Miss America 1953 Candidates

Alabama — Gwendolyn (Gwen) Harmon
Arkansas — Bonnie Diane Nicksic
California — Jeanne Shores
Canada — Marilyn D Reddick
Colorado — Chardelle Hayward
Connecticut — Joyce Marlene Yeske
Delaware — Helen Blackwell
District of Columbia — Iris Anne Fitch
Florida — Marcia Crane
Georgia — Neva Jane Langley
Hawaii — Beverly Kathleen Rivera
Idaho — Zoe Ann Warberg
Illinois — Jo (Josephine) Hoppe
Illinois — Glenna Marie Pohly
Indiana — Ann Marie Garnier
Iowa — Carolyn E Hill
Kansas — Kay Ann Goforth
Kentucky — Joy Williams
Louisiana — Barbara Frances Barker
Maine — Norma Lee Collins
Maryland — Shirley Virginia Harrison
Massachusetts — Barbara Jane Graves
Michigan — Karol Ann Dragomir
Minnesota — Carole Wick
Mississippi — Dora Lee Livingston
Missouri — Florence Mae Spack
Montana — Karen A Whittet
Nebraska — Helen Frances Burhorn
Nevada — Bonnie Le Claire Wilson
New Hampshire — Barbara Estelle Temperley
New Jersey — Mary Henderson Parker
New Jersey — Patricia Milligan
New York — Joan Marie St. John
New York — Joan Elizabeth Kayne
North Carolina — Barbara Anne Harris
North Dakota — Margaret Winifred Aandahl
Ohio — Carol Jean Koontz
Oklahoma — Shirley Maurine Barbour
Oregon — Mary Lou Teague
Pennsylvania — Patricia Mary Hunt
Pennsylvania — Miriam Mae Smith
Puerto Rico — Helga Edmee Monroig
Rhode Island — Jane Florence Bradshaw
South Carolina — Mary Kemp Griffin
South Dakota — Sandra Kay Hart
Tennessee — Gloria Ruth Williams
Texas — Connie W Hopping
Utah — Marylyn Reese
Vermont — Barbara Jane Moore
Virginia — Edna Frances Long
West Virginia — Nancy Rohrbough
Wisconsin — Jeannie Eleanor Huston
Wyoming — Ruth A Francis