Miss USA 1968
Miss USA 1968, the 17th Miss USA pageant, was televised live by CBS from Miami Beach, Florida on May 18, 1968 hosted by Bob Barker.
The pageant was won by Dorothy Anstett of Washington, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Cheryl Patton of Florida. Anstett was the first - and to date only - woman from Washington to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1968.Results
Placements
Special awards
- Washington wins competition for the first time. Also becoming in the 15th state who does it for the first time.
- Maryland earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time and reaches the highest position since Mary Leona Gage initially won in 1957.
- Nevada earns the 2nd runner-up position for the third time. The last time it placed this was in 1961.
- Louisiana earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time and reaches the highest position since Sharon Brown won in 1961.
- New Mexico earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time.
- States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Alabama, California, Maryland, Nevada, Tennessee and Virginia.
- California placed for the twelfth consecutive year.
- Maryland and Tennessee placed for the third consecutive year.
- Alabama, Nevada and Virginia made their second consecutive placement.
- Connecticut, Hawaii, New York and Ohio last placed in 1966.
- New Mexico and Michigan last placed in 1965.
- Louisiana last placed in 1961.
- Arkansas last placed in 1959.
- Washington last placed in 1958.
- Florida breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1966.
- Arizona breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1965.
- Texas breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1964.
- District of Columbia breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1962.
Delegates
- Alabama - Claudia Robinson
- Alaska - Sharon Long
- Arizona - Shirley Sprague
- Arkansas - Ann Smithwick
- California - Suzanne Fromm
- Colorado - Ann Bell
- Connecticut - Janice Shilinsky
- Delaware - Diane Parker
- District of Columbia - Dianne Mothershead
- Florida - Leslie Bauer
- Georgia - Midge Ivie
- Hawaii - Carol Seymour
- Idaho - Anna Evanson
- Illinois - Sandra Wolsfeld
- Indiana - Nikki Peck
- Iowa - Markie Anderson
- Kansas - Anne Layton
- Kentucky - Julia Pinkley
- Louisiana - Kathy Hebert
- Maine - Cheryl Campell
- Maryland - Paulette Reck
- Massachusetts - Sonia Prince
- Michigan - Virginia Clift
- Minnesota - Arlene Larson
- Mississippi - Brenda Conerly
- Missouri - Jan Barton
- Montana - Christina Baker
- Nebraska - Linda Dresher
- Nevada - Kathy Landry
- New Hampshire - Deborah Steers
- New Jersey - Linda Papa
- New Mexico - Bonnie Tafoya
- New York - June West
- North Carolina - Kelli Moore
- North Dakota - Jewel Christensen
- Ohio - Linda Hoyle
- Oklahoma - Linda Bertozzi
- Oregon - Marsha Mayer
- Pennsylvania - Barbara Verlander
- Rhode Island - Betty Lou Whitmore
- South Carolina - Kathryn Knoy
- South Dakota - Byrean Blacksmith
- Tennessee - Sandra Force
- Texas - Jeannie Wilson
- Utah - Shelley Cannon
- Vermont - Susan Glynn
- Virginia - Laurie Burke
- Washington - Dorothy Anstett
- West Virginia - Patricia Coyne
- Wisconsin - Janice Kropps
- Wyoming - Penny Smathers
