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Miss America contestants pose in swim suits in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City contestants line up by row for the Miss America pageant in swimsuits. The roster lists Miss Alabama Suzanne Dennie through Miss Wyoming Jane Hutchings with many named entrants and states in the long lineup photograph.
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Atlantic City
Alabama
Suzanne Dennie
Alaska
Virginia Walker
Arizona
Karen Shields
Arkansas
Donna Connelly
California
Karin Kascher
Colorado
Sue Gehrman
Conn
Cynthia Fowler
Delaware
Linda Hitchens
Florida
Lisa Donovan
Georgia
Nancy Carr
Hawaii
Kathleen O'Sullivan
Idaho
Noralyn Olsen
Illinois
Lynn Alexander
Indiana
Debbie May
Iowa
Cheryl Browne
Kansas
Linda Edds
Kentucky
Cynthia Bostick
Louisiana
Carol Almand
Maine
Karen Johnson
Maryland
Sharon Cannon
Mass
Diana Dohrmann
Michigan
Ginger Myers
Minnesota
Juliana Gabor
Miss
Chris McClamrod
Missouri
Marcia Mossbarger
Mon
Tana
Jane Opp
Nebraska
Debra Sullivan
Nevada
Vicky Todd
New Hampshire
Deborah Merrill
New Jersey
Hela Yunst
New Mexico
Janis Jones
New York
Katherine Karlsrud
Carolina
Connie Lerner
Dakota
Nancy Tangen
Ohio
Grace Bird
Oklahoma
Judy Adams
Oregon
Cynthia Harrison
Pennsylvania
Maggie Walker
Rhode Island
Teresa Bradley
Claudia Turner
Mary Harum
Tenn
Carol Ferrante
Texas
Phyllis George
Utah
Deborah Dunn
Vermont
Pati Papineau
Virginia
Jeannette Smith
Washington
Nancy Peterson
West Virginia
Linda Barnett
Wisconsin
Linda Johnson
Wyoming
Jane Hutchings