Miss America 1956 Candidates

Alabama — Patricia Byrd Huddleston
Arizona — Beth Andre
Arkansas — Charlene (Cherie) Marie Bowers
California — Barbara Jane Harris
Canada — Dalyce Gail Smith
Colorado — Sharon Kay Ritchie
Connecticut — Audrey Vivian Figlar
Delaware — Joanne Lorraine Sakowski
District of Columbia — Judith Anne Dunkle
Florida — Sandra Wirth
Georgia — Jeanine Aleatrice Parris
Hawaii — Barbara Mamo Vieira
Idaho — Judy Lynn Voiten
Illinois — Florence Gallagher
Illinois — Marian Elizabeth Cox
Indiana — Carolyn Sue Turner
Iowa — Kay Taylor
Kansas — Gail White
Kentucky — Ann Shirley Gillock
Louisiana — Jan Aline Johnston
Maine — Janice Elaine Vaughan
Maryland — Carol Jennette
Massachusetts — Virginia E Maffucci
Michigan — Margaret Ellen Devereaux
Minnesota — Marlyse Lee Reed
Mississippi — Carolyn Cochran
Missouri — Sharon Frances Knickmeyer
Montana — Berta Mae Huebl
Nebraska — Sandra Elizabeth Speicher
Nevada — Vivienne Mae Potter
New Hampshire — Margaret Aldred Johnson
New Jersey — Patricia Elmira Campbell
New Jersey — Emily D Swan
New York — Diana Deutsch
North Carolina — Clara Faye Arnold
North Dakota — Mary Ann Gibbs
Ohio — Marguerite Elizabeth Garr
Oklahoma — Ann Campbell
Oregon — Dorothy Mae Johnson
Pennsylvania — Pam Ulrich
Puerto Rico — Gladys Rodriguez
Rhode Island — Claire May Emerson
South Carolina — Martha Dean Chestnut
South Dakota — Connie Darlene White
Tennessee — Patricia Anne Williams
Texas — June Prichard
Utah — Suzanne Storrs Poulton
Vermont — Phyllis R Reich
Virginia — Betty Sue Mathews
West Virginia — Mary Lou Fryman
Wisconsin — Margaret Carolynne Walls