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Miss USA World 1966

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Miss USA World 1966
DateAugust 27, 1966
PresentersBob Hope
VenueOhio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio
Entrants49
Placements7
WinnerDenice Estelle Blair
Utah Utah
CongenialityBettye Jean Dillon
Tennessee Tennessee
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Miss USA World 1966 was the 5th edition of the Miss USA World pageant and it was held at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus, Ohio and was won by Denice Estelle Blair of Utah. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Dianna Lynn Batts of the District of Columbia. Blair went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 1966 Pageant in London later that year. She finished as 6th Runner-Up at Miss World.[1]

This year was also significant as, this was the last year that the pageant was called Miss USA World. From 1967 onward, the pageant would be called Miss World USA until 1978.

Results

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Placements

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Final results Contestant
Miss USA World 1966
  • Utah UtahDenice Estelle Blair
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
Top 7

Special awards

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Award Contestant
Miss Congeniality

Delegates

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The Miss USA World 1966 delegates were:

Notes

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Did not Compete

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Crossovers

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Contestants who competed in other beauty pageants:

Miss USA
Miss America

References

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  1. ^ West, Donald (ed.). "Miss World USA 1966-68". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on March 25, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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