| MISS AMERICA 1953 DELEGATES |
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| ARKANSAS
Bonnie Nicksic |
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| ALABAMA
Gwen Harmon 3rd RUNNER-UP PREL. SWIMSUIT |
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| CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Jo Hoppe 4th RUNNER-UP PREL. SWIMSUIT |
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| CANADA
Marilyn Dolores Reddick |
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| CALIFORNIA
Jeanne Shores 2nd RUNNER-UP PREL. SWIMSUIT |
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| ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY
Patricia Anne Milligan |
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| DIST. OF COLUMBIA
Iris Ann Fitch PREL. TALENT |
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| DELAWARE
Helen Blackwell |
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| CONNECTICUT
Joyce Yeske |
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| COLORADO
Chardelle Hayward |
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| IDAHO
Zoe Ann Warberg |
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| HAWAII
Beverly Kathleen Rivera SEMI-FINALIST |
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| GEORGIA
Neva Jane Langley MISS AMERICA PREL. TALENT PREL. SWIMSUIT |
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| FLORIDA
Marcia Crane |
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| KANSAS
Kay Ann Goforth |
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| IOWA
Carolyn Hill |
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| INDIANA
Ann Marie Garnier 1st RUNNER-UP |
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| ILLINOIS
Glenna Marie Pohly |
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| MARYLAND
Shirley Virginia Harrison |
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| MAINE
Norma Lee Collins |
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| LOUISIANA
Barbara Frances Barker SEMI-FINALIST |
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| KENTUCKY
Joy Williams |
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| MISSISSIPPI
Dora Lee Livingston |
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| MINNESOTA
Carole Wick |
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| MICHIGAN
Karol Dragomir Palmer |
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| MASSACHUSETTS
Barbara Jene Graves |
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| NEW HAMPSHIRE
Barbara Temperly |
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| NEVADA
Bonnie Wilson |
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| NEBRASKA
Helen Francis Burhorn |
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| MISSOURI
Florence Spack |
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| NEW YORK STATE
Joan St. John |
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| NEW JERSEY
Mary Parker |
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| OKLAHOMA
Shirley Maurine Barbour |
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| OHIO
Carol Koontz |
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| NORTH DAKOTA
Margaret Aandahl |
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| NORTH CAROLINA
Barbara Anne Harris |
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| RHODE ISLAND
Jayne Bradshaw |
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| PENNSYLVANIA
Miriam Smith |
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| OREGON
Mary Lou Teague |
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| TEXAS
Connie Hopping |
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| TENNESSEE
Gloria Williams |
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| SOUTH DAKOTA
Sandra Hart |
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| SOUTH CAROLINA
Mary Kemp Griffin SEMI-FINALIST |
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| VIRGINIA
Edna Long |
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| VERMONT
Barbara J. Moore |
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| UTAH
Marilyn Reese |
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| WISCONSIN
Jeannie Huston |
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| WEST VIRGINIA
Nancy Rohrbough |
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| PUERTO RICO
Helga Edmee Monroig |
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| NEW YORK CITY
Joan Elizabeth Kayne SEMI-FINALIST PREL. TALENT |
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| WYOMING
Ruth Francis |
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| MONTANA
Karen Whittet |
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| PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
Patricia Mary Hunt SEMI-FINALIST |