Miss America 1953

! Placement

! Contestant

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• {{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|1920|name = Georgia}} – Neva Jane Langley

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• {{flag|Indiana}} – Ann Marie Garnier

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• {{flag|California}} – Jeanne Shores

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• {{flag|Alabama}} – Gwen Harmon

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• {{flag|Chicago}} – Jo Hoppe

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• {{flag|Philadelphia|name = Greater Philadelphia}} – Patricia Mary Hunt
• {{flag|Hawaii}} – Beverly Kathleen Rivera
• {{flag|Louisiana|1912}} – Barbara Frances Barker
• {{flag|New York City}} – Joan Elizabeth Kayne
• {{flag|South Carolina}} – Mary Kemp Griffin

! Awards

! Contestant

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• {{flag|Alabama}} - Gwen Harmon (tie)
• {{flag|California}} - Jeanne Shores (tie)
• {{flag|Chicago}} - Jo Hoppe
• {{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|1920|name = Georgia}} - Neva Jane Langley

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• {{flag|District of Columbia}} - Iris Anne Fitch
• {{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|1920|name = Georgia}} - Neva Jane Langley
• {{flag|New York City}} - Joan Elizabeth Kayne

! Awards

! Contestant

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• {{flag|District of Columbia}} - Iris Anne Fitch (tie)
• {{flag|Oklahoma|1941}} - Shirley Maurine Barbour (tie)

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• {{Flag|North Dakota}} - Margaret Aandahl

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!State

!Name

!Hometown

!Age

!Talent

!Notes

|Gwen Harmon

|Birmingham

|19

|Vocal, "A Heart That's Free"

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|Bonnie Nicksic

|Hot Springs

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|Vocal/Dance, "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" from Show Boat

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|Jeanne Shores

|Azusa

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|Dramatic Monologue

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|Marilyn "Thelma" Delores Reddick

|Agincourt

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|Jo Hoppe

|Chicago

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|Tap Dance

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|Chardelle Hayward

|Fort Collins

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|Piano

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|Joyce Yeske

|West Hartford

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|Ballroom Dance

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|Helen Blackwell

|Wilmington

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|Classical Vocal

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|Iris Fitch

|Washington D.C.

|19

|Vocal, "With a Song in my Heart"

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|Marcia Crane

|Orlando

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|Piano, "Gershwin Prelude"

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|Neva Jane Langley

|Macon

|19

|Classical Piano, "Toccata"

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|Patricia Hunt

|Philadelphia

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|Drama

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|Beverly Kathleen Rivera

|Honolulu

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|Hula

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|ZoeAnn Warberg

|Twin Falls

| 18

|Speech, "The Sacred Duty of the American to Vote"

| First female judge in Idaho's 5th Judicial District and appeared on the 1985 Miss America telecast. ZoeAnn Warberg Shaub died at 83 on Sept. 13, 2017 as result of a car accident in rural Jackpot, Nevada.

|Glenna Marie Pohly

|Rock Falls

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|Flute

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|Ann Garnier

|Indianapolis

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|Classical Vocal, "Il Baciò" by Luigi Arditi

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|Carolyn Hill

|Cedar Falls

|19

|Vocal, "You're My Everything"

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|Kay Ann Goforth

|McPherson

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|Vocal/Dance

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|Joy Williams

|Lexington

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|Dance

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|Barbara Barker

|Monroe

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|Drama, "The Fog"

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|Norma Lee Collins

|Caribou

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|Shirley Virginia Harrison

|Baltimore

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|Monologue from Tom Sawyer

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|Barbara Graves

|Milton

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|Karol Dragomir

|Benton Harbor

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|Vocal, "I'll Walk Alone"

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|Carole Wick

|Duluth

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|Vocal

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|Dora Livingston

|Yazoo City

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|Florence Spack

|Clayton

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|Vocal

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|Karen Whittet

|Livingston

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|Piano

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|Helen Francis Burhorn

|Omaha

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|Piano, Warsaw Concerto

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|Bonnie Wilson

|Reno

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|Ballet, "Something to Dance About"

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|Barbara Temperly

|Goffstown

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|Mary Parker

|Gibbsboro

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|Drama

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|Joan St. John

|Binghamton

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|Vocal

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|Joan Kayne

|New York City

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|Dance

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|Barbara Harris

|Salisbury

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|Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"

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|Margaret Aandahl

|Litchville

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|Piano

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|Carol Koontz

|Bolivar

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|Fire Baton Twirling & Clarinet

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|Shirley Barbour

|Tulsa

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|Drama

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|Mary Lou Teague

|Eugene

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|Vocal, "Love is Where You Find it"

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|Miriam Smith

|McAlisterville

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|Pipe Organ, "Tico Tico"

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|Helga Edmee Monroig

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|Jayne Bradshaw

|Westerly

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|Classical Vocal

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|Mary Griffin

|Florence

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|Classical Vocal

|1st Runner-up at Miss USA 1953 representing Myrtle Beach

5th Runner-up at Miss World 1953 representing the United States

|Sandra Hart

|Huron

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|Fire Baton Twirling

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|Gloria Williams

|Chattanooga

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|Vocal, "Lover, When You're Near Me"

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|Connie Hopping

|Littlefield

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|Vocal

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|Marylyn Reese

|Brigham

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|Monologue, "The Mudlark" & "Our Town"

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|Barbara Moore

|St. Johnsbury

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|Baton Twirling/Dance

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|Edna Long

|Richmond

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|Dance

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|Nancy Rohrbough

|Grafton

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|Dance

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|Jeannie Eleanor Huston

|La Crosse

|19

|Cello

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|Ruth Francis

|Casper

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|Drama

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