Miss USA 1967
| Miss USA 1967 | |
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| Date | May 20, 1967 |
| Presenters | Bob Barker |
| Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| Broadcaster | CBS |
| Entrants | 51 |
| Placements | 15 |
| Returns | Idaho, South Dakota |
| Winner | Sylvia Hitchcock AlabamaCheryl Patton  Florida |
Miss USA 1967, the 16th Miss USA pageant, was won by Sylvia Hitchcock of Alabama. She was crowned by Miss USA 1966, Maria Remenyi of California. It took place at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida on May 20, 1967. Hitchcock won Miss Universe later and her 2nd runner-up Cheryl Patton later became Miss USA because the 1st runner-up refused the title.
This was Bob Barker's first Miss USA Pageant as host, as well as his first time on the CBS network, 5 years before becoming a regular with the network as host of The Price Is Right from 1972 to 2007.
Final results
| Final Results | Contestant |
| Miss USA 1967 | |
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| Top 15 |
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Historical significance
- Alabama wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 13th state who does it for the first time. Incidentally, Hitchcock went on to become the fourth woman from the USA to win the Miss Universe title in 1967.
- California earns the 1st runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1961 and reaches the highest placement since Maria Remenyi won in the previous year. Was offered to take the Miss USA title when Sylvia Hitchcock became Miss Universe. She refused to take it.
- Florida earns the 2nd runner-up position for the second time. The last time it placed this was in 1959. Besides it became 14th state who wins the title first time after Sylvia Hitchcock went on to win Miss Universe 1967 and 1st runner up declined to succeed as Miss USA 1967.
- Wisconsin earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time.
- Missouri earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
- States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Florida, Maryland, Tennessee and Texas.
- California placed for the eleventh consecutive year.
- District of Columbia placed for the sixth consecutive year.
- Texas placed for the fourth consecutive year.
- Arizona placed for the third consecutive year.
- Florida, Maryland and Tennessee made their second consecutive placement.
- Alabama and Nevada last placed in 1965.
- Oregon last placed in 1964.
- Illinois and Missouri last placed in 1963.
- Pennsylvania last placed in 1962.
- Wisconsin last placed in 1955.
- Virginia last placed in 1954.
- Hawaii breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1965.
- Ohio and Utah break an ongoing streak of placements since 1964.
- New York breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1957.
Delegates
The Miss USA 1967 delegates were:
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See also
Notes
- ^ Cheryl Patton was 2nd runner-up at Miss USA, but succeeded to the Miss USA title when Sylvia Hitchcock became Miss Universe.