Miss America 1967

Miss America 1967
Date	September 10, 1966
Presenters	Bert Parks
Venue	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster	NBC
Entrants	50
Placements	10
Winner	Jane Anne Jayroe Oklahoma

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, and the first telecast of the pageant in color.

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

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss America 1967	Oklahoma – Jane Anne Jayroe
1st Runner-Up	California – Charlene Dallas
2nd Runner-Up	Tennessee – Vicki Hurd
3rd Runner-Up	Ohio – Sharon Phillian
4th Runner-Up	New Hampshire – Nancy Naylor
Top 10	Alabama – Angeline McCrocklin Grooms  Florida – Diane Colston  Massachusetts – Carol Ann Kennedy  New Mexico – Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel  Texas – Susan Kay Logan

Order of announcements

Top 10  Florida  Massachusetts  Oklahoma  New Mexico  Alabama  Tennessee  New Hampshire  Texas  California  Ohio

Top 5  California  New Hampshire  Ohio  Oklahoma  Tennessee

Awards

Preliminary awards

Awards	Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness	California – Charlene Dallas  New Hampshire – Nancy Naylor  South Carolina – Barbara Anne Harris
Talent	California – Charlene Dallas  Ohio – Sharon Phillian  Oklahoma – Jane Anne Jayroe

Other awards

Award	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Virginia – Linda Maclin
Non-finalist Talent	Connecticut – Carole Gelish  Maryland – Linda Rita Peluzzo  Mississippi – Robbie Robertson  Nebraska – Patricia Lee Van Horne  North Dakota – Denise Fledderman  Pennsylvania – Gale Veronica Rothwell  Rhode Island – Cheryl Girr

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.

External links

• Miss America official website