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| winner = '''[[Marite Ozers]]<br>{{flagicon|Illinois|1915}} [[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]]'''
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| caption = [[Marite Ozers]] as Miss USA 1963
| represented = {{flagicon|Illinois|1915}} [[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]]
| date = July 17, 1963
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'''Miss USA 1963''' was the 12th [[Miss USA]] pageant, held inat the Miami Beach Auditorium, [[Miami Beach, Florida]] on July 17, 1963. The pageant was won by [[Marite Ozers]] of [[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]], who was crowned by outgoing titleholder [[Macel Leilani Wilson]] of [[Miss Hawaii USA|Hawaii]]. [[Latvia|Latvian]]-born Ozers was the first woman born outside the U.S. to take the Miss USA title, and the second delegate from Illinois to do so. Ozers went on to finish as a Top 15 semi-finalist at [[Miss Universe 1963]]. This was the first Miss USA to be broadcast on television, first aired on [[CBS]] that would be remained in the next 39 years.
 
At the end of the event, [[Macel Wilson]] of Hawaii crowned [[Marite Ozers]] of [[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]] as Miss USA 1963.<ref name="Tri-City Herald">{{cite news |title=Miss Illinois Wins Miss U.S.A. Title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/819719558/ |access-date=23 July 2023 |work=[[Tri-City Herald]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=July 18, 1963}}</ref> [[Latvia|Latvian]]-born Ozers was the first woman born outside the United States to win the title, and the second delegate from Illinois to do so. Ozers later competed at [[Miss Universe 1963|Miss Universe]] and was named one of the fifteen semi-finalists.<ref name="Messenger">{{cite news |date=21 Jul 1963 |title=Miss Brazil Is Miss Universe Contest Winner |language=en |page=1 |work=[[The Troy Messenger]] |agency=[[United Press International]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/554427239/ |access-date=5 September 2023}}</ref>
First runner-up [[Michele Rollins|Michele Metrinko]] later won the Miss World USA 1963 pageant and finished as a Top 14 semi-finalist at [[Miss World 1963]]. Metrinko's sister Marsha also competed in Miss USA 1963 – the only instance to date of two sisters competing against each other at the same pageant.
 
Contestants from forty-two states and the District of Columbia competed in the pageant.
 
== Results ==
 
=== Placements ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Placement
!Contestant
|-
|'''Miss USA 1963'''
|
*'''[[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]]''' – '''[[Marite Ozers]]<ref name="Tri-City Herald" />'''
|-
|1st runner-up
|
*[[Miss District of Columbia USA|District of Columbia]] – [[Michele Rollins|Michele Metrinko]]<ref name="Tri-City Herald" />
|-
|2nd runner-up
|
*[[Miss Missouri USA|Missouri]] – Sandra Marlin<ref name="Tri-City Herald" />
|-
|3rd runner-up
|
*[[Miss Colorado USA|Colorado]] – Rhea Looney<ref name="Tri-City Herald" />
|-
|4th runner-up
|
*[[Miss California USA|California]] - Francine Herack
|-
|Top 15
|
*[[Miss Alabama USA|Alabama]] – Dinah Armstrong<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=18 July 1963 |title=Miss U.S.A. and 14 runners-up |pages=20 |work=Iowa City Press-Citizen |location=Iowa City, Iowa |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/iowa-city-press-citizen-1963-miss-usa-cl/121399153/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*[[Miss Arizona USA|Arizona]] – Diane McGarry<ref name=":0" />
*[[Miss Massachusetts USA|Massachusetts]] – Sandra Smith<ref name=":0" />
*[[Miss Michigan USA|Michigan]] – Pamela Sands<ref name=":0" />
*[[Miss Nevada USA|Nevada]] – Kathee Francis<ref name=":0" />
*[[Miss New Mexico USA|New Mexico]] – Sandra Fullingim<ref name=":0" />
*[[Miss New York USA|New York]] – Jeanne Quinn<ref name=":0" />
*[[Miss Oklahoma USA|Oklahoma]] – Roberta Mosier<ref name=":0" />
*[[Miss South Carolina USA|South Carolina]] – Cecelia Yoder<ref name=":0" />
*[[Miss Tennessee USA|Tennessee]] – Bobbie Morrow<ref name=":0" />
|}
 
== Contestants ==
{| class="wikitable"
Forty-three contestants competed for the title.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! width=120|State/District
! width=150|Contestant
! Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}}
! width=150|Hometown
! Notes
|-
|[[Miss Alabama USA|Alabama]]
|Dinah Irene Armstrong
|19
|[[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Alaska USA|Alaska]]
|Nina Whaley
|19
|[[Fairbanks, Alaska|Fairbanks]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Arizona USA|Arizona]]
|Diane McGarry<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 July 1963 |title=Arizona's entry |pages=9 |work=Arizona Daily Star |location=Tucson, Arizona |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star/134342507/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|20
|[[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Arkansas USA|Arkansas]]
|Cheryl Jane Bechtelheimer
|19
|[[Camden, Arkansas|Camden]]
|
|-
|[[Miss California USA|California]]
|Francine Cheryl Herack<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 June 1963 |title=Hollywood beauty takes state title |pages=2 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |location=Hollywood, California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news/134318909/ |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Colorado USA|Colorado]]
|Rhea Looney<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 July 1963 |title=Colorado's champion |pages=1 |work=The Memphis Press-Scimitar |location=Memphis, Tennessee |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-memphis-press-scimitar/134343866/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Denver]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Connecticut USA|Connecticut]]
|Gail Dinan
|19
|[[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Delaware USA|Delaware]]
|Susan Kowalski<ref>{{Cite news |last=Burroughs |first=Betty |date=6 July 1963 |title=Pert pianist hits high beauty note |pages=13 |work=The Morning News |location=Wilmington, Delaware |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-news/134341390/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|18
|[[Newport, Delaware|Newport]]
|
|-
|[[Miss District of Columbia USA|District of Columbia]]
|Michele Bettina Metrinko<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Winfrey |first=Lee |date=15 July 1963 |title=Manna from heavenly beauties |pages=29 |work=The Miami Herald |location=Miami, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/134343443/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|18
|[[Washington, D.C.]]
|Later [[Miss USA World 1963]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 September 1963|title=Miss USA Pageant competition looms|language=en|pages=1|work=Beckley Post-Herald|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113087946/beckley-post-herald/|access-date=31 October 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br>Semi-finalist at [[Miss World 1963]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=7 November 1963|title=Carole J. Crawford fue electa nueva "Señorita Mundo"|language=es|trans-title=Carole J. Crawford was elected the new "Miss World"|pages=7|work=La Opinion|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q3FEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XbIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1314%2C4990641|access-date=31 October 2023|via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><br>Sister of Marsha Metrinko, [[Miss Maryland USA]] 1963<br>Candidate for the Republican nomination in the [[2010 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware#Republican primary|2010 U.S. House of Representatives election in Delaware]] for [[Delaware's at-large congressional district]]
|-
|[[Miss Florida USA|Florida]]
|Linda Egland<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Harry |date=7 July 1963 |title=Conquers Florida, aims for Universe |pages=40 |work=The Miami Herald |location=Miami, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/134341604/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|18
|[[South Miami, Florida|South Miami]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Georgia USA|Georgia]]
|Brenda Seagraves
|19
|[[Winterville, Georgia|Winterville]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Hawaii USA|Hawaii]]
|Susan Molina
|18
|[[Honolulu]]
|Later [[Miss Hawaii World]] 1963<br>Semi-finalist at [[Miss USA World 1963]]
|-
|[[Miss Illinois USA|'''Illinois''']]
|'''[[Marite Ozers]]'''<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 June 1963 |title=Miss Illinois named in contest at Dolton |pages=1 |work=The Times |location=Munster, Indiana |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times/134318411/ |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
|Previously [[Miss USA World 1962|Miss Chicago World 1962]]<br>Semi-finalist at [[Miss Universe 1963]]<ref name="Messenger" />
|-
|[[Miss Indiana USA|Indiana]]
|Vickie Little
|20
|[[Indianapolis]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Iowa USA|Iowa]]
|Ramona Kathleen Meylor<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 June 1963 |title=Dr. Meylor reigns today as 'Miss Iowa' |pages=1 |work=Estherville Daily News |location=Estherville, Iowa |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/estherville-daily-news/134319102/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|23
|[[Le Mars, Iowa|Le Mars]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Kansas USA|Kansas]]
|Diane Victoria Stalker<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zook |first=Carol |date=29 June 1963 |title=Kansas queens turn two faces east |pages=11 |work=The Wichita Eagle |location=Wichita, Kansas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle/134340460/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|21
|[[Wichita, Kansas|Wichita]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Kentucky USA|Kentucky]]
|Mary Ann Arnold<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 June 1963 |title=Calvert City girl is Miss Kentucky winner |pages=6 |work=The Paducah Sun |location=Paducah, Kentucky |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paducah-sun-mary-ann-arnold-1963/25612225/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|20
|[[Calvert City, Kentucky|Calvert City]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Louisiana USA|Louisiana]]
|Margaret Susan "Peggy" Romero<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 June 1963 |title=Miss Louisiana |pages=1 |work=The Daily Advertiser |location=Lafayette, Louisiana |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-advertiser/134340184/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|18
|[[Kaplan, Louisiana|Kaplan]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Maine USA|Maine]]
|Laurel Ann Barker
|21
|[[Portland, Maine|Portland]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Maryland USA|Maryland]]
|Marsha Barbara Metrinko<ref name=":1" />
|21
|[[Laurel, Maryland|Laurel]]
|Later [[Miss New York|Miss New York City]] at [[Miss America 1964]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 August 1963 |title=The fairest of New York City |pages=12 |work=The Buffalo News |location=Buffalo, New York |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news/134344362/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br>Sister of [[Michele Rollins|Michele Metrinko]], [[Miss District of Columbia USA]] 1963
|-
|[[Miss Massachusetts USA|Massachusetts]]
|Sandra Smith<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=8 July 1963 |title=15 beauties reach Miss U.S.A. finals |pages=1–2 |work=The Miami Herald |location=Miami, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/134344064/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|23
|[[Newton Upper Falls]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Michigan USA|Michigan]]
|Pamela Lee Sands<ref>{{Cite news |last=Winfrey |first=Lee |date=14 July 1963 |title=Three queens lose duel with the Sun |pages=36 |work=The Miami Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/134343150/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Ludington, Michigan|Ludington]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Mississippi USA|Mississippi]]
|Joan Kinnebrew
|19
|[[Hattiesburg, Mississippi|Hattiesburg]]
|Competed at Miss Dixie 1964
|-
|[[Miss Missouri USA|Missouri]]
|Sandra Lee Marlin<ref name=":2" />
|19
|[[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Nebraska USA|Nebraska]]
|Sandy Zimmer
|–
|[[Kearney, Nebraska|Kearney]]
|Replaced Cheryl Warden due to publicity issues<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 June 1963 |title=Beauty queen steps down, blaming 'challenge' fuss |pages=1 |work=Evening World-Herald |location=Omaha, Nebraska |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-world-herald-1963/119938792/ |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Miss Nevada USA|Nevada]]
|Kathee Francis<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 June 1963 |title=Nevada beauty |pages=12 |work=The Fresno Bee |location=Fresno, California |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee/134318683/ |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|20
|[[Las Vegas]]
|
|-
|[[Miss New Hampshire USA|New Hampshire]]
|Johnnye McLeod
|18
|[[Hampton, New Hampshire|Hampton]]
|
|-
|[[Miss New Jersey USA|New Jersey]]
|Judy Kay Ayers
|–
|[[Salem, New Jersey|Salem]]
|
|-
|[[Miss New Mexico USA|New Mexico]]
|Sandra Fullingim<ref name=":2" />
|18
|[[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]]
|
|-
|[[Miss New York USA|New York]]
|Jeanne Marie Quinn<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 June 1963 |title=Stately beauty |pages=109 |work=Daily News |location=New York, New York |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news/134318875/ |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[East Meadow]]
|
Later [[Miss USA World 1964]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 September 1964|title=Arms and the man|language=en|pages=5|work=The Progress-Index|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-progress-index-19647septtheprogre/281563/|access-date=31 October 2023|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br>Semi-finalist at [[Miss World 1964]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 November 1964 |title=British gal Miss World |pages=15 |work=The Telegraph-Herald |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xPxQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uLwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5429%2C1931680 |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref><br>Named 1st runner up at Miss American Beauty 1964<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 June 1965 |title=Japan bound |pages=5 |work=Reading Eagle |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RA5XAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I0MNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5896%2C51238 |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Miss North Carolina USA|North Carolina]]
|Trudy Ann Cauthen
|–
|[[Newton, North Carolina|Newton]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Ohio USA|Ohio]]
|Gloria Jean McBride<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 July 1963 |title=She quit job to seek title |pages=37 |work=The Miami Herald |location=Miami, Florida |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald/134342838/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|21
|[[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]
|Replaced Andrea Getzlaff for being underage<ref>{{cite news |date=6 June 1963 |title=Andrea Getzlaff |publisher=The Akron Beacon Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal/5496248/ |access-date=20 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Miss Oklahoma USA|Oklahoma]]
|Roberta Ann Mosier<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 July 1963 |title=Tulsa girl wins state beauty title |pages=32 |work=The Daily Oklahoman |location=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman/134341237/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|19
|[[Tulsa, Oklahoma|Tulsa]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Oregon USA|Oregon]]
|Joset Fisher
|20
|[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Pennsylvania USA|Pennsylvania]]
|Deborah Cardonick
|19
|[[Philadelphia]]
|
|-
|[[Miss Rhode Island USA|Rhode Island]]
|Rosemary Jane Dickinson
|19
|[[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]
|
|-
|[[Miss South Carolina USA|South Carolina]]
! Final results
|Cecelia Yoder<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 June 1963 |title=New queen |pages=14 |work=The Greenville News |location=Greenville, South Carolina |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news/134318734/ |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
! Contestant
|20
|[[Lancaster County, South Carolina|Lancaster]]
|Competed at [[Miss USA World 1963]]
|-
| '''[[Miss Tennessee USA 1963'''|Tennessee]]
|Bobbie Lynn Morrow<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 July 1963 |title=Tennessee's title chance |pages=1 |work=The Memphis Press-Scimitar |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-memphis-press-scimitar/134343767/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|26
|[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]]
|
*{{flagicon|Illinois|1915}} '''[[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]]''' – '''[[Marite Ozers]]'''
|-
|[[Miss Texas USA|Texas]]
| '''1st Runner-Up'''
|Cheryl Rene Wilburn<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 June 1963 |title=Anything for a picture |pages=1 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |location=Fort Worth, Texas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-1963-texas-clip/127586797/ |access-date=30 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|18
|[[Houston]]
|
*{{flagicon|District of Columbia}} '''[[Miss District of Columbia USA|District of Columbia]]''' – [[Michele Rollins|Michele Metrinko]]
|-
|[[Miss Utah USA|Utah]]
| '''2nd Runner-Up'''
|Carla Ann Dinius<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 July 1963 |title=Cottonwood girl seeks beauty title |pages=1 |work=The Neighbor |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-neighbor/134340797/ |access-date=31 October 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|22
|[[Salt Lake City]]
|
*{{flagicon|Missouri}} '''[[Miss Missouri USA|Missouri]]''' – Sandra Marlin
|-
|[[Miss Vermont USA|Vermont]]
| '''3rd Runner-Up'''
|Ellen Centerbar
|–
|[[North Bennington, Vermont|North Bennington]]
|
*{{flagicon|Colorado|1911}} '''[[Miss Colorado USA|Colorado]]''' – Rhea Looney
|-
|[[Miss West Virginia USA|West Virginia]]
| '''4th Runner-Up'''
|Nina Lou Denton
|–
|[[Marmet, West Virginia|Marmet]]
|
*{{flagicon|California}} '''[[Miss California USA|California]]''' - Francine Herack
|-
|[[Miss Wisconsin USA|Wisconsin]]
| '''Top 15'''
|Lynn Korchunoff
|18
|[[Milwaukee]]
|
*{{flagicon|Alabama}} '''[[Miss Alabama USA|Alabama]]''' – Dinah Armstrong
*{{flagicon|Arizona}} '''[[Miss Arizona USA|Arizona]]''' – Diane McGarry
*{{flagicon|Massachusetts}} '''[[Miss Massachusetts USA|Massachusetts]]''' – Sandra Smith
*{{flagicon|Michigan}} '''[[Miss Michigan USA|Michigan]]''' – Pamela Sands
*{{flagicon|Nevada|1929}} '''[[Miss Nevada USA|Nevada]]''' – Kathee Francis
*{{flagicon|New Mexico}} '''[[Miss New Mexico USA|New Mexico]]''' – Sandra Fullingim
*{{flagicon|New York}} '''[[Miss New York USA|New York ]]''' – Jeanne Quinn
*{{flagicon|Oklahoma|1941}} '''[[Miss Oklahoma USA|Oklahoma]]''' – Roberta Mosier
*{{flagicon|South Carolina}} '''[[Miss South Carolina USA|South Carolina]]''' – Cecelia Yoder
*{{flagicon|Tennessee}} '''[[Miss Tennessee USA|Tennessee]]''' – Bobbie Morrow
|}
== Historical significance ==
* '''[[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]]''' wins competition for the second time.
* '''[[Miss District of Columbia USA|District of Columbia]]''' earns the ''1st runner-up'' position for the first time.
* '''[[Miss Missouri USA|Missouri]]''' earns the ''2nd runner-up'' position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in [[Miss USA 1952|1952]].
* '''[[Miss Colorado USA|Colorado]]''' earns the ''3rd runner-up'' position for the first time.
* '''[[Miss California USA|California]]''' earns the ''4th runner-up'' position for the first time.
* States that placed in semifinals the previous year were '''[[Miss Arizona USA|Arizona]]''', '''[[Miss California USA|California]]''', '''[[Miss Colorado USA|Colorado]]''', '''[[Miss District of Columbia USA|District of Columbia]]''', '''[[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]]''', '''[[Miss Nevada USA|Nevada]]''', '''[[Miss New York USA|New York]]''' and '''[[Miss Tennessee USA|Tennessee]]'''.
* '''[[Miss California USA|California]]''' and '''[[Miss New York USA|New York]]''' placed for the seventh consecutive year.
* '''[[Miss Nevada USA|Nevada]]''' placed for the third consecutive year.
* '''[[Miss Arizona USA|Arizona]]''', '''[[Miss Colorado USA|Colorado]]''', '''[[Miss District of Columbia USA|District of Columbia]]''', '''[[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]]''' and '''[[Miss Tennessee USA|Tennessee]]''' made their second consecutive placement.
* '''[[Miss Alabama USA|Alabama]]''', '''[[Miss Massachusetts USA|Massachusetts]]''', '''[[Miss Michigan USA|Michigan]]''' last placed in [[Miss USA 1961|1961]].
* '''[[Miss Missouri USA|Missouri]]''' last placed in [[Miss USA 1960|1960]].
* '''[[Miss South Carolina USA|South Carolina]]''' last placed in [[Miss USA 1958|1958]].
* '''[[Miss New Mexico USA|New Mexico]]''' last placed in [[Miss USA 1955|1955]].
* '''[[Miss Oklahoma USA|Oklahoma]]''' last placed in [[Miss USA 1952|1952]].
* '''[[Miss Connecticut USA|Connecticut]]''' and '''[[Miss Utah USA|Utah]]''' break an ongoing streak of placements since [[Miss USA 1960|1960]].
 
==Delegates Notes ==
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The Miss USA 1963 delegates were:
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*{{Flagdeco|Alabama}} '''[[Miss Alabama USA|Alabama]]''' - Dinah Armstrong
*{{Flagdeco|Alaska}} '''[[Miss Alaska USA|Alaska]]''' - Nina Whaley
*{{Flagdeco|Arizona}} '''[[Miss Arizona USA|Arizona]]''' - Diane McGarry
*{{Flagdeco|Arkansas|1924}} '''[[Miss Arkansas USA|Arkansas]]''' - Cheryl Bechtelheimer
*{{Flagdeco|California}} '''[[Miss California USA|California]]''' - Francine Herack
*{{Flagdeco|Colorado|1911}} '''[[Miss Colorado USA|Colorado]]''' - Rhea Looney
*{{Flagdeco|Connecticut}} '''[[Miss Connecticut USA|Connecticut]]''' - Gail Dinan
*{{Flagdeco|Delaware}} '''[[Miss Delaware USA|Delaware]]''' - Susan Kowalski
*{{Flagdeco|Washington, D.C.}} '''[[Miss District of Columbia USA|District of Columbia]]''' - Michele Metrinko
*{{Flagdeco|Florida|1900}} '''[[Miss Florida USA|Florida]]''' - Linda Egland
*{{Flagdeco|Georgia (U.S. state)|1956}} '''[[Miss Georgia USA|Georgia]]''' - Brenda Seagraves
*{{Flagdeco|Hawaii}} '''[[Miss Hawaii USA|Hawaii]]''' - Susan Molina
*{{Flagdeco|Illinois|1915}} '''[[Miss Illinois USA|Illinois]] - [[Marite Ozers]]'''
*{{Flagdeco|Indiana}} '''[[Miss Indiana USA|Indiana]]''' - Vickie Little
*{{Flagdeco|Iowa}} '''[[Miss Iowa USA|Iowa]]''' - Ramona Meylor
*{{Flagdeco|Kansas}} '''[[Miss Kansas USA|Kansas]]''' - Diane Stalker
*{{Flagdeco|Kentucky}} '''[[Miss Kentucky USA|Kentucky]]''' - Mary Arnold
*{{Flagdeco|Louisiana|1912}} '''[[Miss Louisiana USA|Louisiana]]''' - Peggy Romero
*{{Flagdeco|Maine}} '''[[Miss Maine USA|Maine]]''' - Laurel Barker
*{{Flagdeco|Maryland}} '''[[Miss Maryland USA|Maryland]]''' - Marsha Metrinko
*{{Flagdeco|Massachusetts}} '''[[Miss Massachusetts USA|Massachusetts]]''' - Sandra Smith
*{{Flagdeco|Michigan}} '''[[Miss Michigan USA|Michigan]]''' - Pamela Sands
*{{Flagdeco|Mississippi|1894}} '''[[Miss Mississippi USA|Mississippi]]''' - Joan Kinnebrew
*{{Flagdeco|Missouri}} '''[[Miss Missouri USA|Missouri]]''' - Sandra Marlin
*{{Flagdeco|Nebraska}} '''[[Miss Nebraska USA|Nebraska]]''' - Sandy Zimmer
*{{Flagdeco|Nevada|1929}} '''[[Miss Nevada USA|Nevada]]''' - Kathee Francis
*{{Flagdeco|New Hampshire}} '''[[Miss New Hampshire USA|New Hampshire]]''' - Johnnye McLeod
*{{Flagdeco|New Jersey|1896}} '''[[Miss New Jersey USA|New Jersey]]''' - Judy Ayers
*{{Flagdeco|New Mexico}} '''[[Miss New Mexico USA|New Mexico]]''' - Sandra Fullingim
*{{Flagdeco|New York}} '''[[Miss New York USA|New York]]''' - Jeanne Quinn
*{{Flagdeco|North Carolina|1885}} '''[[Miss North Carolina USA|North Carolina]]''' - Trudy Cauthen
*{{Flagdeco|Ohio}} '''[[Miss Ohio USA|Ohio]]''' - Gloria McBride
*{{Flagdeco|Oklahoma|1941}} '''[[Miss Oklahoma USA|Oklahoma]]''' - Roberta Mosier
*{{Flagdeco|Oregon}} '''[[Miss Oregon USA|Oregon]]''' - Joset Fisher
*{{Flagdeco|Pennsylvania}} '''[[Miss Pennsylvania USA|Pennsylvania]]''' - Deborah Cardonick
*{{Flagdeco|Rhode Island}} '''[[Miss Rhode Island USA|Rhode Island]]''' - Rosemary Dickinson
*{{Flagdeco|South Carolina}} '''[[Miss South Carolina USA|South Carolina]]''' - Cecelia Yoder
*{{Flagdeco|Tennessee}} '''[[Miss Tennessee USA|Tennessee]]''' - Bobbie Morrow
*{{Flagdeco|Texas}} '''[[Miss Texas USA|Texas]]''' - Cheryl Wilburn
*{{Flagdeco|Utah|1913}} '''[[Miss Utah USA|Utah]]''' - Carla Dinius
*{{Flagdeco|Vermont}} '''[[Miss Vermont USA|Vermont]]''' - Ellen Centerbar
*{{Flagdeco|West Virginia}} '''[[Miss West Virginia USA|West Virginia]]''' - Nina Denton
*{{Flagdeco|Wisconsin|1913}} '''[[Miss Wisconsin USA|Wisconsin]]''' - Lynn Korchunoff
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==References==
'''No state delegate:''' [[Miss Idaho USA|Idaho]], [[Miss Minnesota USA|Minnesota]], [[Miss Montana USA|Montana]], [[Miss North Dakota USA|North Dakota]], [[Miss South Dakota USA|South Dakota]], [[Miss Virginia USA|Virginia]], [[Miss Washington USA|Washington]], [[Miss Wyoming USA|Wyoming]]
{{Reflist}}
 
== External links ==
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_USA_1963"