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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Special Awards
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Notes
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Alabama
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Phoebe Stone
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Huntsville
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22
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Ballet, "Mame"
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Alaska
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Laura Trollan
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Juneau
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19
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Ballet/Jazz Dance, "Most Wanted"
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Arizona
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Sarah Tattersall
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Scottsdale
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20
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Vocal, "Maybe This Time" & "The Man That Got Away" from Cabaret
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Arkansas
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Grace Elizabeth Ward
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Russellville
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20
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Vocal, "After You've Gone"
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Winner
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Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
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Previously National Sweetheart 1980
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California
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Cheryl Vancleave
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Riverside
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20
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Country Vocal Medley, "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" & "You're Lookin' at Country"
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Later married Frank Kalil
Mother to Ryan Kalil and Matt Kalil
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Colorado
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Lynnette Jessen
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Denver
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20
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Acrobatic Dance, Theme from Exodus
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Later Miss Colorado USA 1985
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Connecticut
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Virginia Reichardt
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Danbury
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21
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Country Western Vocal, "Love is a Rose" & "Queen of Hearts"
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Delaware
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Jodi Meade Graham
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Wilmington
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19
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Vocal, "Can You Read My Mind"
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Daughter of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Ringler Graham
Grand-niece of Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson
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Florida
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Dean Herman
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Jacksonville
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23
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Gymnastics Dance, "They're Playing Our Song"
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Georgia
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Kristl Evans
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Atlanta
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21
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Vocal, "Ring Them Bells"
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2nd runner-up
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Hawaii
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Pamela Iwalani Offer
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Honolulu
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23
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Vocal, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"
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Mother of Miss Arizona 2010, Kathryn Bulkley
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Idaho
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Stephanie Kambitsch
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Genesee
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22
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Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Illinois
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Sandra Truitt
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Evanston
|
25
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Classical Vocal, "Près des remparts de Séville" from Carmen
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1st runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
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Indiana
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Pam Carlberg
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Bourbon
|
21
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Accordion Medley, "Sabre Dance" & "Ritual Fire Dance"
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3rd runner-up
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Iowa
|
Darla Blocker
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Davenport
|
19
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Vocal, "But the World Goes Round"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Kansas
|
Dawn Holmstrom
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Wichita
|
20
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Vocal Medley, "My Man" & "Happy Days are Here Again"
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Kentucky
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Sheri Copeland
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Benton
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20
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Popular Vocal, "Out Here on My Own" from Fame
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Louisiana
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Donese Worden
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Monroe
|
22
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Violin, "Millionaire's Hoe-Down"
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Maine
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Kathleen Jarrell
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Orr's Island
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19
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Vocal Medley, "Swanee", "My Mammy", & "I'm Happy"
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Maryland
|
Robin Harmon
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Hagerstown
|
24
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Greek Dramatic Monologue from Antigone
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Massachusetts
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Deborah Salois
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North Andover
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19
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Vocal, "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" from Ain't Misbehavin'
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Michigan
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Gwen Roberta Brown
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Ishpeming
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22
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Dramatic Presentation of Original Writing, "Memory of Grandmother"
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Minnesota
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Elizabeth Ruyak
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Mankato
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20
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Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu by Frédéric Chopin
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Became television host/reporter with CBS/NBC -- part of five Summer/Winter Olympics broadcast teams from 1992-2002
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Mississippi
|
Karen Hopson
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Vicksburg
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21
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Character Ballet en Pointe, "Overture" from Annie
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Top 10
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Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
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Missouri
|
Theresa McDonnell
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Florissant
|
22
|
Vocal, "Let's Hear it for Me" from Funny Lady
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Montana
|
Sue Harris
|
Helena
|
19
|
Gymnastics Dance, Theme from Hawaii Five-O
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Nebraska
|
Jill Pershing
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Lincoln
|
21
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Ballet en Pointe, Rhapsody in Blue
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Nevada
|
Suzanne Bowman
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Reno
|
20
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Modern Rhythmic Gymnastics, "Zero to Sixty in Five"
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New Hampshire
|
Natalie Oliver
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Manchester
|
21
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Vocal, "Home" from The Wiz
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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New Jersey
|
Debra Naley
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Rockaway
|
26
|
Violin Medley, "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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New Mexico
|
Lynn Lawson
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Portales
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21
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Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 2, Third Movement" by Rachmaninoff
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New York
|
Suzanne Alexander
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Lyons Falls
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20
|
Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca
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Top 10
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Preliminary Talent Award
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North Carolina
|
Lynn Williford
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Wilmington
|
24
|
Russian Character Dance, "Czardas"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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North Dakota
|
Stacie Anfinson
|
Hettinger
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21
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Vocal, "I Only Want to Say"
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Ohio
|
Juliana Zilba
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Mansfield
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21
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Vocal Medley, "Up the Ladder to the Roof" & "With One More Look at You" from A Star is Born
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Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
Non-finalist Talent Award
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Sister of Miss Ohio 1986, Mary Zilba
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Oklahoma
|
April Clayton
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Cameron
|
22
|
Ballet en Pointe, "The Blue Danube"
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Oregon
|
Julie Ross
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Portland
|
20
|
Classical Piano, "Toccata" by Prokofiev
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Top 10
|
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Pennsylvania
|
Jill Shaffer
|
Dover
|
22
|
Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Grieg
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Rhode Island
|
Kathleen Cryan
|
Providence
|
23
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Jazz Dance, "Electro-Phantasma"
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South Carolina
|
Jill Rankin
|
Columbia
|
21
|
Figure Skating, "Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major"
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South Dakota
|
Pennisue Largent
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Hot Springs
|
22
|
Vocal & Jazz Dance, "Misty"
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Tennessee
|
Angelina Johnson
|
Jackson
|
20
|
Ventriloquism, "Laverne & Shirley"
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Texas
|
Sheri Ryman
|
Texas City
|
20
|
Gymnastics, Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
|
4th runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
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Utah
|
Jonelle Smith
|
Provo
|
23
|
Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata
|
Top 10
|
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Vermont
|
Kimberly Nestle
|
Shelburne
|
19
|
Acrobatic Jazz Dance, "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line
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Virginia
|
Vicky Pulliam
|
Martinsville
|
21
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Art is Calling for Me" from The Enchantress by Victor Herbert
|
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Washington
|
Kristine Weitz
|
Moses Lake
|
19
|
Jazz Vocal, "Summertime"
|
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Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
West Virginia
|
Candy Cohen
|
Huntington
|
24
|
Tap Dance, "How High the Moon"
|
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Wisconsin
|
Keungsuk Kim
|
Shorewood
|
19
|
Classical Piano, "Kabalevsky's Prelude"
|
Top 10
|
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Wyoming
|
Keri Borgaard
|
Cheyenne
|
23
|
Vocal Medley, "At the Crossroads" & "Hey, Look Me Over"
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