Miss USA 1960

Miss USA 1960 was the ninth Miss USA pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida on July 7, 1960.
At the end of the event, Linda Bement of Utah was crowned by Terry Huntingdon of California as Miss USA 1960. It is the second victory of Utah in the pageant's history. Bement later competed at Miss Universe and won.
Contestants from 45 states and cities competed in this year's pageant. The competition was hosted by Charles Collingwood.

Contestants

45 contestants competed for the title.

State/City	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Notes
Alabama	Margaret Jo Gordon	22	Homewood	Competed in the Miss United States 1960 pageant
Alaska	Evelyn Bly	23	Fairbanks
Arizona	Virginia Crook	18	Phoenix
Arkansas	Gene Chambers	18	Danville	Married to Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys
California	Teri Janssen	18	Los Angeles
Colorado	Karen Eickermann	19	Littleton
Connecticut	Joyce Elain Trautwig	19	Hartford
Delaware	Rose Anne Reed	–	Wilmington
District of Columbia	Doris Lee Jones	–	Washington, D.C.
Florida	Nancy Wakefield	19	Winter Haven
Georgia	Cecilia Upton	19	Rockmart
Idaho	Margie Davis	22	Pocatello
Illinois	Patricia Thompson	21	Chicago
[Miss Miss Indiana USA\|Indiana USA\|Indiana]	June Cochran	18	Indianapolis	Later Miss Indiana World 1962 Competed in the Miss USA World 1962 pageant Later Playboy Playmate of the Year 1963
Iowa	Trudy Shulkin	21	Sioux City
Kansas	Peggy Patterson	21	Kansas City
Kentucky	Barbara Joan Lovins	19	Alexandria
Louisiana	Judy Rebecca Fletcher	18	Alexandria
Maine	Terry Tripp	–	Lewiston	Previously Miss Maine 1958
Maryland	Jerri Fiorilli	–	Baltimore
Massachusetts	Barbara Gale Feldman	20	Natick
Michigan	Judith Richards	19	Dearborn
Missouri	Marilyn Jean Stalcup	20	Normandy
Montana	Joanne Lane	–	–
New Hampshire	Joan Joyce Chesleing	–	Hampstead
New Jersey	Sandra "Sandy" Chudy	20	Bound Brook
New Mexico	Kaye Smith	18	Albuquerque
New York	Mary Rodites	19	Port Jefferson
North Carolina	Lyndia Ann Tarleton	19	Wingate
North Dakota	Twila Fleckton	19	Drayton
[Miss Miss Ohio USA\|Ohio USA\|Ohio]	Corrine Huff	19	Youngstown	Replaced Kathy Justice as Miss Ohio First African-American representing an American state in the pageant
Oklahoma	Suzanna Moore	18	Oklahoma City
Pennsylvania	Betsy Reeves	18	Newtown
Rhode Island	Lorelei White	20	Cranston
South Carolina	Margaret Thompson	–	Sumter
South Dakota	Patricia Klith	20	Sioux Falls
Tennessee	Christine McSwain	22	Memphis
Texas	Pat Cloud	20	Houston
Utah	Linda Jeanne Bement	18	Salt Lake City	Miss Universe 1960
Vermont	Carole Mary Demas	–	Burlington
Virginia	Elizabeth Noreen Fulford	18	Norfolk
West Virginia	Carole Garnett Pugh	18	Queen Shoals
Wisconsin	Sharyn Chalik	19	Milwaukee
Wyoming	Anita Simon	–	Cheyenne