Miriam Jacqueline Stevenson (born July 4 July 1933, in Winnsboro, South Carolina), won the Miss USA pageant as Miss South Carolina USA in 1954. She was the first Miss USA to hold the Miss Universe beauty crown.
Her win over Brazil's Martha Rocha was memorable for there was a tie between the two women for the crown. As Catalina was the major sponsor of the pageant in its early years, the tie-breaking judgment finally came down to who had the better physical figure, which went in Miriam's favor, for she had the "fitter" hips over Martha Rocha.