Miss Virginia USA Stevenson, became Miss Universe 1954. However, there was no rule until the 1960s that the 1st runner-up became Miss USA after the winner won Miss Universe. If that was true, 2nd runner-up, Miss New York USA, Karin Hultman would have become Miss USA 1954, as Ellen was disqualified due to being underage. Nine Miss Virginia USA winners have previously held the Miss Virginia Teen USA title and competed at Miss Teen USA. Virginia currently holds the record for the most Miss Teen USA state winners to win a Miss USA state title from the same state; it is second to
Mary Jean Collins for a Free Choice, a Board member of Choice USA, and a Vice-President of People For the American Way. She is featured in the feminist history film "She's Beautiful When She's Angry". The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America holds some of her papers in a collection titled "Papers of NOW officer Mary Jean Collins, 1966-1988". Mary Jean Collins Mary Jean Collins (born 1939 in Wisconsin) is an American activist. She joined the National Organization for Women in 1967, and she was elected as the Chicago Chapter of NOW's president after moving to that