| Miss America 1968 | |
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| Date | September 9, 1967 |
| Presenters | Bert Parks |
| Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Broadcaster | NBC |
| Winner | Debra Dene Barnes Kansas |
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Miss America 1968, the 41st Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk HallinAtlantic City, New Jersey on September 9, 1967[1]onNBC Network.
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| Miss America 1968 | |
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| Top 10 |
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| State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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 Alabama
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Becky Alford | Birmingham | 20 | Vocal, "Ain't This a Pretty Night" from Susannah | |||
 Alaska
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Penny Thomasson | Spenard | 19 | Recitation & Song, "Let's Go to Alaska" | |||
 Arizona
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Bea Willis | Phoenix | 19 | Vocal, "Wouldn't it be Loverly" from My Fair Lady | |||
 Arkansas
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Sharon Evans | North Little Rock | 20 | Vocal/Dance, "Mame" from Mame | Miss Congeniality
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
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 California
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Karen Pursell | Lindsay | 22 | Vocal, "Much More" from The Fantasticks | |||
 Colorado
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Tia Tyler | Golden | 20 | Dramatic Reading, "Queendom Sequence" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Miss Congeniality
Non-finalist Talent Award |
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 Connecticut
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Diane Bylo | Norwalk | 21 | Vocal, "Heaven Hop" | |||
 Delaware
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Susan Alice Levens | Dover | 18 | Vocal, "Who Will Buy" from Oliver! | |||
 Florida
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Dawn Cashwell | Pensacola | 22 | Baton Twirling, "Blue Tango" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 1963 representing Georgia |
 Georgia
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Sandra McRee | Atlanta | 19 | Classical Vocal, "Caro Mio Ben" | |||
 Hawaii
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Robin Engel | Honolulu | 21 | Piano, "Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse" by Aaron Copland | Sister of Georgia Engel | ||
 Idaho
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Kristine Phillips | Rupert | 19 | Organ Medley, "Tico Tico", "Dark Eyes", & "The Shadow of Your Smile" | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
 Illinois
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Kathryn Myers | Aurora | 20 | Dramatic Reading from Ion | |||
 Indiana
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Mary Haglund | Indianapolis | 19 | Figure Skating, "Swan Lake" & "The Shadow of Your Smile" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
 Iowa
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Lynda Jean Formanek | Belle Plaine | 23 | Character Portrayal from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Top 10 | ||
| Kansas
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Deborah Dene Barnes | Moran | 20 | Piano, "Born Free" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
 Kentucky
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Jo-Anne Clark | Louisville | 19 | Vocal/Guitar, "Unchained Melody" | |||
 Louisiana
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Genevieve Del Gallo | New Orleans | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Dì" from Madama Butterfly | Top 10 | ||
 Maine
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Linda Christine Livanda | Cape Elizabeth | 19 | Original Recitation & Dance, "Dance of the Decades" | |||
 Maryland
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Ingrid Christine Larson | Ellicott City | 20 | Piano, "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" | Top 10 | ||
 Massachusetts
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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
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Toni Jo Abbenante | East Grand Rapids | 19 | Dramatic Reading, "Then You'll Remember Me" by Grace Atkinson | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
 Minnesota
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Charlotte Sims | St. Paul | 19 | Acrobatic Dance, "Ebb Tide" | Top 10 | ||
 Mississippi
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Joan Myers | Forest | 20 | Speech & Display of Original Art, "Doctor Zhivago" | 1st runner-up | ||
 Missouri
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Ronnee Brunk | St. Louis | 19 | Vocal, "I Feel a Song Coming On" | |||
 Montana
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Linda Rhein | Helena | 20 | Original Piano Composition, "What the West Contributed to America" | |||
 Nebraska
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Terry Lee Schmidt | Lincoln | 18 | Drawing & Reading, "What is a Girl?" by Alan Beck | |||
 Nevada
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Vicky Landeck | Reno | 18 | Dramatic Reading, "Ruth, the Moabitess" by N.A. Truell | |||
 New Hampshire
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Sheila Scott | North Hampton | 19 | Vocal, "We Need a Little Christmas" | Miss Congeniality | ||
 New Jersey
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Linda Ann Wilmer | Laurel Springs | 18 | Classical Vocal,『Quando m'en vò』from La bohème | |||
 New Mexico
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Rosemary Brown | Carlsbad | 20 | Vocal, "This is My Song" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
 New York
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Kari Pedersen | Staten Island | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
 North Carolina
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Sarah Stedman | Asheboro | 22 | Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
 North Dakota
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Wanda Lou Lowry | Bismarck | 18 | Classical Vocal, "Je veux vivre" from Roméo et Juliette | |||
 Ohio
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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
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Carolyn Denton | Muskogee | 19 | Vocal, "Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows" | |||
 Oregon
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Christine Beach | Pendleton | 18 | Vocal, "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady | |||
 Pennsylvania
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Doris Ann Lausch | Lancaster | 20 | Vocal, "Love in a Home" from Li'l Abner | |||
 Rhode Island
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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
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Peggy White | Fountain Inn | 23 | Organ Medley, "Spanish Flea" & "Flight of the Bumblebee" | |||
 South Dakota
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Sally Jo Iverson | Branden | 20 | Original Reading, "Tomorrow's Game" | |||
 Tennessee
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Linda Workman | Martin | 18 | Vocal, "I Don't Care" | Mother of Miss Tennessee 1995, Alison Shumate | ||
 Texas
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Molly Grubb | Fort Worth | 20 | Ballet en Pointe, "La Périchole" | |||
 Utah
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Patricia Soutas | Salt Lake City | 20 | Magic Act & Original Vocal, "Everyone Has Magic" | |||
 Vermont
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Kathleen Rowley | Williston | 19 | Vocal Presentation of an Original Song, "The Bigness of Being Small" | |||
 Virginia
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Barbara Yost | Roanoke | 19 | Piano, "Grande valse brillante in E-flat Major" | |||
 Washington
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Lynda Kilp | White Center | 19 | Vocal Medley, "One Boy" & "A Lot of Livin' to Do" from Bye Bye Birdie | |||
 West Virginia
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Helen Morgan | Lewisburg | 19 | Toe & Acrobatic Dance, "Teakwood Nocturne" by Roger Williams | |||
 Wisconsin
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Barbara Burk Baugh | Brookfield | 20 | Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival! | 2nd runner-up | ||
 Wyoming
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Patricia Martínez | Torrington | 18 | Classical Vocal, "Les Filles de Cadix" |
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