Miss America 1955 Candidates

Alabama — Marilyn Jean Tate
Arizona — Marjorie Nylund
Arkansas — Sarah Grace Martin
California — Lee Ann Meriwether
Canada — Barbara Joan Markham
Colorado — Barbara Jean Busey
Connecticut — Dorothy Anne Hopkins
Delaware — Barbara Jane Woodall
District of Columbia — Linda Maud Weisbrod
Florida — Ann Gloria Daniel
Georgia — Mary Jane Doar
Hawaii — (Gertrude) Kapi’olani Miller
Idaho — LaVonne Skalsky
Illinois — Patsy Bruce
Illinois — Regina Janine Dombeck
Indiana — Sue Carol Eaton
Iowa — Carol La Verne Morris
Kansas — Phyllis Ruth Danielson
Kentucky — Margaret Diane Hunt
Louisiana — Gail Gleason
Maine — Mary Ellen St. John
Maryland — Phyllis Yvonne Leftwich
Massachusetts — Judith Drake
Michigan — Janice Hutton Somers
Minnesota — Jeanne Reince
Mississippi — Celeste Hill Luckett
Missouri — Carole Jean Wilkinson
Nebraska — Sandra Sue Welch
Nevada — Janice Elaine Babcock
New Hampshire — Mae Nancy Allen
New Jersey — Marilyn Ross
New Jersey — Joan Waller
New York — Heather-Jo Taferner
North Carolina — Betty Jo Ring
North Dakota — Dolores Ann Paulsen
Ohio — Barbara Maxine Quinlan
Oklahoma — Charlavan Baker
Oregon — Diane Carman
Pennsylvania — Barbara Sue Nager
Puerto Rico — Maria del Carmen Mejias
Rhode Island — Virginia Mary Gregory
South Carolina — (Polly) Rankin Suber
South Dakota — Cleo Ann Harrington
Tennessee — Gerry Johnson
Texas — Yvonne Erwin
Utah — Maurine Howarth Parker
Vermont — Annabelle Katherine Pinkham
Virginia — Julie Ann Bruening
Washington — Frances M Graham
West Virginia — Mirian Elizabeth Reep
Wisconsin — Dixie Ann Sarchet