Miss America 1967

Miss America 1967, the 40th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 10, 1966.[1] It was televised in the United States on NBC.

Miss America 1967
DateSeptember 10, 1966
PresentersBert Parks
VenueBoardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
BroadcasterNBC
WinnerJane Anne Jayroe
Oklahoma

Although an entry representing the city of Tulsa had been victorious in the 1926 pageant, Jane Anne Jayroe became the first woman with the title of Miss Oklahoma to win the crown.

Jayroe's unique performance in the talent competition had her conducting the Miss America orchestra while singing the Len Barry hit "1-2-3." She later became an executive with Oklahoma's state tourism bureau and an Oklahoma City television news anchor.

Results
Final results Contestant
Miss America 1967
1st runner-up
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
  • Ohio - Sharon Phillian
4th runner-up
Top 10

Preliminary awards
Awards Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness
Talent

Other awards
Awards Contestant
Miss Congeniality
Non-finalist Talent

Contestants
State Name Hometown Age Talent Placement Awards Notes
Alabama Angie Grooms Birmingham 21 Folk Vocal & Guitar, "Today" & "If I had a Hammer" Top 10
Alaska Nancy Lorell Wellman Fairbanks 21 Popular Vocal
Arizona Launa Gardner Holbrook 19 Piano
Arkansas Mary Craig Batesville 18 Vocal/Dancing
California Charlene Dallas Danville 19 Piano, "Toccata" by Khachaturian 1st runner-up Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award


Preliminary Talent Award
Colorado Holly Smith Denver 19 Popular Vocal
Connecticut Carole Gelish Waterbury 21 Accordion, "Aquarela do Brasil", "More", & "Tico Tico" Non-finalist Talent Award
Delaware Mary Lee Mancini Wilmington 19 Ballet/Sketch
Florida Diane Colston Sarasota 19 Vocal, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" Top 10
Georgia Maudie Walker Tifton 20 Interpretive Dance
Hawaii Lorretta Ann Perreira Kauai 18 Pantomime Song & Dance
Idaho Cheryl Couch Twin Falls 19 Vocal, "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady
Illinois Mary Lee Inzerello Elk Grove 19 Modern Dance
Indiana Jane Ann Rutledge Vincennes 19 Piano Medley of works by George Gershwin
Iowa Pamela Ericson Sioux City 19 Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It" from The Kissing Bandit
Kansas Betty Louise Fox Emporia 20 Popular Vocal Medley, "A Foggy Day" & "The Girl from Ipanema"
Kentucky Janie Olmstead New Castle 22 Modern Ballet Dance, "Peter Gunn Theme"
Louisiana Joy Woods New Orleans 20 Oboe/Dance
Maine Mary Kathryn Gonya Millinocket 20 Recitation
Maryland Linda Rita Peluzzo Oxon Hill 19 Original Monologue & Accordion Non-finalist Talent Award
Massachusetts Carol Kennedy Worcester 19 Jazz Ballet Dance, "Can-Can" Top 10
Michigan Nancy Ackert Battle Creek 19 Vocal Medley from Annie Get Your Gun
Minnesota Diane Lindgren St. Paul 19 Folk Singing & Guitar
Mississippi Robbie Robertson Hattiesburg 20 Dramatic Reading, "Adam Bede" by George Eliot Non-finalist Talent Award
Missouri Janice Robinson Marshfield 20 Skit with Piano, Vocal, & Dance, "Calling Billy Names"
Montana Nancy McLeod Kalispell 19 Popular Vocal/Drama
Nebraska Patricia Lee Van Horne Lincoln 19 Popular Vocal, "Misty" Non-finalist Talent Award
Nevada Roberta Sharp Carson City 18 Piano
New Hampshire Nancy Anne Naylor Portsmouth 19 Vocal, "I Enjoy Being a Girl" 4th runner-up Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
New Jersey Christine Ebright Rahway 19 Operatic Vocal, "Un bel dì vedremo"
New Mexico Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel Albuquerque 20 Dramatic Skit Top 10
New York Penelope Donoghue Yonkers 22 Modern Dance
North Carolina Nannette Minor Charlotte 23 Piano & Vocal
North Dakota Denise Fledderman Inkster 20 Popular Vocal Non-finalist Talent Award
Ohio Sharon Phillian Delaware 21 Vocal Medley, "This is My Country" & "Où va la jeune Hindoue" from Lakmè 3rd runner-up Preliminary Talent Award Contestant at National Sweetheart 1965
Oklahoma Jane Anne Jayroe Laverne 19 Vocal/Orchestra Conducting, "1-2-3" Winner Preliminary Talent Award
Oregon Lita Schiel Lake Oswego 21 Original Skit
Pennsylvania Gale Veronica Rothwell Philadelphia 21 Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" from La bohème Non-finalist Talent Award
Rhode Island Cheryl Girr Newport 18 Interpretive Ballet Non-finalist Talent Award
South Carolina Barbara Harris Simpsonville 21 Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award Toured with the Miss America USO Troupe


Former mayor of Morris Township, New Jersey

South Dakota Deborah Molitor Vermillion 19 Popular Vocal & Contemporary Dance
Tennessee Vicki Hurd Kingsport 19 Original Vocal, "I'm in a Pageant" 2nd runner-up Previously National Sweetheart 1965
Texas Susan Logan San Angelo 19 Dramatic Monologue from Gone with the Wind Top 10
Utah Georgia Lynne Johnson Salt Lake City 21 Dramatic Reading from Medea
Vermont Karen Tuttle Brattleboro 18 Popular Vocal & Jazz Dance
Virginia Linda Maclin Roanoke 18 Modern Jazz Dance Miss Congeniality
Washington Sandra Marth Centralia 19 Semi-classical Vocal, "Habanera"
West Virginia Judith Skunda Weirton 18 Dramatic Monologue
Wisconsin Candace Hinz Milwaukee 19 Piano & Watercolor Painting, "Tara's Theme" from Gone with the Wind
Wyoming Susan Livreri Douglas 20 Comedy Sketch

References
  1. Associated Press (1966-09-11). "Oklahoma Is Beauty Capital". Herald-Tribune. p. 1.
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