| State
|
Name
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Hometown
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Age
|
Talent
|
Placement
|
Special Awards
|
Notes
|
 Alabama
|
Yolanda Fernandez
|
Troy
|
19
|
Classical Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu
|
3rd runner-up
|
|
Previously Florida's Junior Miss 1980
|
 Alaska
|
Kristan Sapp
|
Wasilla
|
20
|
Sac-Jazz Dance
|
|
|
|
 Arizona
|
Debra Daniels
|
Yuma
|
20
|
Free Form Gymnastics, "Chariots of Fire"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Arkansas
|
Mary Stuart
|
Little Rock
|
20
|
Vocal/Broadway Jazz, "The Birth of the Blues"
|
Top 10
|
|
Later cast as Frannie Hughes on As the World Turns from 1990 to 1993
|
 California
|
Debra Maffett
|
Anaheim
|
25
|
Popular Vocal, "Come in From the Rain"
|
Winner
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Colorado
|
Deborah Davids
|
Denver
|
22
|
Harp, "Introduction et Allegro" by Maurice Ravel
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Connecticut
|
Kelly Slater
|
Woodbury
|
21
|
Popular Vocal, "Blue Champagne"
|
|
|
|
 Delaware
|
Nancy Ellen Farley
|
Elsmere
|
21
|
Comedy Monologue, "Report of the Nominating Committee"
|
|
|
|
 Florida
|
Deanna Pitman
|
Apopka
|
22
|
Lyrical Dance, "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line
|
|
|
|
 Georgia
|
Bobbie Eakes
|
Warner Robins
|
21
|
Vocal, "Let's Hear it for Me" from Funny Lady
|
Top 10
|
|
Sister of Miss Georgia 1979, Sandra Eakes
Later starred as Macy Alexander on The Bold and the Beautiful
|
 Hawaii
|
Gale Lee Thomas
|
Honolulu
|
21
|
Baton Twirling, Theme from Magnum, P.I. & "Hawaiian War Chant"
|
|
|
|
 Idaho
|
Lisa Eaton
|
Shelley
|
22
|
Vocal, "It's My Turn"
|
|
|
|
 Illinois
|
Jaleigh Jeffers
|
Mount Carmel
|
21
|
Piano, "Bumble Boogie"
|
|
|
|
 Indiana
|
Ilona Conway
|
Bunker Hill
|
25
|
Popular Vocal, "Mister Melody"
|
|
|
|
 Iowa
|
Linda Simon
|
DeWitt
|
23
|
Baton Twirling
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Kansas
|
Lisa Marie Berwick
|
Valley Center
|
21
|
Vocal, "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
|
|
|
|
 Kentucky
|
Gwendolyn Witten
|
Vine Grove
|
23
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "And This is My Beloved"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Louisiana
|
Bobbie Candler
|
Baton Rouge
|
25
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "With a Song in My Heart"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Previously National Sweetheart 1979
|
 Maine
|
Rebecca Beck
|
Brunswick
|
21
|
Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus
|
|
|
|
 Maryland
|
Lynne Carol Graham
|
Bethesda
|
23
|
Popular Vocal, "Alfie"
|
|
|
Mother of Miss Kentucky 2007, Kaitlynne Postel
|
 Massachusetts
|
Lisa Scorgie
|
North Attleboro
|
23
|
Violin, "Fantasy of Russian Folk Songs"
|
|
|
|
 Michigan
|
Kathy Lou Pennington
|
Jackson
|
25
|
Vocal, "God Bless the Child"
|
|
|
|
 Minnesota
|
Laurie Saarinen
|
Osage
|
21
|
Vocal, "My Man"
|
Top 10
|
|
Previously Miss North Dakota USA 1981
|
 Mississippi
|
Dianne Evans
|
Taylorsville
|
22
|
Vocal, "Stormy Weather"
|
2nd runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Missouri
|
Julie Phillips
|
Ava
|
18
|
Classical/Jazz Piano
|
|
|
|
 Montana
|
Kimberly Knauf
|
Billings
|
21
|
Piano Medley, "Jump Shout Boogie" & "Sonata Pathétique"
|
|
|
|
 Nebraska
|
Sandra Haschke
|
Humphrey
|
20
|
Popular Vocal, "All I Ever Need is You"
|
|
|
|
 Nevada
|
Kim King
|
Las Vegas
|
21
|
Banjo, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee"
|
|
|
|
 New Hampshire
|
Amy Bowker
|
Amherst
|
21
|
Jazz Dance, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line
|
|
|
|
 New Jersey
|
Christina Shone
|
Pequannock
|
22
|
Classical Vocal, "Non Piu Mesta" from La Cenerentola
|
|
|
|
 New Mexico
|
Cyndi Ann Friesen
|
Carlsbad
|
19
|
Vocal, "Carnival"
|
|
|
|
 New York
|
Eileen Clark
|
Syracuse
|
23
|
Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 North Carolina
|
Elizabeth Williams
|
Shelby
|
22
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" from The Sound of Music
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 North Dakota
|
Jeana Wolf
|
Rugby
|
21
|
Tap Dance, "You're a Grand Old Flag" & "Give My Regards to Broadway"
|
|
|
|
 Ohio
|
Debra Gombert
|
Bexley
|
22
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It"
|
|
|
|
 Oklahoma
|
Nancy Chapman
|
Altus
|
21
|
Piano, "Fireworks" by Debussy
|
4th runner-up
|
|
|
 Oregon
|
Laura Matthys
|
Salem
|
21
|
Rifle Twirling Routine, "Herzegovinian March"
|
|
|
|
 Pennsylvania
|
Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh
|
Belle Vernon
|
22
|
Baton Twirling, "Pop Goes to the Movies"
|
|
|
|
 Rhode Island
|
Cynthia Crook
|
Warwick
|
22
|
Vocal/Dance, Theme from New York, New York
|
|
|
|
 South Carolina
|
Julia Hill
|
Florence
|
26
|
Classical Piano, "Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd Movement"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Mother of Miss South Carolina 2008, Anna Perry
|
 South Dakota
|
Tara Meyerink
|
Platte
|
19
|
Classical Piano, "Polichinelle" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
|
|
|
|
 Tennessee
|
Desiree Daniels
|
Chattanooga
|
22
|
Popular Vocal, "Don't Cry Out Loud"
|
1st runner-up
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
Later Miss Tennessee USA 1984
2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1984
|
 Texas
|
Gloria Gilbert
|
Millsap
|
20
|
Ventriloquism & Vocal, "I've Been Everywhere"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Previously National Sweetheart 1981
Longtime hostess of the Miss Texas pageant television broadcast
|
 Utah
|
Cindy Quinn
|
Provo
|
21
|
Classical Vocal, "Habanera" from Carmen
|
|
|
|
 Vermont
|
Jill Wyckoff
|
South Burlington
|
20
|
Gymnastics Dance, Theme from CHiPs
|
|
|
|
 Virginia
|
Beverly Cooke
|
Richmond
|
24
|
Vocal Medley, "Smile" & "Happy Days are Here Again"
|
|
|
Mother of Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2006, Brittany Young
|
 Washington
|
Monica Hard
|
Bellevue
|
23
|
Vocal Medley, "Sweet Inspiration" & "Where You Lead"
|
|
|
|
 West Virginia
|
Kelly Lea Anderson
|
Clarksburg
|
21
|
Stylized Can-Can
|
|
|
Later Miss West Virginia USA 1984
1st runner-up at Miss USA 1984
Later Miss World USA 1984
Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1984
|
 Wisconsin
|
Gail Marie Soller
|
La Crosse
|
24
|
Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Wyoming
|
Janie Hertzler
|
Cheyenne
|
23
|
Vocal, "Everything"
|
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