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{{Short description|American model}}
{{Infobox pageant titleholder
| name=Maria Remenyi
| photo=Maria Remenyi picture session.jpg
| caption=Remenyi as Miss USA 1966
| birth_name=Maria Judith Remenyi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|12|13}}
| birth_place= [[Tversted]], [[Denmark]]
| height={{convert|5|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}
| eye_color= Brown
| hair_color= Brown
| title=[[Miss California USA|Miss California USA 1966]]<br> [[Miss USA 1966]]
| competitions={{nowrap|Miss California USA 1966}}<br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss USA 1966]] <br>(Winner)<br>[[Miss Universe 1966]]<br>(Top 15)
}}
'''Maria Judith Remenyi''' (born December 13, 1945, in [[Denmark]]) is a Hungarian-American astrophysicist, cosmologist and beauty pageant titleholder who held the title of [[Miss USA 1966]].

==Early life==
Remenyi was born in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark of Hungarian parents. She migrated to the United States in 1956 when her family escaped from the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian revolt]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Logistics a Problem as "Miss Universe" nears|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=c0wmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Gf8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2752,400609&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en|publisher=Gettysburg Times|first=Ruth|last=Thompson|date=1966-06-25}}</ref>

==Miss USA==
Remenyi, residing in [[El Cerrito, California]], at the time, represented California at the Miss USA 1966 pageant held in Miami in May 1966.  She was voted Miss Pixable by the press.<ref>{{cite news|title=American Beauties Figure in Final|publisher=The Miami News|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vdUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VusFAAAAIBAJ&pg=678,1359674&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en|date=1966-05-20|first=William|last=Tucker}}</ref> On 22 May 1966 she became the second [[California]]n to win the Miss USA title.<ref>{{cite news|title=Californian Lass is Miss USA|publisher=The Tuscaloosa News|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z140AAAAIBAJ&sjid=GJsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1824,3438661&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en|date=1966-05-22}}</ref>  
In July she competed in the [[Miss Universe 1966]] pageant, placing in the top fifteen.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Miss Universe is Shipshape Swede|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=esMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dusFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4180,227222&dq=maria-remenyi+universe&hl=en|publisher=The Miami News|date=1966-07-17}}</ref>

In 1973 Remenyi was invited to judge the [[Miss Universe 1973]] pageant.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=The Victoria Advocate|title=Miss USA title goes to Illinois|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lMccAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SVoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4111,2993634&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en|date=1973-05-20}}</ref>

==Life after Miss USA==
Prior to winning the Miss USA title she was a junior studying [[astrophysics]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley|University of California at Berkeley]] and was involved in [[bevatron]] research and computer programming at the [[Lawrence Radiation Laboratory]].<ref name="brainy">{{cite news|title=Brainy Beauty Ready to Step Down as Miss USA|publisher=Gettysburg Times|date=1967-05-13|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E1cmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZP8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2806,3947267&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en|first=Ruth|last=Thompson}}</ref>  She dropped out after winning Miss USA and transferred to [[Columbia University]], stating that she had fallen in love with [[New York City|New York]] during her reign.<ref>{{cite news|title='Miss USA' leaving California for New York|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=n_wrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=38YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2861,4668531&dq=maria-remenyi&hl=en|publisher=Times Daily|last=Associated Press|date=1967-02-28}}</ref>

In 1971, she hosted "Maria's Morning Show", a radio program on Vermont's [[WJOY]], while studying computer science at the [[University of Vermont]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maurice |first1=Maggie |title=Maria's Morning Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/199889130/ |access-date=23 July 2023 |work=[[Burlington Free Press]] |date=27 August 1971 |page=13}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.missusa.com/ Miss USA official website]

{{Miss Universe 1966 delegates}}
{{Miss USA titleholders}}
{{Miss USA photogenic award}}
{{Miss Universe Organization titleholders
|Year = 1966
|Miss Universe= {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Margareta Arvidsson]]
|Miss USA= {{flagicon|California}} '''Maria Remenyi'''
}}
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[[Category:1946 births]]
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[[Category:Miss Photogenic at Miss USA]]
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[[Category:Miss USA winners]]
[[Category:People from El Cerrito, California]]
[[Category:Physicians from Copenhagen]]
[[Category:Hungarian emigrants to the United States]]


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