Miss USA 1963

Miss USA 1963 was the 12th Miss USA pageant, held at the Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida on July 17, 1963. This was the first Miss USA to be broadcast on television, first aired on CBS.
At the end of the event, Macel Wilson of Hawaii crowned Marite Ozers of Illinois USA|Illinois] as Miss USA 1963. Latvian-born Ozers was the first woman born outside the United States to win the title, and the second delegate from Illinois to do so. Ozers later competed at Miss Universe and was named one of the fifteen semi-finalists.
Contestants from forty-two states and the District of Columbia competed in the pageant.

Contestants

Forty-three contestants competed for the title.

State/District	Contestant	Age	Hometown	Notes
Alabama USA\|Alabama]	Dinah Irene Armstrong	19	Montgomery
Alaska USA\|Alaska]	Nina Whaley	19	Fairbanks
Arizona USA\|Arizona]	Diane McGarry	20	Phoenix
Arkansas USA\|Arkansas]	Cheryl Jane Bechtelheimer	19	Camden
California USA\|California]	Francine Cheryl Herack	19	Hollywood
Colorado USA\|Colorado]	Rhea Looney	19	Denver
Connecticut USA\|Connecticut]	Gail Dinan	19	Hartford
Delaware USA\|Delaware]	Susan Kowalski	18	Newport
District of Columbia	Michele Bettina Metrinko	18	Washington, D.C.	Later Miss USA World 1963 Semi-finalist at Miss World 1963 Sister of Marsha Metrinko, Maryland USA">Miss Maryland USA">Maryland USA 1963 Candidate for the Republican nomination in the 2010 [United States House of Representatives election in Delaware#Republican primary\|2010 U.S. House of Representatives election in Delaware] for Delaware's at-large congressional district
Florida USA\|Florida]	Linda Egland	18	South Miami
Georgia USA\|Georgia]	Brenda Seagraves	19	Winterville
Hawaii	Susan Molina	18	Honolulu	Later Miss Hawaii World 1963 Semi-finalist at Miss USA World 1963
Illinois	Marite Ozers	19	Chicago	Previously [Miss USA World 1962\|Miss Chicago World 1962] Semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1963
Indiana USA\|Indiana]	Vickie Little	20	Indianapolis
Iowa USA\|Iowa]	Ramona Kathleen Meylor	23	Le Mars
Kansas USA\|Kansas]	Diane Victoria Stalker	21	Wichita
Kentucky USA\|Kentucky]	Mary Ann Arnold	20	Calvert City
Louisiana USA\|Louisiana]	Margaret Susan "Peggy" Romero	18	Kaplan
Maine USA\|Maine]	Laurel Ann Barker	21	Portland
Maryland	Marsha Barbara Metrinko	21	Laurel	Later [Miss New York\|Miss New York City] at Miss America 1964 Sister of Michele Metrinko, Miss District of Columbia USA 1963
Massachusetts USA\|Massachusetts]	Sandra Smith	23	Newton Upper Falls
Michigan USA\|Michigan]	Pamela Lee Sands	19	Ludington
Mississippi USA\|Mississippi]	Joan Kinnebrew	19	Hattiesburg	Competed at Miss Dixie 1964
Missouri USA\|Missouri]	Sandra Lee Marlin	19	Springfield
Nebraska USA\|Nebraska]	Sandy Zimmer	–	Kearney	Replaced Cheryl Warden due to publicity issues
Nevada USA\|Nevada]	Kathee Francis	20	Las Vegas
New Hampshire USA\|New Hampshire]	Johnnye McLeod	18	Hampton
New Jersey USA\|New Jersey]	Judy Kay Ayers	–	Salem
New Mexico USA\|New Mexico]	Sandra Fullingim	18	Albuquerque
New York	Jeanne Marie Quinn	19	East Meadow	Later Miss USA World 1964 Semi-finalist at Miss World 1964 Named 1st runner up at Miss American Beauty 1964
North Carolina USA\|North Carolina]	Trudy Ann Cauthen	–	Newton
Ohio USA\|Ohio]	Gloria Jean McBride	21	Columbus	Replaced Andrea Getzlaff for being underage
Oklahoma USA\|Oklahoma]	Roberta Ann Mosier	19	Tulsa
Oregon USA\|Oregon]	Joset Fisher	20	Portland
Pennsylvania USA\|Pennsylvania]	Deborah Cardonick	19	Philadelphia
Rhode Island USA\|Rhode Island]	Rosemary Jane Dickinson	19	Providence
South Carolina USA\|South Carolina]	Cecelia Yoder	20	Lancaster	Competed at Miss USA World 1963
Tennessee USA\|Tennessee]	Bobbie Lynn Morrow	26	Memphis
Texas USA\|Texas]	Cheryl Rene Wilburn	18	Houston
Utah USA\|Utah]	Carla Ann Dinius	22	Salt Lake City
Vermont USA\|Vermont]	Ellen Centerbar	–	North Bennington
West Virginia USA\|West Virginia]	Nina Lou Denton	–	Marmet
Wisconsin USA\|Wisconsin]	Lynn Korchunoff	18	Milwaukee