Title | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
Alabama | Yolande Betbeze | Mobile | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Caro Nome" from Rigoletto | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award | Betbeze's refusal to pose in a swimsuit after her win lead to the pull-out of swimsuit sponsor Catalina & ultimately the creation of the Miss USA pageant |
Alaska | Maxine Cothern | Fairbanks | | Speech, "Alaska" | | | |
Arizona | Kathryn Lunsford | Phoenix | | Modern Dance | | | |
Arkansas | Mary Jennings | Hot Springs | | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Dì" from Madama Butterfly | 3rd Runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award | Was a featured soprano with the New York City Opera Judged the Miss America 1989 and Miss America 1991 pageants |
California | Joanne Durant | San Diego | | Vocal/Poetry Recitation, "Alice Blue Gown" | Top 16 | Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness Award | |
Canada | Margaret Eleanore Bradford | Windsor | | | | | |
Chicago | Marjorie Adams | Chicago | | Monologue, "To the Lovely Margaret" | Top 16 | | |
Colorado | Barbara Norrish | Longmont | | Violin | | | |
Connecticut | Renee Roy | Hartford | | Comedy Sketch of a Cosmetic Demonstration and Vocal/Dance, "Charley, My Boy" | Top 16 | Preliminary Talent Award | Later Miss New York City USA 1954 |
Delaware | Lorna Edwardson | Dover | | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Dì" from Madama Butterfly | | | |
District of Columbia | Sandra Stahl | | 21 | Classical Vocal, "The Bell Song" from Lakmé | Top 16 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Florida | Janet Ruth Crockett | St. Petersburg | | Vocal & Pantomime from The Perils of Pauline | 2nd Runner-up | | |
Georgia | Louise Thomas | Fitzgerald | | | | | |
Greater Philadelphia | Janice Murray | Philadelphia | | Classical Vocal, '''O Don Fatale" from Don Carlos | Top 16 | | |
Hawaii | Dell'Finn Kala'upaona Po'aha | Honolulu | | | | Miss Congeniality | |
Idaho | Barbara Norton | Burley | | Vocal, "A Heart That's Free" from Two Weeks with Love | | | |
Illinois | Catherine Kleinschmidt | Granite City | | Vocal, "Come to the Fair" | | | |
Indiana | Pat Berry | Indianapolis | | Vocal, "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" from Naughty Marietta | | | |
Iowa | Mary Virginia Lines | Clarinda | 18 | Piano/Marimba, "Stardust" | | | |
Kansas | Anabel Baker | Wichita | | Dramatic Monologue from Macbeth | | | |
Kentucky | Mary Louise Osborne | Wheelwright | | Drama | | | |
Louisiana | Rowena Taliaferro | Winnsboro | | | | | |
Maine | Jane Harragan | Millinocket | | Dramatic Monologue, "The Corn is Green" | | | |
Maryland | Ann Uri | Baltimore | | Vocal/Piano | | | |
Massachusetts | Britta Berg | Boston | | | | | |
Michigan | Bette Lou Pittman | Owosso | | Monologue, "I Like Americans" | | | |
Minnesota | Jeanne Traun | Minneapolis | | Vocal | | | |
Mississippi | Annie Roberts | Hattiesburg | | | | | |
Missouri | Beverly Rotroff | Kansas City | | Vocal/Piano | | | |
Montana | Donna Marie Buls | Missoula | | | | | |
Nebraska | Jinx Burrus | Crete | | Baton Twirling | | | |
Nevada | Tosca Masini | Sparks | | Comedy Characterization | Top 16 | | |
New Hampshire | Betty Laurie | Concord | | | | | |
New Jersey | June Stephens | Ship Bottom | | Comic Sketch, "The Older Set" | Top 16 | | |
New Mexico | Martha Rose Wilson | Santa Fe | | | | | |
New York | Marilyn Reynolds | Syracuse | | Vocal, "I'll Take Romance" | | | |
New York City | Phyllis Battleson | New York City | | Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | Top 16 | | |
North Carolina | Carolyn Edwards | Leaksville | | Monologue, "Rumba" by Dorothy Parker | Top 16 | | |
North Dakota | Joan Teets | Minot | | Comedy Monologue, "Touch of Norway" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
Ohio | Irene Farren | Grand River | | Fashion Design | | | |
Oklahoma | Louise O'Brien | Tulsa | | Vocal, "'Twas Only an Irishman's Dream" | 4th Runner-up | | |
Oregon | Elizabeth Ann Baker | Monmouth | | Classical Piano, Clair de Lune | | | |
Pennsylvania | Emilie Longacre | Phoenixville | | Vocal, "You're My Everything" | | | |
Puerto Rico | Evangelina Moragón | | | | | | |
South Carolina | Carolyn Fowler | Lyman | 17 | Vocal, "Why Don't You Fall in Love with Me" | | | |
South Dakota | Irene O'Connor | Burbank | | Dramatic Monologue, "Dedication of the White Armor" from Saint Joan | 1st Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Tennessee | Greta Graham | Memphis | | Organ, "Tico-Tico no Fubá" | | | |
Texas | Margaret Sommers | Dallas | | Classical Vocal, "Jealousy" | Top 16 | | |
Utah | Joanne Hinard | Provo | | East Indian Dance | | | |
Vermont | Eleanor Kangas | Springfield | | | | | |
Virginia | Gloria Fenderson | Petersburg | | | | | |
Washington | Karlyne Abele | Des Moines | | Dramatic Reading, "The Flag" | Top 16 | | |
Wisconsin | Gloria Lange | Milwaukee | 20 | Operatic Vocal, "Donkey Serenade" from The Firefly | | | |
Wyoming | Lenore Hoffman | Cheyenne | | | | | |