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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Angela Tower
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Birmingham
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25
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Ballet en Pointe, "Chariots of Fire"
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4th runner-up
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Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
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Toured with the 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe
Mother of Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2010, Scarlett Walker, and Miss Alabama's Outstanding Teen 2012 and Miss Alabama 2018, Callie Walker
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Alaska
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Kristina Christopher-Taylor
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Palmer
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20
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Comedy Monologue
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Arizona
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Diane Martin
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Phoenix
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23
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Vocal, "The Man That Got Away" & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret
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Later Miss Arizona USA 1987
2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1987
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Arkansas
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Christi Taunton
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Camden
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20
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Popular Vocal, "Remembering"
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Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
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California
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Lisa Davenport
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Santa Cruz
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23
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Popular Vocal, "Once in my Lifetime"
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Previously named Miss California 1982 when original winner, Debra Maffett, won Miss America 1983
Became the first titleholder to hold a state title twice
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Colorado
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Linda Trimmer
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Denver
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22
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Vocal, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat!
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Connecticut
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Lorine Guagenti
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Derby
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21
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Jazz Dance
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Delaware
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Lisa Anne Patrick
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Newark
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24
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Character Ballet en Pointe
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District of Columbia
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Cherie Ward
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Adelphi, MD
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22
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Original Drama
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Florida
|
Monica Farrell
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Jacksonville
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21
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Classical Piano, "Prelude No. 5 in G Minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Sister of Miss New York 1984, Mary-Ann Farrell and Miss Illinois 1992, Kathleen Farrell
Later Miss Florida USA 1988
3rd runner-up at Miss USA 1988
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Georgia
|
Samantha Mohr
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Columbus
|
23
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Popular Vocal, "Wind Beneath My Wings"[2]
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Hawaii
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Jeanne Miyamoto
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Honolulu
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25
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Vocal, "Bali Ha'i"
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Idaho
|
Nanette South
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Rexburg
|
19
|
Alto Saxophone
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Illinois
|
Karen Moncrieff
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Chicago
|
21
|
Popular Vocal, "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles
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Indiana
|
Laurie Broderick
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Elkhart
|
21
|
Dance/Twirl
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
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Iowa
|
Sherri Bowman
|
Council Bluffs
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24
|
Piano
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Kansas
|
Carolyn Jo Kirgis
|
Salina
|
25
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Vocal, "Our Love Is Here to Stay"
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Carolyn Jo Kirgis Johnson died in Phillipsburg, Kansas of complications with Multiple Sclerosis on July 24, 2022 at age 61.
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Kentucky
|
Laurie Janine Keller
|
Nippa
|
21
|
Vocal/Ballet en Pointe, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
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Top 10
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Louisiana
|
Carol Carter
|
Shreveport
|
20
|
Vocal, "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin
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Later Miss Louisiana USA 1987
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Maine
|
Mary Margaret Nightingale
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Fort Fairfield
|
20
|
Vocal, "The Blue Danube"
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Maryland
|
Jennifer Louise Charlton
|
Bethesda
|
22
|
Vocal/Dance, "Last Blues Song"
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Massachusetts
|
Lisa Kleypas
|
Carlisle
|
20
|
Original Vocal Composition & Guitar, "Love You Are My Wings"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Michigan
|
Alecia Rae Masalkoski
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Muskegon
|
23
|
Karate Kata
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Top 10
|
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Holds a black belt in karate
Later Miss Indiana USA 1987
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Minnesota
|
Elizabeth Hunter
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Austin
|
21
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It"
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Mississippi
|
Susan Akin
|
Meridian
|
21
|
Vocal, "You're My World"[2]
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Winner
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
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Missouri
|
Lisa Coverdale
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Columbia
|
24
|
Classical Piano
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Montana
|
Julie Culbertson
|
Billings
|
19
|
Jazz Dance
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Nebraska
|
Julie Meusburger
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Lincoln
|
22
|
Flute, Carmen Fantasy
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Nevada
|
Sonja Nall
|
Las Vegas
|
23
|
Classical Ballet en Pointe, "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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New Hampshire
|
Tami Jean Brisebois
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Deerfield
|
24
|
Modern Dance
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New Jersey
|
Toni Georgiana
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Cherry Hill
|
21
|
Acrobatic Dance, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue"
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New Mexico
|
Valerie Faber
|
Hobbs
|
26
|
Classical Piano, "Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53"
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Top 10
|
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New York
|
Jill Privateer
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Fredonia
|
21
|
Vocal, "Shine On, Harvest Moon"
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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North Carolina
|
Joni Parker
|
Fayetteville
|
24
|
Vocal, "The Shadow of Your Smile"
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North Dakota
|
Elizabeth Anne Jaeger
|
Fargo
|
25
|
Jazz Dance
|
|
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Previously Miss North Dakota USA 1983
4th runner-up at Miss USA 1983
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Ohio
|
Suellen Cochran
|
Heath
|
21
|
Piano, "Variations on Chopsticks"
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Top 10
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
Preliminary Talent Award
|
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Oklahoma
|
Felicia Ferguson
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Oklahoma City
|
24
|
Vocal, "You Don't Know Me"
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Oregon
|
Dana Kocks
|
Ashland
|
21
|
Classical Vocal, "Seguidilla" from Carmen
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Pennsylvania
|
Lea Schiazza
|
Philadelphia
|
23
|
Vocal, "Who's Sorry Now'
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Rhode Island
|
Lori Boucher
|
Pawtucket
|
20
|
Vocal, "Losing My Mind"
|
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South Carolina
|
Sherry Thrift
|
Westminster
|
23
|
Clogging, "Are You From Dixie?"
|
1st runner-up
|
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Previously South Carolina's Junior Miss 1980
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South Dakota
|
Amy DeHeer
|
Hot Springs
|
21
|
Vocal, "Who Will Buy?" from Oliver!
|
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Tennessee
|
Sonya Pleasant
|
Mountain City
|
22
|
Vocal, "I Fall to Pieces"
|
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Texas
|
Jonna Fitzgerald
|
Tyler
|
21
|
Fiddle, "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special"
|
2nd runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
|
Utah
|
Gina Larsen
|
Provo
|
21
|
Popular Vocal, "Greatest Love of All"
|
|
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Vermont
|
Erica Van Der Linde
|
Old Bennington
|
21
|
Classical Piano, "Waldesrauschen"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
Virginia
|
Kimberly Johnson
|
Coeburn
|
19
|
Vocal & Piano, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
|
|
|
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Washington
|
Honey Castro
|
Moses Lake
|
19
|
Vocal, "What Did I Have I Don't Have Now" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
|
3rd runner-up
|
Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
|
|
West Virginia
|
Rebecca Porterfield
|
Martinsburg
|
21
|
Jazz Dance, "Dance Attack"
|
|
|
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Wisconsin
|
Mary Kay Anderson
|
St. Francis
|
20
|
Piano, "Frederik Chopin's Etude, Winter Wind, Op 25, No 11"
|
|
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Later Miss Wisconsin-USA 1988
|
Wyoming
|
Tamra Jo Dereemer
|
Horse Creek
|
22
|
Popular Vocal, "God Bless the USA"
|
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