Marite Ozers

Marite Ozers (also Mārīte Ozere,^[1] born c. 1944) is Miss USA 1963.^[2]

After winning the Miss Illinois USA crown, Marite, from Chicago, Illinois went on to win the title of Miss USA, 1963.^[3] Marite Ozers was the first naturalized citizen to be crowned Miss USA. She was born in Latvia.^[4]

References

↑ "Woman in folk costume...". Retrieved 15 August 2011.
↑ "Past Titleholders". Miss USA. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
↑ "Refugee's Daughter selected Miss U.S.A.". Tuscaloosa News. 19 July 1963. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
↑ "Decision thrills ex-Miss USA". Milwaukee Sentinel. 22 April 1991. Retrieved 15 August 2011.

Preceded by Jean Donnelly	Miss Illinois USA 1963	Succeeded by Karen Wiesbrook

Miss USA titleholders (1960–1979)

Linda Bement (1960)
Sharon Brown (1961)
Macel Leilani Wilson (1962)
Mārīte Ozere (1963)
Bobbi Johnson (1964)
Sue Ann Downey (1965)
Maria Remenyi (1966)
Sylvia Hitchcock/Cheryl Patton (1967)
Dorothy Anstett (1968)
Wendy Dascomb (1969)
Deborah Shelton (1970)
Michele McDonald (1971)
Tanya Wilson (1972)
Amanda Jones (1973)
Karen Morrison (1974)
Summer Bartholomew (1975)
Barbara Peterson (1976)
Kimberly Tomes (1977)
Judi Andersen (1978)
Mary Therese Friel (1979)

Illinois pageant winners

Miss Illinois	Lois Delander (1927) Judith Ford (1968) Karen Moncrieff (1985) Jeri Zimmermann (1989) Marjorie Vincent (1990) Chuti Tiu (1994) Katherine Shindle (1997) Jade Smalls (1999) Jenny Powers (2000) Erika Harold (2002) Crystal Davis (2015)

Miss Illinois USA	Myrna Hansen (1953) Marianne Gaba (1957) Patricia Thompson (1960) Marite Ozers (1963) Amanda Jones (1973) Karen Morrison (1974) Lisa Morgan (1991) Amanda Reynolds (2002) Jill Gulseth (2005) Catherine Warren (2006) Mia Heaston (2007) Renee Wronecki (2015)

Miss Illinois Teen USA	Cherise Haugen (1984) Charlotte Martin (1994) Nicole Manske (1998)

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