorothy Taylor4th runner-up New York — Arlene NesbittTop 15 Alabama – Pat Sullivan Arkansas – Donna Needham Colorado – Dianne Gardner Iowa – Kay Nielson Louisiana – Mary LoBianco Maine – Carolyn Komant Maryland – Diane White Missouri – Barbara Stell Nevada – Joy Blaine West Virginia – Wilda Estep
Contestants 46 contestants competed for the title. StateContestantAgeHometownNotesAlabamaPat Sullivan21BirminghamAlaskaAnna Lekanof23FairbanksArizonaPatricia June Varga18PhoenixArkansas Donna Sue Needham19BerryvilleCaliforniaTerry Lynn Huntingdon19Mount Shasta2nd runner-up at Miss Universe 1959ColoradoDianne Lee Gardner20DenverConnecticutJayne Burghardt21HartfordDelawareLinda E. Humes18HarringtonDistrict of ColumbiaShirley Ann Hobbs20Washington, D.C.FloridaNanita Greene21Coral GablesGeorgiaDorothy Gladys Taylor18ValdostaIdahoPat Sherburne19PocatelloIllinois Arlene Kay19Western SpringsIndianaAnita Watkins18MonticelloIowaKay Nielson22Council BluffsFormer Miss Nebraska 1957Kentucky Sherree Owens22LouisvilleLouisiana Mary LoBianco19Baton RougeMaineCarolyn Komant18KitteryMarylandDiane Dolores White24Baltimore3rd runner up at Miss World USA 1961Mother of Miss Georgia USA 1989, Michele NemethMassachusettsBeatrice Lee Duprey20WeymouthCompeted in the 1960 Miss Sun Fun USA PageantMichiganSusan Westergaard20DetroitMinnesotaMuriel Fairbanks23MinneapolisMissouriBarbara Jayne Stell23Kansas CityMontanaBar-Beth Smith18ButteNebraska Priscilla Eckrich21LincolnNevadaJoy Blaine23RenoNew HampshireNancy Jeanne Gray20SomersworthNew JerseyGeraldine Binder18IrvingtonNew Mexico Carol Jones23AlbuquerqueReplaced Sue Ingersoll after she withdrewNew York Arlene Nesbitt21Mineola2nd runner-up in the 1960 Miss Sun Fun USA PageantNorth CarolinaPeggy Anne Brown20SunburyNorth DakotaPatricia Ann McGinley18MinotOhioMarie di Carlo18PolandOklahomaSondra Osborne18Oklahoma CityPennsylvaniaRhoda Mae Kachiko19DelmontRhode IslandGloria Ryder18ProvidenceSouth CarolinaMary Anne Powell20UnionSouth DakotaJeannine Kay Stratton19Sioux FallsTennesseeMarcia Daniel19MemphisTexasCarelgean Douglas20Corpus ChristiUtah Melanie Canfield18TremontonVermontSandra Jean Laquerre21BarreVirginiaPat Poindexter18SalemWashingtonLeah Jo Robinson20BellinghamWest Virginia Wilda Sue Estep18ElkviewWisconsinCharlene Krause19Milwaukee
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