Miss America 1958

{{Short description|31st Miss America pageant}}

{{more citations needed|date=October 2023}}

{{Infobox beauty pageant

| winner = Marilyn Van Derbur

| image = Marian McKnight kisses Marilyn Van Derbur (cropped).jpg

| caption = Former Miss America 1957 Marian McKnight kisses new Miss America 1958 Marilyn Van Derbur upon her victory

| represented = Colorado

| date = September 7, 1957

| presenters = Bert Parks

| entrants = 51

| placements = 10

| venue = Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey

| broadcaster = CBS

| before = 1957

| next = 1959

}}

Miss America 1958, the 31st Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1957 on CBS.

The winner, Marilyn Van Derbur, who was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar at the University of Colorado, performed a medley of the songs "Tenderly" and "Tea for Two" on the organ during the talent competition.{{cite news |title=Tall Colorado Blonde Is Chosen New Miss America |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/328643150 |access-date=18 October 2023 |work=The Tampa Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=8 Sep 1957 |page=16 |language=en}} She later revealed it was the only thing she knew how to play.

Results

=Placements=

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! Placement

! Contestant

Miss America 1958

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1st Runner-Up

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  • {{flag|Georgia (U.S. state)|1956|name = Georgia}} – Jody Elizabeth Shattuck
2nd Runner-Up

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  • {{flag|Oklahoma|1941}} – Mary Nancy Denner
3rd Runner-Up

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  • {{flag|California}} – Lorna M. Anderson
4th Runner-Up

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  • {{flag|Florida|1900}} – Dorothy Maria Steiner
Top 10

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  • {{flag|Arizona}} – Lynn Freyse
  • {{flag|Missouri}} – Sara Ann Cooper
  • {{flag|Nevada|1929}} – Loni Jess Gravelle
  • {{flag|North Carolina|1885}} – Elaine Herndon
  • {{flag|Oregon}} – Judith Faye Hansen

=Awards=

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==Preliminary awards==

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! Awards

! Contestant

Lifestyle and Fitness

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Talent

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  • {{flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana - Gloria Ruth Rupprecht
  • {{flagicon|Missouri}} Missouri - Sara Ann Cooper
  • {{flagicon|Oregon}} Oregon - Judith Faye Hansen (tie)
  • {{flagicon|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania - Jennie Rebecca Blatchford (tie)

==Other awards==

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! Awards

! Contestant

Miss Congeniality

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  • {{flagicon|New Mexico}} New Mexico - Glynnelle Hubbard
Non-finalist Talent

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  • {{Flagicon|Alabama}} Alabama - Anna Stange
  • {{Flagicon|Connecticut}} Connecticut - Susan Lightbown
  • {{Flagicon|Idaho}} Idaho - Carene Clark
  • {{Flagicon|Kentucky}} Kentucky - Jane Brock
  • {{Flagicon|Nebraska}} Nebraska - Kathleen L. Nielson
  • {{Flagicon|Utah}} Utah - Francine Louise Felt
  • {{Flagicon|Vermont}} Vermont - Joan Hewitt

Contestants

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!Age

!Talent

!Placement

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{{Flagicon|Alabama}} Alabama

|Anna Stange

|Birmingham

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|Monologue from Mourning Becomes Electra

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Arizona}} Arizona

|Lynn Freyse

|Tucson

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|Dramatic Reading from The Country Girl

|Top 10

|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

|Later starred in the TV series Hazel

{{Flagicon|Arkansas}} Arkansas

|Suzanne Scudder

|Hot Springs

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|Vocal

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{{Flagicon|California}} California

|Lorna Anderson

|Sacramento

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|Accordion, "Dark Eyes"

|3rd runner-up

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{{Flagicon|Canada}} Canada

|Joan May Fitzpatrick

|Windsor

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{{Flagicon|Chicago}} Chicago

|Bette Lieb

|Chicago

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|Dramatic Monologue from Romeo and Juliet

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{{Flagicon|Colorado}} Colorado

|Marilyn Van Derbur

|Denver

|20

|Organ, "Tea for Two" & "Tenderly"

|Winner

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{{Flagicon|Connecticut}} Connecticut

|Susan Lightbown

|Fairfield

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|Vocal, "Wouldn't it be Loverly" from My Fair Lady

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Delaware}} Delaware

|Kathleen Ann D'Attillio

|Wilimington

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|Piano

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{{Flagicon|Washington, D.C.}} District of Columbia

|June Cook

|Arlington, VA

|20

|Piano, "Rhapsody in Blue"

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{{Flagicon|Florida}} Florida

|Dorothy Maria Steiner

|Boca Raton

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|Dramatic Reading, "Such is Your Heritage"

|4th runner-up

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{{Flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} Georgia

|Jody Shattuck

|Atlanta

|20

|Vocal & Dance, "Namely You" from Li'l Abner

|1st runner-up

|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

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{{Flagicon|Hawaii}} Hawaii

|Sandra Lei Lauhiwa Forsythe

|Honolulu

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|Hula

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{{Flagicon|Idaho}} Idaho

|Carene Clark

|Pocatello

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|Classical Vocal from Die Fledermaus

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Illinois}} Illinois

|Jeannie Beacham

|Downers Grove

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|Drama, "The Great Debates"

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{{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana

|Gloria Rupprecht

|Valparaiso

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|Vocal/Comedy Skit, "My Hero"

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|Preliminary Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Iowa}} Iowa

|Carol Fleck

|Oskaloosa

|19

|Dance

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{{Flagicon|Kansas}} Kansas

|Georgiana Rundle

|Axtell

|21

|Vocal, "Habanera" & "Getting to Know You"

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{{Flagicon|Kentucky}} Kentucky

|Jane Brock

|Liberty

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|Piano

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Louisiana}} Louisiana

|Beverly Leigh Norman

|Shreveport

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|Vocal, "My Own True Love"

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{{Flagicon|Maine}} Maine

|Carol Ann Bartels

|Bath

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|Drama/Art

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{{Flagicon|Maryland}} Maryland

|Nancy Elizabeth Norris

|Silver Spring

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|Dramatic Monologue, "A Letter to my Parents"

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{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} Massachusetts

|Daly Hirsch

|Boston

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|Drama

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{{Flagicon|Michigan}} Michigan

|Valerie Strong

|Williamsburg

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|Piano, "Brazil"

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{{Flagicon|Minnesota}} Minnesota

|Ardyce Gustafson

|St. Paul

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|Vocal Medley from My Fair Lady

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{{Flagicon|Mississippi}} Mississippi

|Mary Allen

|Yazoo City

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|Dance & Art Presentation

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{{Flagicon|Missouri}} Missouri

|Sara Cooper

|Buckner

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|Charleston Dance

|Top 10

|Preliminary Talent Award

|Daughter of Major League Baseball player, Walker Cooper

{{Flagicon|Nebraska}} Nebraska

|Kathleen L. Nielsen

|Lincoln

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|Dance

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

|Later Miss Iowa USA 1959

{{Flagicon|Nevada}} Nevada

|Loni Gravelle

|Reno

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|Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg

|Top 10

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{{Flagicon|New Hampshire}} New Hampshire

|Holly Arnel

|New London

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|Drama

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{{Flagicon|New Jersey}} New Jersey

|Janet Ressler

|Union

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|Vocal

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{{Flagicon|New Mexico}} New Mexico

|Glynnelle Hubbard

|Farmington

|19

|Dance

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|Miss Congeniality

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{{Flagicon|New York}} New York

|Janet Corrigan

|Huntington

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|Vocal, "True Love"

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{{Flagicon|New York City}} New York City

|Astrid Papamichael

|New York City

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|Vocal

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{{Flagicon|North Carolina}} North Carolina

|Elaine Herndon

|Durham

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|Vocal & Dance

|Top 10

|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

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{{Flagicon|North Dakota}} North Dakota

|Helen Winje

|Minot

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|Vocal

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{{Flagicon|Ohio}} Ohio

|Linda Hattman

|Mansfield

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|Ballet

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{{Flagicon|Oklahoma}} Oklahoma

|Mary Nancy Denner

|Alva

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|Poetry Recitation, "The Ballad of the Harp Weaver" by Edna St. Vincent Millay

|2nd runner-up

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{{Flagicon|Oregon}} Oregon

|Judith Hansen

|Astoria

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|Classical Vocal, "Mi Chiamano Mimi" from La bohéme

|Top 10

|Preliminary Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Pennsylvania}} Pennsylvania

|Jennie Rebecca Blatchford

|Hollidaysburg

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|Baton Twirling, "St. Louis Blues" & "The Stars and Stripes Forever"

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|Preliminary Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico

|Winnie Rodríguez

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{{Flagicon|Rhode Island}} Rhode Island

|Beatrice Turek

|Providence

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|Art Display

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{{Flagicon|South Carolina}} South Carolina

|Cecilia Colvert

|Greenwood

|18

|Pantomime/Vocal, "C'est si bon" by Eartha Kitt

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|Mother of Miss South Carolina 1988, Anna Graham Reynolds

{{Flagicon|South Dakota}} South Dakota

|Patricia Miller

|Mobridge

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|Vocal

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{{Flagicon|Tennessee}} Tennessee

|Amanda Lee Whitman

|Nashville

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|Trampoline/Tumbling, "The Third Man Theme"

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|Performed the first trampoline talent act in the Miss America competition

{{Flagicon|Texas}} Texas

|Carolyn Calvert

|Austin

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|Monologue from Medea

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{{Flagicon|Utah}} Utah

|Francine Louise Felt

|Salt Lake City

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|Violin

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Vermont}} Vermont

|Joan Hewitt

|Brattleboro

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|Art Presentation & Original Skit with original music

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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{{Flagicon|Virginia}} Virginia

|Rebecca Lee Edmunds

|Roanoke

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|Dance

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{{Flagicon|West Virginia}} West Virginia

|Janice Sickle

|Fairmont

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|Vocal & Dance

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{{Flagicon|Wisconsin}} Wisconsin

|Joan Hentschel

|Wauwatosa

|18

|Interpretive Dance, "3:00 in the Morning"

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