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{{Short description|29th Miss America pageant}}
{{Infobox beauty pageant
{{Infobox beauty pageant
| winner = [[Sharon Ritchie]]
| winner = [[Sharon Ritchie]]
| represented = {{flagicon|Colorado}} [[Miss Colorado|Colorado]]
| represented = Colorado
| date = September 10, 1955
| date = September 10, 1955
| presenters = [[Bert Parks]]
| presenters = [[Bert Parks]]
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==Results==
==Results==
===Placements===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Final results
! Placements
! Contestant
! Contestant
|-
|-
| '''Miss America 1956'''
| '''Miss America 1956'''
|
|
* {{flagicon|Colorado}} [[Miss Colorado|Colorado]] - [[Sharon Ritchie]]
* {{flag|Colorado|1911}} – [[Sharon Ritchie]]
|-
|-
| '''1st runner-up'''
|1st Runner-Up
|
|
* {{flagicon|Oregon}} [[Miss Oregon|Oregon]] - Dorothy Mae Johnson
* {{flag|Oregon}} – Dorothy Mae Johnson
|-
|-
| '''2nd runner-up'''
|2nd Runner-Up
|
|
* {{flagicon|Chicago}} [[Miss Illinois|Chicago]] - Florence Gallagher
* {{flag|Chicago}} – Florence Gallagher
|-
|-
| '''3rd runner-up'''
|3rd Runner-Up
|
|
* {{flagicon|North Carolina|1885}} [[Miss North Carolina|North Carolina]] - Clara Faye Arnold
* {{flag|North Carolina|1885}} – Clara Faye Arnold
|-
|-
| '''4th runner-up'''
|4th Runner-Up
|
|
* {{flagicon|Oklahoma|1941}} [[Miss Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] - Ann Campbell
* {{flag|Oklahoma|1941}} – Ann Campbell
|-
|-
| '''Top 10'''
|Top 10
|
|
* {{flagicon|Alabama}} [[Miss Alabama|Alabama]] - Patricia Byrd Huddleston
* {{Flag|Alabama}} – Patricia Byrd Huddleston
* {{flagicon|Arizona}} [[Miss Arizona|Arizona]] - Beth Andre
* {{flag|Arizona}} – Beth Andre
* {{flagicon|Florida|1900}} [[Miss Florida|Florida]] - Sandra Wirth
* {{flag|Florida|1900}} – Sandra Wirth
* {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Miss Hawaii|Hawaii]] - Barbara Mamo Vieira
* {{flag|Hawaii}} – Barbara Mamo Vieira
* {{flagicon|Massachusetts}} [[Miss Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] - Virginia E. Maffucci
* {{flag|Massachusetts|1908}} – Virginia E. Maffucci
|}
|}


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* {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Miss Hawaii|Hawaii]] - Barbara Mamo Vieira
* {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Miss Hawaii|Hawaii]] - Barbara Mamo Vieira
* {{flagicon|North Carolina}}[[Miss North Carolina|North Carolina]] - Clara Faye Arnold
* {{flagicon|North Carolina|1885}} [[Miss North Carolina|North Carolina]] - Clara Faye Arnold
* {{flagicon|Oklahoma}}[[Miss Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] - Ann Campbell
* {{flagicon|Oklahoma|1941}} [[Miss Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] - Ann Campbell
|-
|-
| '''[[Miss America award winners#Preliminary Talent award|Talent]]'''
| '''[[Miss America award winners#Preliminary talent award|Talent]]'''
|
|
* {{flagicon|Alabama}}[[Miss Alabama|Alabama]] - Patricia Huddleston
* {{flagicon|Alabama}} [[Miss Alabama|Alabama]] - Patricia Huddleston
* {{flagicon|Florida}}[[Miss Florida|Florida]] - Sandra Wirth
* {{flagicon|Florida|1900}} [[Miss Florida|Florida]] - Sandra Wirth
* {{flagicon|Massachusetts}}[[Miss Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] - Virginia E. Maffucci
* {{flagicon|Massachusetts|1908}} [[Miss Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] - Virginia E. Maffucci
|}
|}


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* {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Miss Hawaii|Hawaii]] - Barbara Mamo Vieira
* {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Miss Hawaii|Hawaii]] - Barbara Mamo Vieira
|-
|'''Non-finalist Talent'''
|
* {{Flagicon|Missouri}} [[Miss Missouri|Missouri]] - Sharon Knickmeyer
* {{Flagicon|Utah}} [[Miss Utah|Utah]] - Suzanne Storrs Poulton
|}
|}


==References==
== Contestants ==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110821200218/http://www.pageantopolis.com/national/America_1950.htm]
|+
!State
!Name
!Hometown
!Age
!Talent
!Placement
!Awards
!Notes
|-
|{{Flagicon|Alabama}} '''[[Miss Alabama|Alabama]]'''
|Patricia Huddleston
|[[Clanton, Alabama|Clanton]]
|21
|Classical Vocal, "Pace, Pace Mio Dio!" from ''[[La forza del destino|La Forza del Destinó]]''
|Top 10
|Preliminary Talent Award
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Arizona}} '''[[Miss Arizona|Arizona]]'''
|Beth Andre
|[[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]
|
|Comic Monologue, "What Do I Do Now, Mr. McLeod?"
|Top 10
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Arkansas}} '''[[Miss Arkansas|Arkansas]]'''
|Charlene Bowers
|[[Helena, Arkansas|Helena]]
|
|Vocal, "[[I Want to Be Evil|I Want to be Evil]]"
|
|
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|-
|{{Flagicon|California}} '''[[Miss California|California]]'''
|Barbara Harris
|[[Santa Cruz, California|Santa Cruz]]
|
|Vocal, "[[Over the Rainbow]]"
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Canada}} '''[[Miss Canada|Canada]]'''
|Dalyce Gail Smith
|[[Whitehorse]]
|
|
|
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|-
|{{Flagicon|Chicago}} '''[[Miss Illinois|Chicago]]'''
|Florence Gallagher
|[[Chicago]]
|
|Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find it"
|2nd runner-up
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Colorado}} '''[[Miss Colorado|Colorado]]'''
|[[Sharon Ritchie]]
|[[Denver]]
|18
|Recitation, "The Murder of Lidice" by [[Edna St. Vincent Millay]]
|'''Winner'''
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Connecticut}} '''[[Miss Connecticut|Connecticut]]'''
|Audrey Figlar
|[[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]
|
|Charleston Dance
|
|
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|-
|{{Flagicon|Delaware}} '''[[Miss Delaware|Delaware]]'''
|Joanne Sakowski
|[[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]]
|
|Vocal
|
|
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|-
|{{Flagicon|Washington, D.C.}} '''[[Miss District of Columbia|District of Columbia]]'''
|Judith Dunkle
|[[Washington, D.C.]]
|19
|Vocal
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Florida}} '''[[Miss Florida|Florida]]'''
|Sandra Wirth
|[[Miami]]
|
|Fire Baton, "Jazz Medley"
|Top 10
|Preliminary Talent Award
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} '''[[Miss Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]'''
|Jeanine Parris
|[[Atlanta]]
|22
|Dramatic Monologue
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Hawaii}} '''[[Miss Hawaii|Hawaii]]'''
|Barbara Mamo Vieria
|[[Honolulu]]
|
|Vocal/Hula, "The Night is Young"
|Top 10
|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award


Miss Congeniality
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Idaho}} '''[[Miss Idaho|Idaho]]'''
|[[Judy Lynn|Judy Voiten]]
|[[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]
|19
|Vocal/Guitar, "Western Folk Song Medley"
|
|
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|-
|{{Flagicon|Illinois}} '''[[Miss Illinois|Illinois]]'''
|Marian Elizabeth Cox
|[[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]]
|
|Vocal, "[[If I Loved You]]"
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Indiana}} '''[[Miss Indiana|Indiana]]'''
|Carolyn Turner
|[[Indianapolis]]
|
|Chalk Talk & Poetry
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Iowa}} '''[[Miss Iowa|Iowa]]'''
|Kay Taylor
|[[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City]]
|20
|Tap Dance, "French Maids Dreaming of Marriage"
|
|
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|-
|{{Flagicon|Kansas}} '''[[Miss Kansas|Kansas]]'''
|Gail White
|[[Arkansas City, Kansas|Arkansas City]]
|
|Piano
|
|
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|-
|{{Flagicon|Kentucky}} '''[[Miss Kentucky|Kentucky]]'''
|Ann Shirley Gillock
|[[Carrollton, Kentucky|Carrollton]]
|
|Organ
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Louisiana}} '''[[Miss Louisiana|Louisiana]]'''
|Jan Aline Johnston
|[[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]]
|
|Drama
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Maine}} '''[[Miss Maine|Maine]]'''
|Janice Vaughn
|[[Waterville, Maine|Waterville]]
|
|Dramatic Monologue
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Maryland}} '''[[Miss Maryland|Maryland]]'''
|Carol Jeanette
|[[Westminster, Maryland|Westminster]]
|
|Fashion Display & Speech, "How to Pack a Suitcase"
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} '''[[Miss Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]'''
|Virginia Maffucci
|[[Watertown, Massachusetts|Watertown]]
|
|Dramatic Monologue, "Solitary Confinement"
|Top 10
|Preliminary Talent Award
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Michigan}} '''[[Miss Michigan|Michigan]]'''
|Margaret Devereaux
|[[Howell, Michigan|Howell]]
|
|Piano, "[[Flight of the Bumblebee]]"
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Minnesota}} '''[[Miss Minnesota|Minnesota]]'''
|Marlyse Reed
|[[Fairmont, Minnesota|Fairmont]]
|
|Dramatic Monologue from ''[[L'Aiglon (opera)|L'Aiglon]]''
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Mississippi}} '''[[Miss Mississippi|Mississippi]]'''
|Carolyn Cochran
|[[Lucedale, Mississippi|Lucedale]]
|
|Dramatic Monologue
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Missouri}} '''[[Miss Missouri|Missouri]]'''
|Sharon Knickmeyer
|[[St. Louis]]
|
|Synchronized Swimming
|
|Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Montana}} '''[[Miss Montana|Montana]]'''
|Bertha Mae Huebl
|[[Glendive, Montana|Glendive]]
|
|Vocal
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Nebraska}} '''[[Miss Nebraska|Nebraska]]'''
|Sandra Spiecher
|[[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]
|
|Speech, "Teaching Handicapped Students"
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Nevada}} '''[[Miss Nevada|Nevada]]'''
|Vivienne Potter
|[[Reno, Nevada|Reno]]
|
|Dramatic Monologue, "An Address to the Jury"
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|New Hampshire}} '''[[Miss New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]'''
|Margaret Johnson
|[[Dover, New Hampshire|Dover]]
|
|Dramatic Monologue
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|New Jersey}} '''[[Miss New Jersey|New Jersey]]'''
|Patricia Campbell
|[[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]]
|
|Dance
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|New York City}} '''[[Miss New York|New York City]]'''
|Diana Deutsch
|[[New York City]]
|
|Art Sketching
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|North Carolina}} '''[[Miss North Carolina|North Carolina]]'''
|Clara Faye Arnold
|[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]
|
|Monologue, "Sabrina Fair"
|3rd runner-up
|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|North Dakota}} '''[[Miss North Dakota|North Dakota]]'''
|MaryAnn Gibbs
|[[Williston, North Dakota|Williston]]
|
|Vocal
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Ohio}} '''[[Miss Ohio|Ohio]]'''
|Marguerite Garr
|[[Cincinnati]]
|
|Vocal & Zither, "[[Old Black Joe]]"
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Oklahoma}} '''[[Miss Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]'''
|Ann Campbell
|[[Oklahoma City]]
|
|Speech & Furniture Design Display
|4th runner-up
|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Oregon}} '''[[Miss Oregon|Oregon]]'''
|Dorothy Mae Johnson
|[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]
|
|Dramatic Monologue from ''[[Macbeth]]''
|1st runner-up
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Pennsylvania}} '''[[Miss Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]'''
|Pam Ulrich
|[[Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania|Sinking Spring]]
|
|Drama, "Proper Recitation"
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Puerto Rico}} '''[[Miss Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]'''
|Gladys Rodríguez
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Rhode Island}} '''[[Miss Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]'''
|Claire Mae Emerson
|[[Pawtucket, Rhode Island|Pawtucket]]
|
|Dramatic Monologue
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|South Carolina}} '''[[Miss South Carolina|South Carolina]]'''
|Martha Chestnut
|[[Conway, South Carolina|Conway]]
|
|Piano
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|South Dakota}} '''[[Miss South Dakota|South Dakota]]'''
|Connie White
|[[Canistota, South Dakota|Canistota]]
|
|Piano
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Tennessee}} '''[[Miss Tennessee|Tennessee]]'''
|Patty Williams
|[[Jackson, Tennessee|Jackson]]
|
|Vocal, "The Student Prince"
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Texas}} '''[[Miss Texas|Texas]]'''
|June Prichard
|[[Seymour, Texas|Seymour]]
|
|Horseback Riding
|
|
|1st runner-up at Miss Dixie 1957
|-
|{{Flagicon|Utah}} '''[[Miss Utah|Utah]]'''
|Suzanne Storrs Poulton
|[[Salt Lake City]]
|
|
|
|Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Vermont}} '''[[Miss Vermont|Vermont]]'''
|Phyllis Reich
|[[Bennington, Vermont|Bennington]]
|
|Vocal & Dance
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Virginia}} '''[[Miss Virginia|Virginia]]'''
|Betty Sue Matthews
|[[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]]
|
|Vocal, "[[There's No Business Like Show Business]]"
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|West Virginia}} '''[[Miss West Virginia|West Virginia]]'''
|Mary Fryman
|[[Madison, West Virginia|Madison]]
|
|Vocal
|
|
|
|-
|{{Flagicon|Wisconsin}} '''[[Miss Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]'''
|Margaret Walls
|[[Milwaukee]]
|18
|Ballet, "Dying Swan"
|
|
|
|}


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey]]
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Latest revision as of 02:51, 17 September 2024

Miss America 1956
DateSeptember 10, 1955
PresentersBert Parks
VenueBoardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
BroadcasterABC
Entrants50
Placements10
WinnerSharon Ritchie
Colorado
← 1955
1957 →

Miss America 1956, the 29th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 10, 1955 and was broadcast of the competition on ABC.

Sharon Ritchie became the first Miss Colorado to be the winner. As she was crowned, master of ceremonies Bert Parks performed the song "There She Is..." for the first time.

Results

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Placements

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Placements Contestant
Miss America 1956
1st Runner-Up
  •  Oregon – Dorothy Mae Johnson
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10

Awards

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Preliminary awards

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Awards Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness
Talent

Other awards

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Awards Contestant
Miss Congeniality
Non-finalist Talent

Contestants

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State Name Hometown Age Talent Placement Awards Notes
Alabama Alabama Patricia Huddleston Clanton 21 Classical Vocal, "Pace, Pace Mio Dio!" from La Forza del Destinó Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award
Arizona Arizona Beth Andre Phoenix Comic Monologue, "What Do I Do Now, Mr. McLeod?" Top 10
Arkansas Arkansas Charlene Bowers Helena Vocal, "I Want to be Evil"
California California Barbara Harris Santa Cruz Vocal, "Over the Rainbow"
Canada Canada Dalyce Gail Smith Whitehorse
Chicago Chicago Florence Gallagher Chicago Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find it" 2nd runner-up
Colorado Colorado Sharon Ritchie Denver 18 Recitation, "The Murder of Lidice" by Edna St. Vincent Millay Winner
Connecticut Connecticut Audrey Figlar Hartford Charleston Dance
Delaware Delaware Joanne Sakowski Wilmington Vocal
Washington, D.C. District of Columbia Judith Dunkle Washington, D.C. 19 Vocal
Florida Florida Sandra Wirth Miami Fire Baton, "Jazz Medley" Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Jeanine Parris Atlanta 22 Dramatic Monologue
Hawaii Hawaii Barbara Mamo Vieria Honolulu Vocal/Hula, "The Night is Young" Top 10 Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award


Miss Congeniality

Idaho Idaho Judy Voiten Boise 19 Vocal/Guitar, "Western Folk Song Medley"
Illinois Illinois Marian Elizabeth Cox Oak Park Vocal, "If I Loved You"
Indiana Indiana Carolyn Turner Indianapolis Chalk Talk & Poetry
Iowa Iowa Kay Taylor Iowa City 20 Tap Dance, "French Maids Dreaming of Marriage"
Kansas Kansas Gail White Arkansas City Piano
Kentucky Kentucky Ann Shirley Gillock Carrollton Organ
Louisiana Louisiana Jan Aline Johnston Ruston Drama
Maine Maine Janice Vaughn Waterville Dramatic Monologue
Maryland Maryland Carol Jeanette Westminster Fashion Display & Speech, "How to Pack a Suitcase"
Massachusetts Massachusetts Virginia Maffucci Watertown Dramatic Monologue, "Solitary Confinement" Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award
Michigan Michigan Margaret Devereaux Howell Piano, "Flight of the Bumblebee"
Minnesota Minnesota Marlyse Reed Fairmont Dramatic Monologue from L'Aiglon
Mississippi Mississippi Carolyn Cochran Lucedale Dramatic Monologue
Missouri Missouri Sharon Knickmeyer St. Louis Synchronized Swimming Non-finalist Talent Award
Montana Montana Bertha Mae Huebl Glendive Vocal
Nebraska Nebraska Sandra Spiecher Omaha Speech, "Teaching Handicapped Students"
Nevada Nevada Vivienne Potter Reno Dramatic Monologue, "An Address to the Jury"
New Hampshire New Hampshire Margaret Johnson Dover Dramatic Monologue
New Jersey New Jersey Patricia Campbell Camden Dance
New York City New York City Diana Deutsch New York City Art Sketching
North Carolina North Carolina Clara Faye Arnold Raleigh Monologue, "Sabrina Fair" 3rd runner-up Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
North Dakota North Dakota MaryAnn Gibbs Williston Vocal
Ohio Ohio Marguerite Garr Cincinnati Vocal & Zither, "Old Black Joe"
Oklahoma Oklahoma Ann Campbell Oklahoma City Speech & Furniture Design Display 4th runner-up Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
Oregon Oregon Dorothy Mae Johnson Portland Dramatic Monologue from Macbeth 1st runner-up
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pam Ulrich Sinking Spring Drama, "Proper Recitation"
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Gladys Rodríguez
Rhode Island Rhode Island Claire Mae Emerson Pawtucket Dramatic Monologue
South Carolina South Carolina Martha Chestnut Conway Piano
South Dakota South Dakota Connie White Canistota Piano
Tennessee Tennessee Patty Williams Jackson Vocal, "The Student Prince"
Texas Texas June Prichard Seymour Horseback Riding 1st runner-up at Miss Dixie 1957
Utah Utah Suzanne Storrs Poulton Salt Lake City Non-finalist Talent Award
Vermont Vermont Phyllis Reich Bennington Vocal & Dance
Virginia Virginia Betty Sue Matthews Norfolk Vocal, "There's No Business Like Show Business"
West Virginia West Virginia Mary Fryman Madison Vocal
Wisconsin Wisconsin Margaret Walls Milwaukee 18 Ballet, "Dying Swan"
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