Miss USA 1953 | |
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Myrna Hansen, Miss USA 1953, in 1957 | |
Date | July 16, 1953 |
Presenters | Bob Russell |
Venue | Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California |
Entrants | 43 |
Placements | 20 |
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Withdrawals | |
Winner | Myrna Hansen![]() |
Congeniality | Jeanne Vaughn Thompson![]() |
Miss USA 1953 was the 2nd Miss USA pageant, held on July 16, 1953 at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach, California. Myrna Hansen of Illinois, won the competition and was crowned by outgoing titleholder, the first Miss USA, Jackie Loughery of New York. Hansen was 1st runner-up to Christiane Martel of France at Miss Universe 1953.
Final Results | Contestant |
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Miss USA 1953 | |
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4th Runner-Up |
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Top 20 |
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Award | Contestant |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Doris Edwards | Birmingham | 2nd Runner-up | |||
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Eleanor Ruth Cross | Chandler | ||||
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Jackie Stucker | |||||
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Marcella Roulette | Los Angeles | Top 20 | |||
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Jeanie Carroll | Top 20 | ||||
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Beverlee Burlant | Hartford | ||||
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Patricia Carter | |||||
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Myrna Hansen | Chicago | 17 | Winner | 1st Runner-up at Miss Universe 1953 | |
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Edith Krumme | |||||
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Marilyn Shonka | Sioux City | Top 20 | |||
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Mary Stice | Top 20 | ||||
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Jeanne Thompson | Baton Rouge | Top 20 | Miss Congeniality | Only woman to ever compete at Miss USA twice.
1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1952
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Jackie Lee | Cape Neddick | 22 | Top 20 | ||
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Diane Gale Durham | Silver Spring | ||||
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Joan Daly | Somerville | ||||
Miami Beach, FL | Kay Duggar | Top 20 | ||||
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Jo Ann Page | |||||
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Mary Ann Papke | Minneapolis | Top 20 | |||
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Jessie Morgan | Newton | Previously Miss Mississippi 1951
Top 15 at Miss America 1952 | |||
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Donna Gardner | |||||
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Billie Jean Tyrell | |||||
Myrtle Beach, SC | Mary Kemp Griffin | 1st Runner-up | Later represented the USA at Miss World 1953
5th runner-up at Miss World 1953 | |||
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Berneta Nelson | Top 20 | ||||
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Earlene Whitt | Las Vegas | Top 20 | |||
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Muriel Roy | |||||
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Susan Ruth Harris | Haddonfield | ||||
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Reta Knapp | New York City | Top 20 | |||
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Libby Walker | Wilton | ||||
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Marilyn Caufield | |||||
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Eleanore Mack | Bellaire | 20 | Top 20 | ||
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Barbara Bond | Oklahoma City | ||||
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Jeri Bauer | Philadelphia | Top 20 | |||
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Barbara Rose Deigman | Providence | ||||
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Susan Anthony Day | Top 20 | ||||
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Kathleen Herman | |||||
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Joan Bradshaw | Houston | 17 | Top 20 | ||
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Shauna Wood | Salt Lake City | 23 | 4th Runner-up | ||
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Kathleen Marie Eugenia Surrel | Brooklyn, NY | 22 | |||
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Dorothy Lee Bailey | Norfolk | ||||
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Nancy Petraborg | 3rd Runner-up | ||||
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Fay Higley | |||||
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Jacque Kimmel | Milwaukee | 24 | |||
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Nancy Rogers | Cheyenne |