State
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Name
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Hometown
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Age
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Talent
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Placement
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Awards
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Notes
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Alabama
|
Freita Fuller
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Opelika
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19
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Hula & Tahitian Dance
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Alaska
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Linda Hogue
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Kodiak
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18
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Modern Dance, "Charlie Chaplin Pantomime"
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Neat as a Pin Award
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Arizona
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Linda Gail Sirrine
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Mesa
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19
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Popular Vocal, "Happy Heart"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Arkansas
|
Debbye Hazelwood
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Magnolia
|
20
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Piano, Warsaw Concerto
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California
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Diane Wagner
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Daly City
|
20
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Ballet, "Swan Lake"
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Colorado
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Sally Anderson
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Longmont
|
19
|
Classical Vocal, "Daydreams"
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Connecticut
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Linda Kapral
|
East Lyme
|
19
|
Modern Jazz, African Dance, & Gymnastics
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Delaware
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Catherine Lawton
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Clayton
|
20
|
Banjo, "Banjo Memories"
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Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
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Florida
|
Suzanne Charles
|
Fort Lauderdale
|
20
|
Ballet, "Dance of the Painted Doll"
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Georgia
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Lisa Lawalin
|
Rome
|
20
|
Vocal, "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady
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Hawaii
|
Marlene Diane Kehaulani Kalahiki
|
Kailua-Kona
|
22
|
Modern Jazz Dance, "Shotgun"
|
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Idaho
|
Vicki Hawkins
|
Boise
|
20
|
Piano, Theme from Summer of '42
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Illinois
|
Carolyn Paulus
|
Elmhurst
|
20
|
Classical Vocal, "Glitter and be Gay" from Candide
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Indiana
|
Rebecca Graham
|
Indianapolis
|
23
|
Gymnastics Dance
|
4th runner-up
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
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Iowa
|
Renee Stuedemann
|
Clinton
|
23
|
Baton Twirling, "Can-Can" from Orpheus in the Underworld
|
Top 10
|
|
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Kansas
|
Cynthia Sikes
|
Coffeyville
|
18
|
Vocal, "Fame"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
Starred as Dr. Annie Cavanero on St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1985
|
Kentucky
|
Carolyn Walters
|
Louisville
|
19
|
Vocal, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"
|
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Louisiana
|
Debby Robert
|
Baton Rouge
|
21
|
Classical Vocal, "The Art of Beguiling"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
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Maine
|
Marilyn Lash
|
Friendship
|
19
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Poor Wand'ring One" from The Pirates of Penzance
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Maryland
|
Kathleen Louise Neff
|
Cumberland
|
21
|
Dramatic Soliloquy, "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You" from The King and I
|
Top 10
|
|
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Massachusetts
|
Marie Semas
|
Taunton
|
18
|
Piano & Vocal of an Original Composition
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Michigan
|
Terri Cousino
|
Erie
|
19
|
Vocal, "How Can I Wait?"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Minnesota
|
Linda Hagen
|
Hampton
|
22
|
Popular Vocal, "Who Will Buy?" from Oliver!
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Mississippi
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Glenda Meadows
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Richton
|
23
|
Vocal Medley, "Am I Blue?" & "I'd Rather Be Blue"
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Missouri
|
Anita Columbo
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St. Louis
|
21
|
Vocal/Dance, "It's Today" from Mame
|
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Montana
|
Debra DeBiase
|
Billings
|
21
|
Ballet, "Summer of '42"
|
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Nebraska
|
Jeanine Giller
|
Omaha
|
22
|
Jazz Dance, "Bitter End"
|
|
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Nevada
|
Helen Bennett
|
Reno
|
23
|
Classical Ballet, "Dance of the Gypsy"
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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New Hampshire
|
Jane Badler
|
Manchester
|
18
|
Popular Vocal, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"
|
|
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Starred on NBC's V series from 1983 to 1985 & on ABC's V series in 2011
|
New Jersey
|
Linda Gialanella
|
Maplewood
|
22
|
Sketching Presentation, "Teaching the World to Draw"
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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New Mexico
|
Wren Prather
|
Carlsbad
|
19
|
Upside Down Tap Dance, "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
|
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New York
|
Judith Keithley
|
Rochester
|
19
|
Piano, Rhapsody in Blue
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|
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North Carolina
|
Constance Dorn
|
Kinston
|
19
|
Ballet, "The Grand Holiday"
|
1st runner-up
|
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Later Miss North Carolina USA 1975
2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1975
|
North Dakota
|
Georgia Ann Becker
|
Napoleon
|
18
|
Country Western Vocal, "Rose Garden"
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Ohio
|
Karen Sparka
|
Bowling Green
|
21
|
Vocal Medley, "My Man" & "My Man's Gone Now"
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Oklahoma
|
Debbie Giannopoulos
|
Oklahoma City
|
20
|
Classical Vocal from Carmen
|
|
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Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1968
|
Oregon
|
Sandra Lynn Herring
|
Portland
|
20
|
Vocal Medley, "Who Will Buy?" & "As Long as He Needs Me" from Oliver!
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Pennsylvania
|
Linda Olson
|
Corry
|
20
|
Piano, "Gershwin Medley"
|
2nd runner-up
|
|
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Rhode Island
|
Michele Passarelli
|
Pawtucket
|
18
|
Vocal, "Cabaret"
|
|
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South Carolina
|
Bonnie Corder
|
Columbia
|
21
|
Vocal Medley, "My Man's Gone Now", "Let Me Sing", & "I'm Happy"
|
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South Dakota
|
Janet Hunter
|
Madison
|
20
|
Classical Piano, "Scherzo No. 3" by Chopin
|
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Tennessee
|
Debbie Cathey
|
Nashville
|
20
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Amazing Grace"
|
|
|
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Texas
|
Mae Beth Cormany
|
Wichita Falls
|
|
Vocal Medley, "Misty" & "Come Rain or Come Shine"
|
3rd runner-up
|
|
|
Utah
|
Sally Peterson
|
Salt Lake City
|
21
|
Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 1"
|
|
Miss Congeniality
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
Vermont
|
Kathy Hebert
|
Burlington
|
21
|
Vocal & Guitar with Display of Fashion Design, "I Don't Know How to Love Him"
|
|
|
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Virginia
|
Dona Marie Pillow
|
Lynchburg
|
22
|
Vocal, "Memories"
|
|
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Cousin of country singer Ray Pillow
|
Washington
|
Rebecca Pozzi
|
Kent
|
20
|
Vocal Medley, "Consider Yourself" & "I'd Do Anything"
|
|
|
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West Virginia
|
Lynette Koper
|
Weirton
|
21
|
Presentation of Original Art Works
|
|
|
|
Wisconsin
|
Terry Meeuwsen
|
De Pere
|
23
|
Vocal, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat!
|
Winner
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
Preliminary Talent Award
|
Co-host of The 700 Club
|
Wyoming
|
Annette Klipstein
|
Cheyenne
|
22
|
Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus
|
|
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Previously Wyoming's Junior Miss 1968
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