Miss USA 1958

Miss USA 1958 was the seventh Miss USA pageant, held at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California on July 23, 1958.

Miss USA 1958
Eurlyne Howell, Miss USA 1958
Date	July 23, 1958
Venue	Long Beach, California
Entrants	45
Placements	15
Withdrawals	Kansas Mississippi Oklahoma Oregon Wisconsin
Winner	Eurlyne Howell Louisiana
← 1957 1959 →

At the end of the event, Charlotte Sheffield of Utah crowned Eurlyne Howell of Louisiana as Miss USA 1958.^[1][2] It is the first victory of Louisiana in the pageant's history. Howell later competed at Miss Universe and was named as third runner-up to eventual winner, Luz Marina Zuluaga.^[3]

Contestants from 45 states and cities competed in this year's pageant. The competition was hosted by Bob Russell.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss USA 1958	Louisiana – Eurlyne Howell[4]
1st runner-up	Florida – Marcia Valibus[4]
2nd runner-up	Alabama – Judith Carlson[4]
3rd runner-up	Illinois – June Pickney[4]
4th runner-up	Georgia – Diane Austin[4]
Top 15	California – Donna Brooks[5] Montana – Sharon Tietjen[5] Nebraska – Dee Kjeldgaard[5] New York – Virginia Fox[5] South Carolina – Patricia Moss[5] South Dakota – Helen Youngquist[5] Tennessee – Martha Boales[5] Texas – Linda Daugherty[5] Utah – Sandra Pugh[5] Washington – Rose Nielsen[5]

Pageant

Selection committee

• Vincent Trotta – American artist^[6]
• Miyoko Nayagita – Member of the Woman Artists Association^[6]
• Roger Zeiler – French official from the Miss Europe Committee^[6]
• Jacob Gaudaur – Canadian oarsman^[6]
• Ma Ma Loa – Famous Hawaiian singer^[6]
• Earl Wilson – American journalist and columnist^[6]
• David Arasik – Israeli editor of Cinema magazine^[6]
• Alberto Vargas – Peruvian-American painter known for his "Vargas Girls"^[6]
• Raul Ferrada – Chilean newspaper editor^[6]

Contestants

45 contestants competed for the title.^[7]

State/City	Contestant	Age[a]	Hometown	Notes
Alabama	Judith Lucille Carlson[4]	18	Birmingham
Arizona	Shirlee Fox[8]	20	Phoenix
Arkansas	Nancy Hill	19	Little Rock
California	Donna Kay Brooks[9]	18	Los Angeles
Colorado	Devona Hubka	18	Denver
Connecticut	Dorothy E. Dillen[10]	19	Hartford
Delaware	Virginia Marie Jefferson[11]	18	Delmar
District of Columbia	Peggy Wolf	–	Washington, D.C.
Florida	Marcia Valibus[4]	20	Miami Beach	Competed in the 1958 Miss Dixie Pageant
Georgia	Diane Gail Austin[4]	18	Atlanta
Idaho	Jeanette Ashton	18	Inkom
Illinois	June Pickney[12]	22	Chicago
Indiana	Shirley Ann Ball[13]	19	Indianapolis
Iowa	Sandra Mary Olsen	18	Sioux City
Kentucky	Shannon Beasley	20	Reed
Louisiana	Eurlyne Howell	18	Bossier City	3rd runner-up at Miss Universe 1958[4]
Maine	Karen Louise Hansen	19	Cumberland Center
Maryland	Patricia Marie Vogts	22	Silver Spring
Massachusetts	Sally Ann Freedman	18	Peabody
Michigan	Shirley Ann Black	19	Flint
Minnesota	Sue Bouchard	19	Minneapolis
Missouri	Beverly Sue Wright	19	St. Louis
Montana	Sharon Diane Tietjen	18	Great Falls	Later Miss Montana 1959
Nebraska	Dee Kjeldgaard	21	Big Springs
Nevada	Terry Lee Jeffers	18	Las Vegas
New Hampshire	Patricia Gail Larrabee	19	Salem
New Jersey	Fay Hasenauer	–	Menlo Park Terrace
New Mexico	Sandi Lin Bullis	18	Albuquerque
New York	Virginia Fox	–	New York City
North Carolina	Carol Jean Edwards	18	Elizabeth City
North Dakota	Diana Spidahl	–	–
Ohio	Cindy Ann Garrison	18	Canton
Pennsylvania	Natalie Dee	22	Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Kathleen Conyers	19	Haverton
Rhode Island	Claire di Paolo	20	Providence
South Carolina	Patricia Ann Moss	18	York
South Dakota	Helen Youngquist	20	Sioux Falls
Tennessee	Martha Nelle "Marty" Boales	19	Memphis	1st runner-up in the 1959 Miss Dixie Pageant
Texas	Linda Ann Daugherty	18	Houston
Utah	Sandra Pugh	19	Provo
Vermont	Doreen Patricia McNamee	20	Brattleboro
Virginia	Betty Marsh	18	Lynchburg
Washington	Rose Marie Nielsen	19	Seattle
West Virginia	Mary Ann Guthrie	19	Charleston
Wyoming	Dorothy Kochiras	–	Evanston

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant