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Miss USA 1977
Miss USA 1977
	Kimberly Tomes as Miss USA
Date	May 14, 1977
Presenters	Bob Barker and Helen O'Connell
Entertainment	Bobby Vinton
Venue	Gillard Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, South Carolina
Broadcaster	CBS, WCSC-TV
Entrants	51
Placements	12
Winner	Kimberly Tomes; Texas
	← 1976 1978 →

Miss USA 1977 was the 26th Miss USA pageant, televised live by CBS from the Gillard Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, South Carolina on May 14, 1977.

The pageant was won by Kimberly Tomes of Texas,^[1] who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Barbara Peterson of Minnesota. Tomes was the first woman from Texas to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as a semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1977.

Results

Final Results	Contestant
Miss USA 1977	Texas – Kimberly Tomes
1st Runner-Up	Nevada – Mary O'Neal Contino^[1]
2nd Runner-Up	Minnesota – Deborah Cossette^[1]
3rd Runner-Up	California –Pamela Gergely^[1]
4th Runner-Up	Virginia – Lynn Herring^[1]
Top 12	Arizona – Toni Abranovic^[1] District of Columbia – Sharon Sutherland Georgia – Linda Kerr Hawaii – Cely de Castro Maine – Tina Brown New Jersey – Juanita McCarty New Mexico – Denise Funderburk^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Miss Texas Wins Miss America (sic) Title". Ventura County Star. May 15, 1977. p. 9. Retrieved 26 July 2023. (Article content makes it clear they mean Miss USA, but the title does say Miss America.)

External links

Miss USA official website

[Star-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Miss Texas Wins Miss America (sic) Title". Ventura County Star. May 15, 1977. p. 9. Retrieved 26 July 2023. (Article content makes it clear they mean Miss USA, but the title does say Miss America.)

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