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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Julie Houston
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Heflin
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22
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Banjo, "Beverly Hillbillies Theme"
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Alaska
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Lisa Granath
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Kenai
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18
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Modern Ballet, "A Spoonful of Sugar" & "Every Day's a Holiday"
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Arizona
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Cindy Glenn
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Globe
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18
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Popular Vocal, "Nothing Can Stop Me Now"
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Arkansas
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Bunnie Holbert
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Stuttgart
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20
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Vocal, "Feelings"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
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California
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Connie Lee Haugen
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Redlands
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24
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Vocal, "Nobody Does it Like Me" from Seesaw
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Top 10
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Colorado
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Suzan Hogan
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Colorado Springs
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19
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Flute, "Carnival of Venice"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Connecticut
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Karen Kopins
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Ridgefield
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18
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Modern Jazz Dance, "Zero to Sixty in Five"
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Actress who has appeared in Dallas, Designing Women, Perry Mason, Troop Beverly Hills, and Once Bitten
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Delaware
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Sandra Louise Aiken
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Seaford
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21
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Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Florida
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Cathy La Belle
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Tampa
|
20
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Popular Vocal, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat!
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4th runner-up
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Preliminary Talent Award
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Georgia
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Pam Souders
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Thomasville
|
18
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Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata
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Hawaii
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Libby Kawaikikilani Lee
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Aiea
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18
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Hawaiian Dance & Nose Flute, "A Hamakua Au"
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Idaho
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Charlene McArthur
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Pocatello
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21
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Piano, "Piano Throughout the Ages"
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Previously Miss Idaho USA 1975
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Illinois
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Nancy Beatty
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Avon
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22
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Classical Vocal, "Voices of Spring"
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Indiana
|
Barbara Mougin
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Bremen
|
24
|
Modern Dance, Theme from Summer of '42
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1st runner-up
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Iowa
|
Debra Jo Scheller
|
Fort Dodge
|
23
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Popular Vocal, "Country Girl"
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Kansas
|
Jill Dirks
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Wichita
|
22
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Vocal, "Open Your Heart"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Kentucky
|
Karen Gordon
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Benton
|
21
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Chalk Drawing with Narration
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Louisiana
|
Donna Holt
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Tioga
|
21
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "My Tribute"
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Maine
|
Terry Gilpatrick
|
Lincoln
|
18
|
Pantomime, "Me and My Shadow"
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Maryland
|
Donna Marie Silvestri
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Catonsville
|
18
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Modern Jazz Dance/Baton Twirling, "Gonna Fly Now"
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Massachusetts
|
Janice Ould
|
Boston
|
25
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "One Kiss" from The New Moon
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Michigan
|
Holly Schmidt
|
Farmington Hills
|
18
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Piano, "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum"
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Minnesota
|
Kim Fossey
|
Austin
|
20
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Popular Vocal, "Mister Melody"
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Mississippi
|
Mary Donnelly
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Oxford
|
19
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Vocal, "The Good Songs"
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Wife of former Miss America Chairman of the Board Sam Haskell
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Missouri
|
Jayne Scherder
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Bowling Green
|
20
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Piano, "The Firefly"
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Montana
|
Sue Stanaway
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Billings
|
22
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Classical Vocal, "The Doll's Song" from The Tales of Hoffmann
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Nebraska
|
Linda Kay Hallstrom
|
Omaha
|
18
|
Jazz Dance
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Nevada
|
Lori Isom
|
Las Vegas
|
18
|
Jazz Dance, "Classical Blues"
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New Hampshire
|
Jamie Rotwitt
|
Weirs Beach
|
20
|
Organ Medley, "Bim Bam Boom" & "Oye Negra"
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New Jersey
|
Mary D'Arcy
|
Yardville
|
21
|
Semi-classical Vocal, "Summertime"
|
3rd runner-up
|
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Judge at Miss America 1991
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New Mexico
|
Evelyn Foster
|
Lovington
|
20
|
Vocal, "Feeling Good"
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New York
|
Lesly Braun
|
Pelham Manor
|
23
|
Flute Medley, "Take the "A" Train" & "Sir Duke"
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North Carolina
|
Kathy Fleming
|
Hamptonville
|
22
|
Popular Vocal, "Everything"
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North Dakota
|
Kathryn Power
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Beulah
|
22
|
Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus
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Ohio
|
Susan Perkins
|
Middletown
|
23
|
Vocal, "Good Morning Heartache"
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Winner
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
Judge for the preliminary competition of Miss America 2018
|
Oklahoma
|
Ellen Wight
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Tulsa
|
22
|
Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust
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Died in December 1979 at the age of 24 in a fire
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Oregon
|
Suzanne Bunker
|
Forest Grove
|
21
|
Classical Flute, "Fantasie for Flute"
|
Top 10
|
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Pennsylvania
|
Lynn Carol Grote
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Bowmansville
|
22
|
Piano Medley, "I Got Rhythm", "The Man I Love", & Rhapsody in Blue
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Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
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Rhode Island
|
Tanya Kapla
|
Middletown
|
21
|
Ballet en Pointe, "The Dying Swan"
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Played Gloria Brown on The Young and the Restless
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South Carolina
|
Catherine Hinson
|
Rock Hill
|
22
|
Saxophone Medley, "What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" & "Flight '76" by Walter Murphy
|
2nd runner-up
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
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South Dakota
|
Karen Janousek
|
Rapid City
|
22
|
Classical Piano, "Prelude in C Minor"
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Tennessee
|
Linda Moore
|
Madison
|
22
|
Vocal, "Evening Gowns are Not for Children"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
|
Texas
|
Lori Smith
|
Fort Worth
|
20
|
Vocal, "Moanin' Low"
|
Top 10
|
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Utah
|
Kristy Deakin
|
Brigham City
|
19
|
Baton Twirling
|
|
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Vermont
|
Andrea Petty
|
Poultney
|
18
|
Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide
|
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Virginia
|
Terri Bartlett
|
Newport News
|
24
|
Classical Piano, "Rhapsody in C Minor"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
Washington
|
Natasha Solovjev
|
Burien
|
19
|
Classical Piano, Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky
|
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West Virginia
|
Patricia Paugh†
|
Parkersburg
|
20
|
Original Dramatic Monologue, "Deadline"
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
Sister of Miss West Virginia 1980, Pamela Paugh
Mother of JonBenét Ramsey
|
Wisconsin
|
Jennifer Woychik
|
Arcadia
|
19
|
Vocal Comedy, "I Love Trash"
|
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Wyoming
|
Jeanne Uphoff
|
Cheyenne
|
21
|
Jazz Dance, "You've Got it Bad, Girl"
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