# Miss America 1968

Miss America 1968, the 41st Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9, 1967 on the NBC Network.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss America 1968 | Kansas – Debra Dene Barnes |
| 1st Runner-Up | Mississippi – Joan Stephanie Myers |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Wisconsin – Barbara Burk Baugh |
| 3rd Runner-Up | Rhode Island – Marilyn Gail Cocozza |
| 4th Runner-Up | Florida – Dawn Lauree Cashwell |
| Top 10 | Indiana – Mary Lynn Haglund  Iowa – Lynda Jean Formanek  Louisiana – Genevieve Roberta DelGallo  Maryland – Ingrid Christine Larson  Minnesota – Charlotte Ann Sims |

### Awards
#### Preliminary awards

| Awards | Contestant |
| Lifestyle and Fitness | Kansas - Debra Dene Barnes Arkansas - Sharon Ann Evans Idaho - Kristine Inez Phillips |
| Talent | Florida - Dawn Lauree Cashwell Indiana - Mary Lynn Haglund Rhode Island - Marilyn Gail Cocozza |

### Other awards

| Awards | Contestant |
| Miss Congeniality | Arkansas - Sharon Ann Evans (tie) Colorado - Tia Tyler (tie) New Hampshire - Sheila Scott (tie) |
| Non-finalist Talent | Colorado - Tia Tyler Massachusetts - Maria Lynn Chaffee Michigan - Toni Jo Abbenante New Mexico - Rosemary Brown New York - Kari Pedersen North Carolina - Sarah Stedman |

## Contestants

| State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
| Alabama | Becky Alford | Birmingham | 20 | Vocal, "Ain't This a Pretty Night" from Susannah | | | |
| Alaska | Penny Thomasson | Spenard | 19 | Recitation & Song, "Let's Go to Alaska" | | | |
| Arizona | Bea Willis | Phoenix | 19 | Vocal, "Wouldn't it be Loverly" from My Fair Lady | | | |
| Arkansas | Sharon Evans | North Little Rock | 20 | Vocal/Dance, "Mame" from Mame | | Miss Congeniality Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| California | Karen Pursell | Lindsay | 22 | Vocal, "Much More" from The Fantasticks | | | |
| Colorado | Tia Tyler | Golden | 20 | Dramatic Reading, "Queendom Sequence" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | | Miss Congeniality Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| Connecticut | Diane Bylo | Norwalk | 21 | Vocal, "Heaven Hop" | | | |
| Delaware | Susan Alice Levens | Dover | 18 | Vocal, "Who Will Buy" from Oliver! | | | |
| Florida | Dawn Cashwell | Pensacola | 22 | Baton Twirling, "Blue Tango" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 1963 representing Georgia |
| Georgia | Sandra McRee | Atlanta | 19 | Classical Vocal, "Caro Mio Ben" | | | |
| Hawaii | Robin Engel | Honolulu | 21 | Piano, "Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse" by Aaron Copland | | | Sister of Georgia Engel |
| Idaho | Kristine Phillips | Rupert | 19 | Organ Medley, "Tico Tico", "Dark Eyes", & "The Shadow of Your Smile" | | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| Illinois | Kathryn Myers | Aurora | 20 | Dramatic Reading from Ion | | | |
| Indiana | Mary Haglund | Indianapolis | 19 | Figure Skating, "Swan Lake" & "The Shadow of Your Smile" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| Iowa | Lynda Jean Formanek | Belle Plaine | 23 | Character Portrayal from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Top 10 | | |
| Kansas | Deborah Dene Barnes | Moran | 20 | Piano, "Born Free" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| Kentucky | Jo-Anne Clark | Louisville | 19 | Vocal/Guitar, "Unchained Melody" | | | |
| Louisiana | Genevieve Del Gallo | New Orleans | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Dì" from Madama Butterfly | Top 10 | | |
| Maine | Linda Christine Livanda | Cape Elizabeth | 19 | Original Recitation & Dance, "Dance of the Decades" | | | |
| Maryland | Ingrid Christine Larson | Ellicott City | 20 | Piano, "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" | Top 10 | | |
| Massachusetts | Maria Lynn Chaffee | Waltham | 18 | Ballet & Jazz Toe Dance, "Do I Hear a Waltz?", "Georgy Girl", & "One of Those Songs" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| Michigan | Toni Jo Abbenante | East Grand Rapids | 19 | Dramatic Reading, "Then You'll Remember Me" by Grace Atkinson | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| Minnesota | Charlotte Sims | St. Paul | 19 | Acrobatic Dance, "Ebb Tide" | Top 10 | | |
| Mississippi | Joan Myers | Forest | 20 | Speech & Display of Original Art, "Doctor Zhivago" | 1st runner-up | | |
| Missouri | Ronnee Brunk | St. Louis | 19 | Vocal, "I Feel a Song Coming On" | | | |
| Montana | Linda Rhein | Helena | 20 | Original Piano Composition, "What the West Contributed to America" | | | |
| Nebraska | Terry Lee Schmidt | Lincoln | 18 | Drawing & Reading, "What is a Girl?" by Alan Beck | | | |
| Nevada | Vicky Landeck | Reno | 18 | Dramatic Reading, "Ruth, the Moabitess" by N.A. Truell | | | |
| New Hampshire | Sheila Scott | North Hampton | 19 | Vocal, "We Need a Little Christmas" | | Miss Congeniality | |
| New Jersey | Linda Ann Wilmer | Laurel Springs | 18 | Classical Vocal, "Quando m'en vò" from La bohème | | | |
| New Mexico | Rosemary Brown | Carlsbad | 20 | Vocal, "This is My Song" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| New York | Kari Pedersen | Staten Island | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| North Carolina | Sarah Stedman | Asheboro | 22 | Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| North Dakota | Wanda Lou Lowry | Bismarck | 18 | Classical Vocal, "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette | | | |
| Ohio | Pamela Robinson | Dayton | 22 | Vocal, "Oh, to be a Movie Star" from The Apple Tree | | | Previously Ohio's Junior Miss 1963 3rd runner-up at America's Junior Miss 1963 |
| Oklahoma | Carolyn Denton | Muskogee | 19 | Vocal, "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" | | | |
| Oregon | Christine Beach | Pendleton | 18 | Vocal, "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady | | | |
| Pennsylvania | Doris Ann Lausch | Lancaster | 20 | Vocal, "Love in a Home" from Li'l Abner | | | |
| Rhode Island | Marilyn Cocozza | North Providence | 19 | Piano/Vocal, "I Have Confidence" from The Sound of Music | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously Rhode Island's Junior Miss 1966 |
| South Carolina | Peggy White | Fountain Inn | 23 | Organ Medley, "Spanish Flea" & "Flight of the Bumblebee" | | | |
| South Dakota | Sally Jo Iverson | Branden | 20 | Original Reading, "Tomorrow's Game" | | | |
| Tennessee | Linda Workman | Martin | 18 | Vocal, "I Don't Care" | | | Mother of Miss Tennessee 1995, Alison Shumate |
| Texas | Molly Grubb | Fort Worth | 20 | Ballet en Pointe, "La Périchole" | | | |
| Utah | Patricia Soutas | Salt Lake City | 20 | Magic Act & Original Vocal, "Everyone Has Magic" | | | |
| Vermont | Kathleen Rowley | Williston | 19 | Vocal Presentation of an Original Song, "The Bigness of Being Small" | | | |
| Virginia | Barbara Yost | Roanoke | 19 | Piano, "Grande valse brillante in E-flat Major" | | | |
| Washington | Lynda Kilp | White Center | 19 | Vocal Medley, "One Boy" & "A Lot of Livin' to Do" from Bye Bye Birdie | | | |
| West Virginia | Helen Morgan | Lewisburg | 19 | Toe & Acrobatic Dance, "Teakwood Nocturne" by Roger Williams | | | |
| Wisconsin | Barbara Burk Baugh | Brookfield | 20 | Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival! | 2nd runner-up | | |
| Wyoming | Patricia Martínez | Torrington | 18 | Classical Vocal, "Les Filles de Cadix" | | | |