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| beauty pageant: Miss USA |
| edition: 2nd venue: Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, United States date: July 16, 1953 host: Bob Russell candidates: 43 |
FINALISTS
| Top 20 | Marcella Roulette (California) Jeanie Carroll (Jeanie Carroll) Marilyn Shonka (Iowa) Mary Ann Stice (Kentucky) Jeanne Thompson (Louisiana) Jackie Lee (Maine) Kay Duggar (Miami Beach, Florida) Mary Ann Papke (Minnesota) Berneta Nelson (Nebraska) Earlene Whitt (Nevada) Reta Knapp (New York) Eleanor Mack (Ohio) Jeri Bauer (Pennsylvania) Susan Day (South Carolina) Joan Bradshaw (Texas) |
| Top 5 | Doris Edwards (Alabama) Myrna Hansen (Illinois) Mary Kemp Griffin (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina) Shauna Wood (Utah) Nancy Petraborg (Washington) |
SPECIAL AWARD
- Miss Congeniality: Jeanne Vaughn Thompson (Louisiana)
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 1953 | 1952 |
| 4th runner-up | Shauna Wood Utah | Trula Birchfield Oklahoma |
| 3rd runner-up | Nancy Petraborg Washington | Jean Harper Tennessee |
| 2nd runner-up | Doris Edwards Alabama | Carolyn Carlew Missouri |
| 1st runner-up | Mary Kemp Griffin Myrtle Beach, South Carolina | Jeanne Thompson Louisiana |
| Miss USA Miss Universe USA | Myrna Hansen Illinois | Jacqueline Loughery New York |
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