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Miss USA 1968 was the 17th Miss USA pageant, 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, [ 1 ] who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Cheryl Patton of Florida .
Dorothy Catherine Anstett (born June 28, 1947) is an American pageant titleholder who held the Miss USA 1968 title. [1] Anstett competed in the Miss Washington pageant in July 1967 and placed first runner-up. [2] In April of the following year she won the Miss Washington USA 1968 crown title. [3]
Miss USA 1968 Dorothy Anstett, Washington. Miss Universe 1967 Sylvia Hitchcock, Alabama. Miss USA 1966 Maria Remenyi, California. Miss USA 1965 Sue Ann Downey, Ohio.
Miss USA is an American beauty pageant that has been held annually since 1952 to select the entrant from United States in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operated both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA, until 2020, when the organization announced it was licensing operation of the Miss USA and Miss Teen USA pageants to Crystle Stewart, Miss USA for 2008 prior to her ...
She was chosen as one of the fifteen best in swimsuit and won the Miss USA title on May 22. [6] In July she became the first Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title since Linda Bement in 1960. [3] Hitchcock also appeared in the 1968 Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1968.
After winning the Miss Kansas pageant, she competed in the Miss America pageant.A talented pianist, she played the theme from Born Free as her talent entry. During her farewell address at the 1968 pageant, her speech was interrupted by protesters from New York Radical Women, who unfurled a bed sheet from the balcony that said "Women's Liberation" and began to shout "Women's Liberation!"
Paulette Reck (born c. 1948) is a former pageant titleholder from Baltimore, Maryland who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Reck is a graduate of Mercy High School and Villa Julie College, in Stevenson, Maryland. She held the Miss Maryland USA title 1968 and placed 1st runner up to Dorothy Anstett at Miss USA 1968. [1]
Sandra Force is a flight attendant and former elementary school teacher who won the Miss Tennessee USA pageant in 1968. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Force represented Tennessee in the Miss USA 1968 pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida. She placed in the semi-finals for the national title. [1]