Miss America 1962

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• {{flag|North Carolina|1885}} – Maria Fletcher{{cite news |first=Rob |last=Neufeld |title=Portrait of the past: Miss America parade |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/life/2015/01/15/portrait-past-miss-america-parade/21810243/ |work=Citizen Times |date=January 15, 2015}}

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• {{flag|Arkansas|1924}} – Frances Jane Anderson

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• {{flag|Utah|1913}} – Carolyn DeAnn Lasater

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• {{flag|Texas}} – Linda Jacklyn Loftis

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• {{flag|Minnesota|1957}} – Nancee Ann Parkinson

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• {{flag|Alabama}} – Delores Hodgens
• {{flag|California}} – Susan Ann Henryson
• {{flag|Hawaii}} – Joan Whitney Vine
• {{flag|Montana|1905}} – Joanna Katherine Lester
• {{flag|New Mexico}} – Myrtice Lee Conn

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• {{flagicon|Arkansas|1924}} Arkansas - Frances Jane Anderson
• {{flagicon|Minnesota|1957}} Minnesota - Nancee Ann Parkinson
• {{flagicon|North Carolina|1885}} North Carolina - Maria Fletcher

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• {{flagicon|California}} California - Susan Ann Henryson
• {{flagicon|Texas}} Texas - Linda Jacklyn Loftis
• {{flagicon|Utah|1913}} Utah - Carolyn Deann Lasater

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• {{flagicon|California}} California - Susan Ann Henryson
• {{flagicon|Puerto Rico|1952}} Puerto Rico - Rosita Giusti Haito Rey

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• {{Flagicon|Delaware}} Delaware - Robin Jane Whemper
• {{Flagicon|Washington, D.C.}} District of Columbia - Scarlett Shinault
• {{Flagicon|Indiana}} Indiana - Kathleen Burke
• {{Flagicon|Maine}} Maine - Dawne Frances Christie
• {{Flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico - Rosita Giusti
• {{Flagicon|Rhode Island}} Rhode Island - Cheryl Hirst

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!State

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!Hometown

!Age

!Talent

!Placement

!Awards

!Note

|Delores Hodgens

|Bessemer

|23

|Classical Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12"

|Top 10

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|Jean Ann Holm

|Fairbanks

|19

|Monologue with Modeling

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|Susan Webb

|Prescott

|19

|Original Dramatic Composition, "My Heritage: The Stars"

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|Frances Anderson

|Pine Bluff

|19

|Vocal, "I Enjoy Being a Girl"

|1st runner-up

|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

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|Susan Henryson

|Fresno

|19

|Vocal, "You've Got to See Momma Every Night"

|Top 10

|Preliminary Talent Award

Miss Congeniality

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|Connie Gail Feller

|Ottawa

|20

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|Nancy Kessler

|Oak Park

|18

|Modern Dance

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|Jane McBurney

|Denver

|18

|Piano, "Malagueña"

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|Karen Sealise

|Glastonbury

|18

|Sermon based on Sermon on the Mount

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|Robin Jane Whemper

|Wilmington

|18

|Vocal & Dance, "That's What Makes Paris Paree" from April in Paris

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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|Scarlett Shinault

|Silver Spring, MD

|20

|Vocal, "I Cain't Say No"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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|Sherry Grimes

|Sarasota

|18

|Vocal, "My Man's Gone Now"

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|Glenda Brunson

|Savannah

|18

|Spanish Dance

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|Joan Whitney Vine

|Honolulu

|18

|Vocal Medley, "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" & "Thou Swell"

|Top 10

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|LaVerda Garrison

|Nampa

|18

|Dramatic Monologue, "The Yellow Wallpaper"

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|Jacqueline Bingert

|Winthrop Harbor

|21

|Tap Dance & India Ink Sketching

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|Kathleen Burke

|Terre Haute

|18

|Musical Monologue & Fashion Show

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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|Patti Whalen

|Clinton

|18

|Vocal Medley, "I Feel Pretty" & "Tonight" from West Side Story

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|Carolyn Jane Parkinson

|Scott City

|20

|Musical Reading, "Hello Kansas"

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|Lee Grigsby

|Bardstown

|18

|Vocal, "Summertime"

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|Lyndra Frances Pate

|Shreveport

|20

|Vocal, "The House I Live in"

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|Dawne Frances Christie

|Gray

|21

|Piano, 'Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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|Patricia Ann Moon

|Bethesda

|18

|Modern Jazz Dance

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|Nona Smith

|Fairhaven

|18

|Dramatic Reading

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|Karen Southway

|Wyoming

|18

|Vocal, "Someone to Watch Over Me"

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|Nancee Parkinson

|West St. Paul

|18

|Modern Calypso Jazz Dance

|4th runner-up

|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

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|Annice Jernigan

|New Albany

|21

|Piano Medley

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|Sarah Burns

|Caruthersville

|20

|Vocal/Dance, "Put on a Happy Face" from Bye Bye Birdie

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|Joanna Lester

|Missoula

|20

|Vocal Medley, "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" & "There Once was a Man" from The Pajama Game

|Top 10

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|Nancy Lee Foreman

|Albion

|20

|Dramatic Reading, "Such is Your Heritage"

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|Sherry Wagner

|Reno

|19

|Tap Dance, "Oh Them Golden Slippers"

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|Annette Lambert

|Claremont

|18

|Saxophone, "Valse Vanite" by Rudy Wiedoeft

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|Marilyn Haufler

|Watchung

|18

|Comedic Monologue

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|Myrtice Conn

|Clovis

|21

|Comedic Monologue, "Phonetic Punctuation" by Victor Borge

|Top 10

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|Kathryn Moden

|Buffalo

|20

|Dramatic Reading from A Midsummer Night's Dream

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|Maryann Hillyer

|New York City

|20

|Vocal, "The Song is You"

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|Maria Fletcher

|Asheville

|19

|Tap Dance to a recorded version of herself singing "Somebody Loves Me"

|Winner

|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award

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|Diane Ulvedal

|Grand Forks

|18

|Piano, "Gavotte in B Major" by Bach

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|Darlene Depasquale

|Dayton

|18

|Comedy Skit, "Betty at the Baseball Game"

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|Dana Darlene Reno

|Stigler

|20

|Oration with Indian Sign Language

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|Jody Bourne

|Salem

|20

|Interpretive Ballet

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|E. Lynn Maloney

|King of Prussia

|20

|Charcoal Drawing Display & Pantomime Routine

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|Rosita Giusti

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

Miss Congeniality

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|Cheryl Hirst

|Greenville

|18

|Ventriloquism & Organ, "This Can't be Love"

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|Non-finalist Talent Award

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|Janet McGee

|Greenville

|20

|Vocal, "Ave Maria"

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|Rejean Bowar

|Faulkton

|21

|Piano, Vocal, & Narration of Original Monologue

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|Rita Wilson

|Humboldt

|20

|Vocal, "I'm Doing Alright for a Country Gal"

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|Previously National Sweetheart 1959

|Linda Loftis

|Fort Worth

|19

|Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata

|3rd runner-up

|Preliminary Talent Award

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|Carolyn DeAnn Lasater

|Salt Lake City

|19

|Pantomime Dance, "My Life in a Day"

|2nd runner-up

|Preliminary Talent Award

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|Janice Cole

|Binghamton, NY

|18

|Dramatic Reading from Romeo and Juliet

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|Charlotte Thomas

|Roanoke

|19

|Piano, "Malagueńa"

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|Gail Hannuk

|Aberdeen

|18

|Piano, "Warsaw Concerto"

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|Carole Johnson

|Rivesville

|21

|Vocal & Dance, "Hey, Look Me Over" from Wildcat & "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" from Annie Get Your Gun

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|Later Miss West Virginia World 1962

|Diane Anderson

|Eau Claire

|19

|Violin & Ballet en Pointe, "The Swan"

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|Mary Ott

|Sheridan

|19

|Dramatic Reading, "The Bride"

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