Miss USA World 1966
Miss USA World 1966 | |
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Date | August 27, 1966 |
Presenters | Bob Hope |
Venue | Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio |
Entrants | 49 |
Placements | 7 |
Winner | Denice Estelle Blair![]() |
Congeniality | Bettye Jean Dillon![]() |
Miss USA World 1966 was the 5th edition of the Miss USA World pageant and it was held at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ohio and was won by Denice Estelle Blair of Utah. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Dianna Lynn Batts of the District of Columbia. Blair went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 1966 Pageant in London later that year. She finished as 6th Runner-Up at Miss World.[1]
This year was also significant as, this was the last year that the pageant was called Miss USA World. From 1967 onward, the pageant would be called Miss World USA until 1978.
Results
[edit]Placements
[edit]Final results | Contestant |
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Miss USA World 1966 |
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1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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3rd Runner-Up |
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Top 7 |
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Special awards
[edit]Award | Contestant |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Delegates
[edit]The Miss USA World 1966 delegates were:
Boston, MA - Peggy Eckert
Brooklyn, NY - Linda Cumbo
California - Alexa Clark
Chicago, IL - Pat Adair
Cleveland, OH - Janice Galub
Colorado - Unknown
Connecticut - Janice Shilinski
Detroit, MI - Unknown
District of Columbia - Unknown
Florida - Christine Anne Fisher
Hawaii - Ann Marie
Idaho - Lana Aloha Clark
Illinois - Lois Scott
Indiana - Bonnie Barkley
Iowa - Unknown
Kansas - Marla Jean Gartin
Kentucky - Nanette Marchel
Long Branch, NJ - Charleen Miller
Los Angeles, CA - Gigi Dahl
Louisiana - Unknown
Maryland - Unknown
Massachusetts - Unknown
Michigan - Johneane Teeter
Missouri - Eva Sugarbaker
Nebraska - Stacey Porter
Nevada - Unknown
New Hampshire - Unknown
New Jersey - Pamela Donaldson
New Mexico - Jane Nelson
New York - Sherry Lyn Armbruster
New York City, NY - Carol Collins
North Carolina - Ann Elizabeth Bailey
North Dakota - Cheri Paul Knutson
Ohio - Cindy Oliver
Pennsylvania - Unknown
Philadelphia, PA - Unknown
Rhode Island - Unknown
South Carolina - Linda Parrish
Tennessee - Bettye Jean Dillon
Texas - Unknown
Utah - Denice Estelle Blair
Vermont - Arlene Giroux
Virginia - Patricia Rae Shaper
Washington - Unknown
West Virginia - Barbara Owens
Wisconsin - Ellen Rombs
Wyoming - Penny Lee Silva
Notes
[edit]Did not Compete
[edit]Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
Delaware
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Kentucky
Maine
Minnesota
Mississippi
Montana
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Tennessee
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Crossovers
[edit]Contestants who competed in other beauty pageants:
- 1964:
Michigan: Johneane Teeter
- 1965:
New Mexico: Jane Nelson (1st Runner-Up; as
Arizona)
- 1966:
Utah: Denice Estelle Blair (Top 15)
- 1965:
New Mexico: Jane Nelson (Top 10)
References
[edit]- ^ West, Donald (ed.). "Miss World USA 1966-68". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013.
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