| MISS AMERICA 1961 DELEGATES |
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| ARKANSAS
Claudette Smith |
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| ARIZONA
Georgia Ann Garbarino |
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| ALASKA
June Bowdish |
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| ALABAMA
Teresa Rinaldi SEMI-FINALIST PREL. TALENT |
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| CONNECTICUT
Wendy Mitchell |
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| CHICAGO
Margaret Newton McDowell |
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| CANADA
Iris Elaine Thurlwell |
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| CALIFORNIA
Suzanne Marie Reamo 1st RUNNER-UP |
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| GEORGIA
Sandra Tally |
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| FLORIDA
Kathy Magda |
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| DIST. OF COLUMBIA
Ruth Rea 3rd RUNNER-UP PREL. SWIMSUIT |
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| DELAWARE
Deborah Dukenfield Benoit |
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| INDIANA
Tommye Lou Glaze 4th RUNNER-UP PREL. TALENT |
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| ILLINOIS
Vicky Joyce Nutter |
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| IDAHO
Marlene Rae Coleman SEMI-FINALIST |
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| HAWAII
Gabriella Haleakala 'I |
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| MAINE
Sally Ann Robinson |
| LOUISIANA
Judith Ann Coda |
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| KENTUCKY
Alice Chumbley |
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| KANSAS
Gayla Leigh Shoemake |
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| MINNESOTA
Jean Elverum |
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| MICHIGAN
Nancy Fleming MISS AMERICA PREL. TALENT PREL. SWIMSUIT |
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| MASSACHUSETTS
Brenda Crovo SEMI-FINALIST |
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| MARYLAND
Robin Carole Davis |
| NEBRASKA
Cheryl Ann Jaeke |
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| MONTANA
Lois Marie Volkel |
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| MISSOURI
Dusene Vunovich |
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| MISSISSIPPI
Patricia McCraney |
| NEW MEXICO
Carolyn Moore |
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| NEW HAMPSHIRE
Drina Bouchard |
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| NEVADA
Nancy Bowen |
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| NORTH DAKOTA
Carol Olson |
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| NORTH CAROLINA
Ann Farrington Herring 2nd RUNNER-UP |
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| NEW YORK STATE
Suzanne Jane Talbert |
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| NEW YORK CITY
Sherrylyn Patecell |
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| OREGON
Rosemary Doolen |
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| OKLAHOMA
Donna Kay Creed |
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| OHIO Alice McClain |
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| TENNESSEE
Jenny Thomas |
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| SOUTH DAKOTA
Janet Barber |
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| SOUTH CAROLINA
Edith Browning SEMI-FINALIST PREL. SWIMSUIT |
| PENNSYLVANIA
Priscilla Mae Hendricks |
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| VIRGINIA
Catherine Birch |
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| VERMONT
Anne E. Masino |
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| UTAH
Marian Faye Walker SEMI-FINALIST PREL. TALENT |
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| TEXAS
Mary Cage Moore |
| WISCONSIN
Karen Fehrenbach |
| WEST VIRGINIA
Mary Elizabeth Hoback |
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| WASHINGTON
Connie Rae Hughes |
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| NEW JERSEY
Ann Susan Barber |
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| WYOMING
Sharon Luond |
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| IOWA
Sally Neville |
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| COLORADO
Anne Walker |
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| RHODE ISLAND
Sally Saabye |