# Miss USA 1958

Miss USA 1958 was the seventh Miss USA pageant, held at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California on July 23, 1958.
At the end of the event, Charlotte Sheffield of Utah crowned Eurlyne Howell of Louisiana as Miss USA 1958. It is the first victory of Louisiana in the pageant's history. Howell later competed at Miss Universe and was named as third runner-up to eventual winner, Luz Marina Zuluaga.
Contestants from 45 states and cities competed in this year's pageant. The competition was hosted by Bob Russell.

## Results
### Placements

| Placement | Contestant |
| Miss USA 1958 | Louisiana – Eurlyne Howell |
| 1st runner-up | Florida – Marcia Valibus |
| 2nd runner-up | Alabama – Judith Carlson |
| 3rd runner-up | Illinois – June Pickney |
| 4th runner-up | Georgia – Diane Austin |
| Top 15 | California – Donna Brooks Montana – Sharon Tietjen Nebraska – Dee Kjeldgaard New York – Virginia Fox South Carolina – Patricia Moss South Dakota – Helen Youngquist Tennessee – Martha Boales Texas – Linda Daugherty Utah – Sandra Pugh Washington – Rose Nielsen |

## Pageant
### Selection committee

* Vincent Trotta – American artist
* Miyoko Nayagita – Member of the Woman Artists Association
* Roger Zeiler – French official from the Miss Europe Committee
* Jacob Gaudaur – Canadian oarsman
* Ma Ma Loa – Famous Hawaiian singer
* Earl Wilson – American journalist and columnist
* David Arasik – Israeli editor of Cinema magazine
* Alberto Vargas – Peruvian-American painter known for his "Vargas Girls"
* Raul Ferrada – Chilean newspaper editor

## Contestants

45 contestants competed for the title.
| State/City | Contestant | Age | Hometown | Notes |
| Alabama | Judith Lucille Carlson | 18 | Birmingham | |
| Arizona | Shirlee Fox | 20 | Phoenix | |
| Arkansas | Nancy Hill | 19 | Little Rock | |
| California | Donna Kay Brooks | 18 | Los Angeles | |
| Colorado | Devona Hubka | 18 | Denver | |
| Connecticut | Dorothy E. Dillen | 19 | Hartford | |
| Delaware | Virginia Marie Jefferson | 18 | Delmar | |
| District of Columbia | Peggy Wolf | – | Washington, D.C. | |
| Florida | Marcia Valibus | 20 | Miami Beach | Competed in the 1958 Miss Dixie Pageant |
| Georgia | Diane Gail Austin | 18 | Atlanta | |
| Idaho | Jeanette Ashton | 18 | Inkom | |
| Illinois | June Pickney | 22 | Chicago | |
| Indiana | Shirley Ann Ball | 19 | Indianapolis | |
| Iowa | Sandra Mary Olsen | 18 | Sioux City | |
| Kentucky | Shannon Beasley | 20 | Reed | |
| Louisiana | Eurlyne Howell | 18 | Bossier City | 3rd runner-up at Miss Universe 1958 |
| Maine | Karen Louise Hansen | 19 | Cumberland Center | |
| Maryland | Patricia Marie Vogts | 22 | Silver Spring | |
| Massachusetts | Sally Ann Freedman | 18 | Peabody | |
| Michigan | Shirley Ann Black | 19 | Flint | |
| Minnesota | Sue Bouchard | 19 | Minneapolis | |
| Missouri | Beverly Sue Wright | 19 | St. Louis | |
| Montana | Sharon Diane Tietjen | 18 | Great Falls | Later Miss Montana 1959 |
| Nebraska | Dee Kjeldgaard | 21 | Big Springs | |
| Nevada | Terry Lee Jeffers | 18 | Las Vegas | |
| New Hampshire | Patricia Gail Larrabee | 19 | Salem | |
| New Jersey | Fay Hasenauer | – | Menlo Park Terrace | |
| New Mexico | Sandi Lin Bullis | 18 | Albuquerque | |
| New York | Virginia Fox | – | New York City | |
| North Carolina | Carol Jean Edwards | 18 | Elizabeth City | |
| North Dakota | Diana Spidahl | – | – | |
| Ohio | Cindy Ann Garrison | 18 | Canton | |
| Pennsylvania | Natalie Dee | 22 | Philadelphia | |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Kathleen Conyers | 19 | Haverton | |
| Rhode Island | Claire di Paolo | 20 | Providence | |
| South Carolina | Patricia Ann Moss | 18 | York | |
| South Dakota | Helen Youngquist | 20 | Sioux Falls | |
| Tennessee | Martha Nelle "Marty" Boales | 19 | Memphis | 1st runner-up in the 1959 Miss Dixie Pageant |
| Texas | Linda Ann Daugherty | 18 | Houston | |
| Utah | Sandra Pugh | 19 | Provo | |
| Vermont | Doreen Patricia McNamee | 20 | Brattleboro | |
| Virginia | Betty Marsh | 18 | Lynchburg | |
| Washington | Rose Marie Nielsen | 19 | Seattle | |
| West Virginia | Mary Ann Guthrie | 19 | Charleston | |
| Wyoming | Dorothy Kochiras | – | Evanston | |