Miss America 1961 Candidates

Alabama — Teresa Rinaldi
Alaska — June Cathleen Bowdish
Arizona — Georgia Ann Garbarino
Arkansas — Claudette Smith
California — Suzanne Marie Reamo
Canada — Iris Elaine Thurlwell
Colorado — Anne Lanier Walker
Connecticut — Wendy Eleanor Mitchell
Delaware — Deborah Dukenfield Benoit
District of Columbia — Ruth Rea
Florida — Kathy Ann Magda
Georgia — Sandra Katherine Tally
Hawaii — Gabriella Haleakala I
Idaho — Marlene Rae Coleman
Illinois — Vicky Joyce Nutter
Illinois — Margaret Newton McDowell
Indiana — Tommye Lou Glaze
Iowa — Sally Joan Neville
Kansas — Gayla Leigh Shoemake
Kentucky — Alice Chumbley
Louisiana — Judith Ann Coday
Maine — Sally Ann Robinson
Maryland — Robin Carole Davis
Massachusetts — Brenda Crovo
Michigan — Nancy Anne Fleming
Minnesota — Jean Marie Elverum
Mississippi — Patricia Ann McRaney
Missouri — Dusene Alee Vunovich
Montana — Lois Marie Volkel
Nebraska — Cheryl Ann Jaeke
Nevada — Nancy Marie Bowen
New Hampshire — Drina Bouchard
New Jersey — Anne Susan Barber
New Jersey — Carole Adele Camp
New Mexico — Carolyn Adams Moore
New York — Susan Jane Talbert
New York — Sherrylyn Patecell
North Carolina — Ann Farrington Herring
North Dakota — Carol Ruth Olson
Ohio — Alice Ann McClain
Oklahoma — Donna Kay Creed
Oregon — Rosemary Doolen
Pennsylvania — Priscilla Mae Hendricks
Rhode Island — Sally Mae Saabye
South Carolina — Edith Sandra Browning
South Dakota — Janet Lee Barber
Tennessee — Jenny Louise Thomas
Texas — Mary Cage Moore
Utah — Marian Faye Walker
Vermont — Anne Elaine Masino
Virginia — Catherine Cynthia Birch
Washington — Connie Rae Hughes
West Virginia — Mary Elizabeth Hoback
Wisconsin — Karen Marie Fahrenbach
Wyoming — Sharon Irene Luond