State |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Talent |
Placement |
Awards |
Notes
|
Alabama |
Heather Whitestone |
Birmingham |
21 |
Ballet en Pointe "Via Dolorosa" |
Miss America 1995 |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Preliminary Talent Award
Quality of Life 1st runner-up |
First deaf Miss Alabama and Miss America
|
Alaska |
Patricia Marlow |
Eagle River |
24 |
Vocal "If We Were In Love" |
|
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Arizona |
Stacy Agren |
Mesa |
21 |
Classical Piano |
|
Quality of Life Award Winner
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
Arkansas |
Beth Anne Rankin |
Magnolia |
23 |
Piano |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
California |
Jennifer Hanson |
La Habra |
21 |
Vocal "Since I Fell for You" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
Colorado |
Shellene Cockrell |
Colorado Springs |
24 |
Tap Dance "Sing, Sing, Sing" |
|
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Connecticut |
MaryGrace Santagata |
New Haven |
24 |
Vocal |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
Delaware |
Letitia Lee Pusey |
Millsboro |
23 |
Lyrical Tap Dance |
|
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|
Florida |
Megan Welch |
DeLand |
20 |
Classical Vocal |
|
Non-finalist Interview Award |
National Sweetheart 1993
|
Georgia |
Andrea Krahn |
Calhoun |
20 |
Vocal "I Fall to Pieces" |
3rd runner-up |
|
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Hawaii |
Courtney Nicolle Glaza |
Kaneohe |
22 |
Classical Piano |
|
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Idaho |
Tracy Yarbrough |
Boise |
24 |
Vocal "Over the Rainbow" |
|
|
Miss Idaho USA 1996
|
Illinois |
Chuti Tiu |
Chicago |
24 |
Classical Piano |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
America's Junior Miss 1987 representing Wisconsin
|
Indiana |
Tiffany Storm |
Bloomington |
24 |
Dramatic Vocal "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" |
4th runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Bernie Wayne Talent Award |
|
Iowa |
Tammy Truitt |
Davenport |
21 |
Dramatic Vocal "I Still Believe" from Miss Saigon |
|
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|
Kansas |
Trisha Schaffer |
Liberal |
22 |
Popular Vocal "Orange Colored Sky" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
Kansas' Junior Miss 1990
|
Kentucky |
Laura Sue Humphress |
Campbellsville |
22 |
Classical Piano "Khachaturian's Toccata" |
|
|
|
Louisiana |
Tiffany Mock |
Bossier City |
23 |
Vocal "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" |
|
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Maine |
Victoria Reynolds |
Bangor |
22 |
Tap Dance |
|
|
|
Maryland |
Karissa Brooke Jones |
Hagerstown |
23 |
Ballet en Pointe "The Can-Can" |
|
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Massachusetts |
Sharon Lee |
Somerville |
24 |
Classical Vocal "O Mio Babbino Caro" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
Michigan |
Maria Malay Kamara |
Zeeland |
24 |
Classical Vocal "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
Minnesota |
Eileen Van Driest |
Winona |
23 |
Classical Flute |
|
|
|
Mississippi |
Rebecca Blouin |
Batesville |
23 |
Classical Vocal "Quando me'n vo'" |
Top 10 |
|
|
Missouri |
Ann Marie Sun |
Springfield |
22 |
Piano |
|
Dr. David Allman Medical Scholarship |
|
Montana |
Yvonne Dehner |
Brockton |
24 |
Semi-Classical Vocal "One Kiss" from The New Moon |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
Nebraska |
Jennifer Love |
North Platte |
21 |
Classical Vocal "Romany Life" from The Fortune Teller |
|
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Nevada |
Laura Hubach |
Reno |
22 |
Classical Piano |
|
|
|
New Hampshire |
Shannon Hastings |
Newport |
21 |
Vocal "As If We Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Boulevard |
|
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New Jersey |
Jennifer Makris |
Cherry Hill |
21 |
Jazz Vocal "The Man that Got Away" |
2nd runner-up |
|
Miss New Jersey USA 1997 and Semi-finalist at Miss USA 1997
|
New Mexico |
Felicia Borrego |
Tijeras |
23 |
Ballet Folklorico |
|
|
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New York |
Dione Lee Robinson |
Gansevoort |
21 |
Dramatic Monologue |
|
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North Carolina |
Dana Stephenson |
Garner |
20 |
Classical Vocal "Art Is Calling For Me" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
North Dakota |
Nicci Elkins |
Grand Forks |
21 |
Tap Dance |
|
|
Miss North Dakota Teen USA 1991 and Top 10 at Miss Teen USA 1991
|
Ohio |
Lea Mack |
Pickerington |
21 |
Vocal "Think of Me" |
Top 10 |
Quality of Life 2nd runner-up |
Ohio's Junior Miss 1991
|
Oklahoma |
Tiffany Craig |
Norman |
24 |
Vocal "If Only" |
|
|
|
Oregon |
Roberta Stenbeck |
Roseburg |
23 |
Piano |
|
|
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Pennsylvania |
Kirstin Border |
Glen Rock |
24 |
Violin "Czardas with a Twist of Orange" |
|
|
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Rhode Island |
Tori-Lynn Heaton |
Cranston |
24 |
Character Jazz Dance |
|
|
First Sworn Police Officer to compete at Miss America
|
South Carolina |
Kristie Greene |
Greenville |
24 |
Comedy Vocal "Exactly Like Me" |
|
|
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South Dakota |
Kristi Bauer |
Brookings |
23 |
Interpretive Ballet |
|
|
|
Tennessee |
Lori Smith |
Ocoee |
21 |
Piano "The Firefly" by Anton Bilotti |
|
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Texas |
Arian Archer |
Borger |
20 |
Vocal "Almost Over You" |
Top 10 |
|
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Utah |
Brooke Anderson |
West Valley City |
21 |
Ballet |
|
|
|
Vermont |
Vanessa Branch |
London, England, United Kingdom |
21 |
Dramatic Monologue |
|
Rembrandt Award for Mentorship |
Held dual citizenship in the UK & United States, Won Miss Vermont as a student at Middlebury College
|
Virginia |
Cullen Johnson |
Norfolk |
23 |
Classical Piano "Sonata Pathetique" |
1st runner-up |
Preliminary Swimsuit Award
Waterford Crystal Business Scholarship |
|
Washington |
Annalee Klein |
Enumclaw |
24 |
Country Vocal "Sweet Dreams" |
|
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West Virginia |
Jennifer Bopp |
Elkins |
22 |
Vocal "It's Only a Paper Moon" |
|
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Wisconsin |
Laura Voss |
Green Bay |
22 |
Semi-Classical Vocal "West Side Story melodies" |
|
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Wyoming |
Trisha Ramirez |
Cheyenne |
23 |
Piano |
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