| State
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Name
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Hometown
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Age
|
Talent
|
Placement
|
Special Awards
|
Notes
|
 Alabama
|
Tammy Little
|
Section
|
23
|
Vocal, "Hit Me with a Hot Note" from Sophisticated Ladies
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Alaska
|
Maryline Blackburn
|
Anchorage
|
23
|
Vocal, "I Am What I Am"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Arizona
|
Rhonda White
|
Central
|
20
|
Country Vocal Medley
|
|
|
|
 Arkansas
|
Lisa Stevens
|
Arkadelphia
|
22
|
Flute, "Sabre Dance"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 California
|
Donna Grace Cherry
|
Northridge
|
21
|
Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'"
|
|
|
|
 Colorado
|
Lisa Frees
|
Thornton
|
25
|
Vocal, "I Got Rhythm"
|
|
|
|
 Connecticut
|
Joanne Caruso
|
Trumbull
|
23
|
Clarinet, "Jazz Medley"
|
|
|
Sister of Miss Connecticut 1980, Jeanne Caruso
|
 Delaware
|
Nancy Lynn Ball
|
Rehoboth Beach
|
24
|
Jazz Ballet en Pointe
|
|
|
|
 District of Columbia
|
Desiree Keating
|
Silver Spring, MD
|
22
|
Interpretive Dance
|
|
|
Later Miss District of Columbia USA 1986
|
 Florida
|
Lisa Valdez
|
Bradenton
|
21
|
Vocal, "Through the Eyes of Love"
|
|
|
|
 Georgia
|
Camille Bentley
|
Thomasville
|
19
|
Popular Vocal, "Until Now"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Hawaii
|
Debbie Nakanelua
|
Honolulu
|
26
|
Stylized Hula, "Hawaiian Hula Eyes"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Idaho
|
Patty Hoag
|
Burley
|
19
|
Popular Vocal, "Wind Beneath My Wings"
|
|
|
|
 Illinois
|
Ruth Booker
|
Chicago
|
21
|
Vocal, "Kiss Me in the Rain"
|
|
|
|
 Indiana
|
Cynthia Yantis
|
Fort Wayne
|
23
|
Popular Vocal, "City Lights"
|
|
|
|
 Iowa
|
Debra Deitering
|
Missouri Valley
|
23
|
Vocal, "This is My Life"
|
|
|
|
 Kansas
|
Nancy Lee Cobb
|
Wichita
|
20
|
Piano/Vocal, "I Love New Orleans Music"
|
|
|
|
 Kentucky
|
Kelly Lin Brumagen
|
Lexington
|
22
|
Vocal, "Le Jazz Hot!" from Victor/Victoria
|
Top 10
|
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
|
|
 Louisiana
|
Nita Whitaker
|
Shreveport
|
24
|
Popular Vocal, "Over the Rainbow"
|
|
|
First African American to win Miss Louisiana
|
 Maine
|
Lisa Johnson
|
South Portland
|
22
|
Electric Violin
|
|
|
|
 Maryland
|
Mary Elizabeth Haroth
|
Towson
|
25
|
Vocal, "Memory" from Cats
|
|
|
|
 Massachusetts
|
Margaret O'Brien
|
Weymouth
|
26
|
Vocal Medley, "The Man that Got Away", "The Man I Love", & "My Man"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
Previously National Sweetheart 1983
|
 Michigan
|
Barbara Jean Crandall
|
Lawrence
|
21
|
Ventriloquism, "Auctioneer's Song"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Minnesota
|
Lauren Green
|
Minneapolis
|
26
|
Piano, "Étude Op. 10, No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor" by Frédéric Chopin
|
3rd runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
First African American Miss Minnesota
|
 Mississippi
|
Kathy Manning
|
Drew
|
22
|
Country Vocal, "Crazy"
|
2nd runner-up
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
Later Miss Mississippi USA 1987
Top 11 at Miss USA 1987 Katharine Clare Manning Loeb died at 59 on December 23, 2021 of COVID-19 related illness in Tennessee.
|
 Missouri
|
Anna Schell
|
Kennett
|
26
|
Semi-classical Vocal, Medley from The Sound of Music
|
|
|
|
 Montana
|
Michele Larson
|
Billings
|
21
|
Vocal, "My Tribute" by Andraé Crouch
|
|
|
|
 Nebraska
|
Allison Boyd
|
Nebraska City
|
21
|
Acrobatic Dance
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Nevada
|
LeAnna Grant
|
Las Vegas
|
22
|
Vocal, "I Love Paris"
|
|
|
Later Miss Nevada USA 1986
|
 New Hampshire
|
Corinne Lucier
|
Hooksett
|
20
|
Vocal, "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" from Camelot
|
|
|
|
 New Jersey
|
Patricia La Terra
|
West New York
|
24
|
Dramatic Monologue
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 New Mexico
|
Trina Collins
|
Hobbs
|
22
|
Acrobatic Dance
|
|
|
Mother of Miss Indiana 2015, Morgan Jackson
|
 New York
|
Mary-Ann Farrell
|
New York City
|
22
|
Classical Piano, Danzas Argentinas
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
Sister of Miss Florida 1985, Monica Farrell
Sister of Miss Illinois 1992, Kathleen Farrell
|
 North Carolina
|
Francesca Adler
|
Fayetteville
|
23
|
Vocal, "Home"
|
|
|
Mother of Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2018, Jessica Baeder
|
 North Dakota
|
Callie Northagen
|
Grand Forks
|
21
|
Piano
|
|
|
|
 Ohio
|
Melissa Ann Bradley
|
Mansfield
|
23
|
Vocal, "A Piece of Sky" from Yentl
|
1st runner-up
|
|
Mother of actor Chad Buchanan
|
 Oklahoma
|
Julie Sunday
|
Owasso
|
21
|
Piano
|
|
|
|
 Oregon
|
Renee Bagley
|
Portland
|
22
|
Popular Vocal, "Don't Cry Out Loud"
|
|
|
|
 Pennsylvania
|
Gina Major
|
Huntsville
|
24
|
Vocal, Judy Garland Medley
|
|
|
|
 Rhode Island
|
Joanna Minisce
|
North Smithfield
|
19
|
Modern Jazz Dance
|
|
|
|
 South Carolina
|
Vicki Harrell
|
Columbia
|
22
|
Piano
|
|
|
|
 South Dakota
|
Debra Cleveland
|
Madison
|
19
|
Classical Piano
|
|
|
|
 Tennessee
|
Shelly Mangrum
|
Nashville
|
23
|
Vocal, "And the World Goes 'Round"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Texas
|
Tamara Hext
|
Fort Worth
|
21
|
Vocal, "I've Got a Crush on You"
|
4th runner-up
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 Utah
|
Sharlene Wells
|
Salt Lake City
|
20
|
Spanish Vocal & Paraguayan Harp, "Mis Noches Sin Ti"
|
Winner
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
First foreign-born Miss America
Currently on the Miss America Board of Directors
|
 Vermont
|
Lorrie Glosick
|
Winooski
|
21
|
Vocal, "The Trolley Song"
|
|
|
|
 Virginia
|
Susan Carter Parker
|
Covington
|
23
|
Classical Vocal, "My Man's Gone Now"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Washington
|
Rebecca Wood
|
Spokane
|
21
|
Vocal, "If I Ruled the World"
|
|
|
|
 West Virginia
|
Melanne Pennington
|
Cross Lanes
|
24
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "One Kiss" from The New Moon
|
|
|
Died from Leukemia at the age of 28 in 1988
|
 Wisconsin
|
Barbara Marie Mullally
|
Onalaska
|
22
|
Vocal, "Here I Am"
|
|
|
|
 Wyoming
|
Annie Easterbrook
|
Laramie
|
21
|
Gymnastics Jazz Dance
|
|
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