{{Short description|none}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Beauty pageant | winner = Bobbi Johnson |photo = Bobbi Johnson Miss District of Columbia.jpg |caption = Bobbi Johnson | represented = District of Columbia | date = July 29, 1964 | presenters = | venue = Miami Beach, Florida | broadcaster = CBS, WTVJ | congeniality = Jeanne Venables <br> California | photogenic = | best state costume = Pat Kerr <br> Tennessee | placements = 15 | entrants = 41 | before = 1963 | next = 1965 }} '''Miss USA 1964''' was the 13th Miss USA pageant, held in Miami Beach, Florida on July 29, 1964. This was the last Miss USA pageant to be held as an inclusive part of the Miss Universe event.
The pageant was won by Bobbi Johnson of the District of Columbia, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Marite Ozers of Illinois. Two days after her victory, Johnson went on to place as a top 15 semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1964.
Johnson was the first woman from Washington D.C. to win the title.<ref>{{cite news |title=1964 - Bobbie Johnson|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/os-miss-usa-through-the-years-pictures-013-photo.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205211222/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/os-miss-usa-through-the-years-pictures-013-photo.html |archive-date=December 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |work=Orlando Sentinel}}</ref>
This was the latest Miss USA pageant ever held on this date until the 2020 competition. The rescheduling of the pageant as an independent event from Miss Universe in 1965 meant Johnson reigned for only 10 months and 6 days; apart from first runners-up who inherited the crown when Miss USA won Miss Universe, only 1986 titleholder Christy Fichtner had a shorter reign (8 months and 28 days).
== Results ==
=== Placements === {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |- ! Placement ! Contestant |- | Miss USA 1964 | *District of Columbia – Bobbi Johnson |- | 1st runner-up | *Texas – Diane Balloun |- | 2nd runner-up | *Alaska – Susan "Suzy" Marlin |- | 3rd runner-up | *Utah – Janet Erickson |- | 4th runner-up | *Kentucky - Johnna Reid |- | Top 15<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=29 July 1964 |title=In the running |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-record-1964-miss-usa-clipping/120662755/ |access-date=2 July 2024 |work=The Record |pages=4 |language=en |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 July 1964 |title=15 reach Miss U.S.A. semifinals |url=https://www.virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=NVS19640729.1.3 |access-date=1 October 2025 |work=Northern Virginia Sun |pages=3 |via=Virginia Chronicle |volume=27 |issue=254}}</ref> | *Alabama – Pamela Borgfeldt *California – Jeanne Venables *Idaho – Dorothy Johnson *Maryland – Royette Tarry *Mississippi – Patricia Turk *New Jersey – Barbara Richartz *New York – Dorothy Langhans *Ohio – Gail Krielow *Oklahoma – Jackie Maloney *Oregon – Toye Esch |}
== Contestants == Forty-one contestants competed for the title. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" ! width="120" |State/District ! width="150" |Contestant !Age{{efn|Ages at the time of the pageant}} ! width="150" |Hometown !Notes |- |Alabama |Pamela Borgfeldt<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=George |date=2 August 2012 |title=Pam has been there, done that |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/107589848/?terms=%22miss%2Balabama%2Busa%22 |work=The Anniston Star |page=2A |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |21 |Anniston | |- |Alaska |Susan "Suzy" Marlin<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 18, 1964 |title=Crowned Miss Alaska |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fairbanks-daily-news-miner-miss-alaska-u/162608766/ |access-date=January 9, 2025 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |location=Fairbanks, Alaska |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |21 |Fairbanks | |- |Arizona |Diane Reutter<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 11, 1964 |title=Beauty: a study |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-miss-arizona-usa-19/162608900/ |access-date=January 9, 2025 |work=The Arizona Republic |pages=4 |via=Newspapers.con}}</ref> |19 |Phoenix | |- |Arkansas |Barbara McGlothlin |20 |Little Rock | |- |California |Jeanne Venables | |Sacramento | |- |Connecticut |Patricia Powell | |Hartford | |- |Delaware |Christina Klosetju | |Wilmington | |- |District of Columbia |Bobbi Johnson |19 |Washington, D.C. |Top 15 at Miss Universe 1964 |- |Florida |Candace Davenport | | | |- |Georgia |Lynda Tatum<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 6, 1964 |title=Cute chick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution-miss-georgia-us/162608240/ |access-date=January 9, 2025 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |pages=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | |Cave Spring | |- |Hawaii |Wanda Byrd | | | |- |Idaho |Dorothy Johnson |19 |Pocatello | |- |Illinois |Karen Weisbrook | | | |- |Indiana |Charlene Kratochvil | | | |- |Iowa |Barbara Rogers | | | |- |Kansas |Barbara Ford<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 9, 1964 |title=Selected as the Kansas representative |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times-miss-kansas-usa-19/162608551/ |access-date=January 9, 2025 |work=The Kansas City Times |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |18 |Derby | |- |Kentucky |Johnna Reid | | | |- |Louisiana |Linda Graves | | | |- |Maine |Corneille Edwards | | | |- |Maryland |Royette Tarry | | | |- |Massachusetts |Barbara Robery | | | |- |Michigan |Johneane Teeter | | | |- |Mississippi |Patricia Turk | | | |- |Missouri |Sandy Bawol | | | |- |Nebraska |Georgia Merriam | | | |- |Nevada |Pamela Morris | | | |- |New Hampshire |Beverly Hebert | | | |- |New Jersey |Barbara Richartz | | | |- |New York |Dorothy Langhans | | | |- |Ohio |Gail Krielow | | | |- |Oklahoma |Jackie Maloney<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 7, 1964 |title=Brunette wins beauty title |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-miss-oklahoma-usa-19/162608381/ |access-date=January 9, 2025 |work=The Daily Oklahoman |location=Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |pages=14 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |18 |Oklahoma City | |- |Oregon |Toye Esch | | | |- |Pennsylvania |Maryann Reilly | | | |- |Rhode Island |Carol Tantimonico | | | |- |South Carolina |Judy Kennedy | | | |- |Tennessee |Pat Kerr | | | |- |Texas |Diane Balloun | | | |- |Utah |Janet Erickson | | | |- |Vermont |Freda Betts | | | |- |Virginia |Heidi Smith | | | |- |Wisconsin |Carolyn Linquist | | | |}
== Notes == <references group="lower-alpha" responsive="1"></references>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.missusa.com|Miss USA official website}}
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