| 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
|
Notes
|
 Alabama
|
Pam Long
|
Florence
|
20
|
Ventriloquism
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|
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Screenwriter of the soap opera Guiding Light
|
 Alaska
|
Darby Moore
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Kenai
|
20
|
Ventriloquism, "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
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 Arizona
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Mary Avilla
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Glendale
|
20
|
Popular Vocal, "Best Thing You've Ever Done"
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 Arkansas
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Rhonda Pope
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Hot Springs
|
21
|
Vocal Medley, "Friends" & "With a Little Help from My Friends"
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Miss Congeniality
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|
 California
|
Lucianne Buchanan
|
Claremont
|
21
|
Harp, "Concerto in B Flat"
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1st runner-up
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
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|
 Colorado
|
Cynthia Hunter
|
Denver
|
23
|
Soft Shoe Dance, "Mame"
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 Connecticut
|
Elisa Heinemann
|
Wethersfield
|
18
|
Dramatic Interpretations, "Prunella", "Yenta", & "Wicked Witch"
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 Delaware
|
Kathleen Attanasi
|
Rehoboth Beach
|
22
|
Harp Medley, "Harmonious Blacksmith" & "Close to You"
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|
 Florida
|
Delta Burke
|
Orlando
|
18
|
Dramatic Monologue, "Anne Boleyn"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Later gained fame as an actress, most notable on Designing Women
|
 Georgia
|
Gail Nelson
|
Atlanta
|
22
|
Vocal Medley, "So Long, Dearie", "Put on Your Sunday Clothes", & "Before the Parade Passes By" from Hello, Dolly!
|
|
|
|
 Hawaii
|
Coline-Helen Kanaloku Aiu
|
Honolulu
|
23
|
Modern Jazz Dance, "Hospital Shootout"
|
|
Miss Congeniality
|
|
 Idaho
|
Rochelle Bacon
|
Boise
|
21
|
Vocal, "Cornet Man" from Funny Girl
|
|
|
|
 Illinois
|
Jean Ahern
|
Hinsdale
|
21
|
Ballet en Pointe, "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote
|
2nd runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Indiana
|
Penny Tichenor
|
Owensville
|
21
|
Vocal, "Maybe This Time" from Caberet
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 Iowa
|
Jean Bollhoefer
|
Haverhill
|
25
|
Popular Vocal, "Starting Here, Starting Now"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Kansas
|
Karen Smith
|
Shawnee
|
18
|
Jazz/Acrobatic Dance, "The Entertainer"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 Kentucky
|
Darlene Compton
|
Louisville
|
25
|
Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival!
|
3rd runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Louisiana
|
Libby Lovejoy
|
Sulphur
|
21
|
Classical Ballet en Pointe, "The Grenadiers"
|
4th runner-up
|
|
|
 Maine
|
Margaret Ann Welch
|
Bangor
|
22
|
Vocal, "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
|
|
|
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 Maryland
|
Susan Jane Wohlfarth
|
Potomac
|
21
|
Classical Ballet, Giselle
|
|
|
|
 Massachusetts
|
Susan Sadlier
|
Lowell
|
22
|
Musical Comedy, "I'm the Greatest Star"
|
|
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
|
|
 Michigan
|
Susan Lillian Short
|
Kalamazoo
|
23
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It"
|
|
|
|
 Minnesota
|
Pam Bernhagen
|
Bloomington
|
20
|
Acrobatic Jazz Ballet, "Fiddler on the Roof"
|
|
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Sister of Miss Minnesota 1971, Sheila Bernhagen
|
 Mississippi
|
Diane Bounds
|
Gulfport
|
21
|
Popular Vocal, "When You Smile"
|
|
|
|
 Missouri
|
Michelle Marshall
|
Florissant
|
20
|
Vocal/Dance, "Sweet Charity" from Sweet Charity
|
|
|
|
 Montana
|
Pamela Royer
|
Billings
|
20
|
Gymnastic Floor Exercise, "Love Story"
|
|
|
|
 Nebraska
|
Sharon Sue Pelc
|
Johnstown
|
22
|
Ventriloquism & Singing, "Those Were the Days"
|
|
|
|
 Nevada
|
Jacqueline Barker
|
Sparks
|
19
|
Popular Vocal, "The Way We Were"
|
|
|
|
 New Hampshire
|
Cynthia Erb
|
Manchester
|
18
|
Gymnastic Dance to the theme from Midnight Cowboy
|
|
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
|
|
 New Jersey
|
Elizabeth Bracken
|
Mahwah
|
21
|
Dramatic Monologue, "Elizabeth Umpstead" by Carl Sandburg
|
|
|
|
 New Mexico
|
Donna Frances Reel
|
Albuquerque
|
21
|
Vocal, "For Once in My Life"
|
Top 10
|
|
Previously Miss New Mexico USA 1972
Top 10 at Miss USA 1972
Previously Miss New Mexico World 1973
Top 16 at Miss World USA 1973
|
 New York
|
Kris Krull
|
Niagara Falls
|
22
|
Jazz Dance, "Superstar" from Jesus Christ Superstar
|
|
|
|
 North Carolina
|
Susan Griffin
|
High Point
|
22
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "With a Song in My Heart"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 North Dakota
|
Susan Kay Myhr
|
Bottineau
|
18
|
Vocal, "You're Gonna Hear From Me" & "Don't Rain on My Parade"
|
|
|
|
 Ohio
|
Lorrie Kapsta
|
Columbus
|
26
|
Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in B Minor" by Tchaikovsky
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Oklahoma
|
Debbie Knight
|
Warr Acres
|
22
|
Piano, "Minuet in G Major"
|
|
|
|
 Oregon
|
Juli Ann Berg
|
Eugene
|
21
|
Vocal, "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin
|
|
|
Daughter of Miss Oregon 1947, Jo Ann Amorde
|
 Pennsylvania
|
Karen Lynn Kuhn
|
Levittown
|
20
|
Ballet, "Shubert Alley Overture"
|
|
|
|
 Rhode Island
|
Karen Salvatore
|
Warwick
|
22
|
Original Skit, "Don't Smoke"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 South Carolina
|
Cheryl Von Lehe
|
Charleston
|
18
|
Vocal, "Oh Babe, What Would You Say?"
|
|
|
|
 South Dakota
|
Barbara Guthmiller
|
Tripp
|
21
|
Vocal, "Summertime"
|
Top 10
|
|
Older sister of Miss South Dakota 1976, Beth Guthmiller
Contestant at National Sweetheart 1972
|
 Tennessee
|
Deborah Kincaid
|
Memphis
|
21
|
Vocal Medley, "Once in a Lifetime", "In My Own Lifetime", & "This is My Life"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
 Texas
|
Shirley Cothran
|
Denton
|
21
|
Flute Medley, "Bumble Boogie" & "Swingin' Sheperd Blues"
|
Winner
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
 Utah
|
Kathlyn Louise White
|
Bountiful
|
21
|
Classical Vocal, "Voices of Spring"
|
|
|
Married singer Wayne Osmond
|
 Vermont
|
Donna Shea
|
Windsor
|
21
|
Oratory, "Eulogy of John F. Kennedy"
|
|
|
|
 Virginia
|
Stephanie Dowdy
|
Virginia Beach
|
18
|
Vocal, "I've Gotta Be Me"
|
|
|
|
 Washington
|
Kathleen Moore
|
Bothell
|
22
|
Classical Vocal, "Italian Street Song"
|
Top 10
|
|
|
 West Virginia
|
Mary Derry
|
Morgantown
|
21
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Cycles"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
 Wisconsin
|
Carol Schmitt
|
Green Bay
|
22
|
Vocal, "Speak Softly Love"
|
|
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
Special Education Award
|
|
 Wyoming
|
Cheryl Johnson
|
Cheyenne
|
20
|
Modern Jazz Dance, "Scorpio"
|
|
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
|
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