Miss America 1957

Miss America 1957
Miss America 1957
	Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster	ABC
Entrants	50
Placements	10
Winner	Marian McKnight; South Carolina
	← 1956 1958 →

Miss America 1957, the 30th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1956,^[1] on ABC.

Sharon Kay Ritchie.^[1]

Results

Placement	Contestant
Miss America 1957	South Carolina – Marian McKnight^[1]
1st Runner-Up	District of Columbia – Margo Lucey^[1]
2nd Runner-Up	Alabama – Anne Stuart Ariail^[1]
3rd Runners-Up (tie)	Arizona – Barbara Patricia Hilgenberg^[1] Kansas – Mary Ann McGrew^[1]
Top 10	California – Joan Colleen Beckett Canada – Dorothy Germaine Moreau Chicago – Sandra Jean Stuart Hawaii – Jere Wright Massachusetts – Jewel Frast Smerage

Awards	Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness	California - Joan Colleen Beckett Hawaii - Jere Wright Chicago - Sandra Jean Stuart
Talent	Alabama - Anne Stuart Ariail Arkansas - Barbara Banks Nebraska - Diane Knotek

Awards	Contestant
Miss Congeniality	Vermont - Sandra Jean Simpson
Non-finalist Talent	Iowa - Martha Barsness Louisiana - Bobbie Chachere Michigan - Shirley Swanson Nebraska - Diane Knotek Pennsylvania - Lorne Malcomson Virginia - Rebecca Richardson Wisconsin - Lynn Byron Holden