Miss America 1964, the 37th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1963 and was broadcast on CBS.
Donna Axum became the first Miss Arkansas to win the crown.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss America 1964 – Donna Axum 1st Runner-Up – Roseanne Tueller 2nd Runner-Up – Susan Dee Pickering 3rd Runner-Up – Martha Ellen Truett 4th Runner-Up – Susan Jean Bergstrom Top 10 – Judith Antoinette Short – Wendy Lee Douglas – Cheryl Lillian Sweeten – Cheryle Jeanne Thompson – Dorcas Dara Campbell
Order of announcements
Top 10
Top 5
Awards Preliminary awards Awards Contestant Lifestyle and Fitness Alabama - Judith Antoinette Short Arkansas - Donna Axum District of Columbia - Roseanne Tueller Talent Alabama - Judith Antoinette Short District of Columbia - Roseanne Tueller Virginia - Dorcas Dara Campbell
Other awards Awards Contestant Miss Congeniality North Carolina - Jeanne Flinn Swanner†Non-finalist Talent Iowa - Carolyn Northway Kansas - Karen Raye Schwartz New York - Barbara Gloede New York City - Marsha Metrinko Vermont - Melissa Hetzel Washington - Mardi Hagen West Virginia - Karen Childers
Contestants
+StateNameHometownAgeTalentPlacementAwardsNotes AlabamaJudy ShortBirmingham18Marimba, "Horst Toccata"Top 10Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
Preliminary Talent AwardPreviously Alabama's Junior Miss 1962 AlaskaColleen KendallAnchoragePopular Vocal ArizonaSusan BergstromPhoenixModern Jazz Dance, "Tonight"4th runner-up ArkansasDonna Axum†El Dorado21Vocal Medley, "Quando me'n vo" & "I Love Paris"WinnerPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award CaliforniaWendy DouglasSacramentoVocal, "Summertime"Top 10 ColoradoCheryl SweetenArvada18Dramatic Reading from AnastasiaTop 10 ConnecticutValerie StetsonMilldaleModern Ballet DelawareDiane Beverly IsaacsGreenwoodPiano & Popular Vocal District of ColumbiaRosanne TuellerMcLean, VAVocal & Jazz Dance, "I Love Paris"1st runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award FloridaFlora Jo ChandonnetNorth MiamiSemi-classical Vocal, "One Kiss" from The New Moon GeorgiaNancy MiddletonMaconSemi-classical Vocal HawaiiSusan PickeringHonoluluCombination of Can-Can, Jazz, & Freestyle Ballet with Art Display2nd runner-up IdahoLinda MoultonBoise20Semi-classical Vocal & Piano IllinoisJudith SchlieperDecatur20Siamese Dance IndianaMarsha PinkstaffCrawfordsvilleDramatic Reading IowaCarolyn NorthwayDavenport19Piano, "Étude Opus 25, No. 8" by Frédéric ChopinNon-finalist Talent Award KansasKaren Raye SchwartzPratt20Classical Vocal, "Voi la Sapete" from Cavalleria rusticanaNon-finalist Talent AwardKaren Raye Schwartz Angle died at age 76 on May 4, 2020 of lung cancer in Ellicott City, Maryland. KentuckyNell OwenBowling GreenFashion DesignFormer mayor of Prospect, KY LouisianaLinda Gail BaucumSpringhill18Modern Jazz/South American Rock-Umba DanceContestant at Miss Teenage America 1962 MaineElaine Ann OuilletteLewistonMusical Variety Act MarylandCarolyn Bond WrightForest HillSketch/Ballet/Modern Jazz Dance MassachusettsLila SaldaniAttleboroOriginal Dramatic Monologue, "A World of Darkness" MichiganKathleen McLaughlinIshpeming22Dramatic Presentation, "Western Star" by Stephen Vinvent Benét MinnesotaSharon CarnesSt. PaulVocal, "Love is Where You Find It" from The Kissing Bandit MississippiJan NaveMcCombContemporary Dance MissouriJudith EngelhardtAfftonClassical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust MontanaRoberta TarboxMissoulaClassical Vocal NebraskaDonna Marie BlackBroken BowClassical Vocal, "Una Voce Poco Fa" from The Barber of Seville NevadaCheryle ThompsonLas VegasFolk Singing, "My Lover has Gone"Top 10 New HampshireGeorgia TaggartWestport, CTDramatic Reading New JerseyJanet Bryan AdamsHopatcongDramatic Monologue New MexicoSandi MooreLoving19Combination Acrobatic Routine & Drawing New YorkBarbara GloedeStaten IslandVocal & Pantomime, "Guide to World Capitals"Non-finalist Talent Award New York CityMarsha MetrinkoNew York CityTap Dance, "Just in Time" & "Blues"Non-finalist Talent Award North CarolinaJeanne Swanner†Graham18Comedy Sketch & UkuleleMiss CongenialityJudged the Miss America Pageants in 1990, 1994, & 2000. Jeanne Flinn Swanner Robertson died unexpectedly on August 21, 2021, at age 77. North DakotaJoAnn SyvrudMandanVocal Ballad & Guitar OhioPeggy EmersonAkronSemi-classical Vocal, "And This is my Beloved" OklahomaCheryl Semrad HassmanWaukomisSpeech, "May I Teach Others to Live" OregonD'Ann FullertonRoseburgOriginal Novelty Dance & Hula Baton PennsylvaniaCheryl Lyn KegleySalisburyClassical Ballet, "Ritual Fire Dance" Rhode IslandSheila GuamiereBristolPiano South CarolinaCarolyn GainesNorth Augusta19Popular Vocal South DakotaHeather Ann PatersonWatertownBallet, Soft Shoe, & Charleston Dance TennesseeMartha TruettTiptonvillePiano, Rhapsody in Blue3rd runner-up TexasJeanne AmackerBeaumontVocal, "When You Wish Upon a Star" UtahAnnette BatesSalt Lake CityClassical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus VermontMelissa HetzelBurlingtonPopular Vocal, "Fly Me to the Moon"Non-finalist Talent Award VirginiaDorcas CampbellFairfieldVocal Medley, "Prés des remparts de Séville" from Carmen & songs from West Side StoryTop 10Preliminary Talent Award WashingtonMardi HagenTacomaModern & Classical Character DanceNon-finalist Talent Award West VirginiaKaren ChildersSouth CharlestonDramatic Reading from "The Yellow Wallpaper"Non-finalist Talent Award WisconsinBarbara BonvilleWhitefish Bay19Cello, "Pièce en forme de Habanera" by Maurice RavelSpecial Scholarship Award WyomingCody NevilleByronClassical Piano, Fantaisie - Impromptu
References
External links Miss America official website