Miss USA 1964

Miss USA 1964
Date	July 29, 1964
Venue	Miami Beach, Florida
Broadcaster	CBS, WTVJ
Entrants	41
Placements	15
Winner	Bobbi Johnson District of Columbia
Congeniality	Jeanne Venables California
Best State Costume	Pat Kerr Tennessee

Miss USA 1964 was the 13th Miss USA pageant, held in Miami Beach, Florida on July 29, 1964. This was the last Miss USA pageant to be held as an inclusive part of the Miss Universe event.

The pageant was won by Bobbi Johnson of the District of Columbia, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Marite Ozers of Illinois. Two days after her victory, Johnson went on to place as a top 15 semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1964.

Johnson was the first woman from Washington D.C. to win the title.

This was the latest Miss USA pageant ever held on this date until the 2020 competition. The rescheduling of the pageant as an independent event from Miss Universe in 1965 meant Johnson reigned for only 10 months and 6 days; apart from first runners-up who inherited the crown when Miss USA won Miss Universe, only 1986 titleholder Christy Fichtner had a shorter reign (8 months and 28 days).

Results

Final results	Contestant
Miss USA 1964	District of Columbia – Bobbi Johnson
1st Runner-Up	Texas – Diane Balloun
2nd Runner-Up	Alaska – Patricia Marlin
3rd Runner-Up	Utah – Janet Erickson
4th Runner-Up	Kentucky - Johnna Reid
Top 15	Alabama – Pamela Borgfeldt California – Jeanne Venables Idaho – Dorothy Johnson Maryland – Royette Tarry Mississippi – Patricia Turk New Jersey – Barbara Richartz New York – Dorothy Langhans Ohio – Gail Krielow Oklahoma – Jackie Maloney Oregon – Toye Esch

Historical significance

• District of Columbia wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 11th state who does it for the first time.
• Texas earns the 1st runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1959.
• Alaska earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time and it reaches it highest placement ever at the contest.
• Utah earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
• Kentucky earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Alabama, California, District of Columbia, New York and Oklahoma.
• California and New York placed for the eighth consecutive year.
• District of Columbia placed for the third consecutive year.
• Alabama and Oklahoma made their second consecutive placement.
• Oregon, Texas and Utah last placed in 1962.
• Kentucky, Mississippi and New Jersey last placed in 1961.
• Maryland last placed in 1959.
• Ohio last placed in 1960.
• Alaska and Idaho placed for the first time.
• Arizona, Colorado, Illinois and Tennessee break an ongoing streak of placements since 1962.
• Nevada breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1961.

Delegates

The Miss USA 1964 delegates were:

• Alabama – Pamela Borgfeldt
• Alaska – Patricia Marlin
• Arizona – Diane Reutter
• Arkansas – Barbara McGlothlin
• California – Jeanne Venables
• Connecticut – Patricia Powell
• Delaware – Christina Klosetju
• District of Columbia – Bobbi Johnson
• Florida – Candace Davenport
• Georgia – Lynda Tatum
• Hawaii – Wanda Byrd
• Idaho – Dorothy Johnson
• Illinois – Karen Weisbrook
• Indiana – Charlene Kratochvil
• Iowa – Barbara Rogers
• Kansas – Barbara Ford
• Kentucky – Johnna Reid
• Louisiana – Linda Graves
• Maine – Corneille Edwards
• Maryland – Royette Tarry
• Massachusetts – Barbara Robery
• Michigan – Johneane Teeter
• Mississippi – Patricia Turk
• Missouri – Sandy Bawol
• Nebraska – Georgia Merriam
• Nevada – Pamela Morris
• New Hampshire – Beverly Hebert
• New Jersey – Barbara Richartz
• New York – Dorothy Langhans
• Ohio – Gail Krielow
• Oklahoma – Jackie Maloney
• Oregon – Toye Esch
• Pennsylvania – Maryann Reilly
• Rhode Island – Carol Tantimonico
• South Carolina – Judy Kennedy
• Tennessee – Pat Kerr
• Texas – Diane Balloun
• Utah – Janet Erickson
• Vermont – Freda Betts
• Virginia – Heidi Smith
• Wisconsin – Carolyn Linquist

No state delegate: Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming

External links

• Miss USA official website