| State |
Name |
Hometown |
Age |
Talent |
Placement |
Special Awards |
Notes |
|---|
 Alabama |
Yolanda Fernandez |
Troy |
19 |
Classical Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu |
3rd runner-up |
|
Previously Florida's Junior Miss 1980 |
 Alaska |
Kristan Sapp |
Wasilla |
20 |
Sac-Jazz Dance |
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 Arizona |
Debra Daniels |
Yuma |
20 |
Free Form Gymnastics, "Chariots of Fire" |
Top 10 |
|
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 Arkansas |
Mary Stuart |
Little Rock |
20 |
Vocal/Broadway Jazz, "The Birth of the Blues" |
Top 10 |
|
Later cast as Frannie Hughes on As the World Turns from 1990 to 1993 |
 California |
Debra Maffett |
Anaheim |
25 |
Popular Vocal, "Come in From the Rain" |
Winner |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
 Colorado |
Deborah Davids |
Denver |
22 |
Harp, "Introduction et Allegro" by Maurice Ravel |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 Connecticut |
Kelly Slater |
Woodbury |
21 |
Popular Vocal, "Blue Champagne" |
|
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 Delaware |
Nancy Ellen Farley |
Elsmere |
21 |
Comedy Monologue, "Report of the Nominating Committee" |
|
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 Florida |
Deanna Pitman |
Apopka |
22 |
Lyrical Dance, "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line |
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 Georgia |
Bobbie Eakes |
Warner Robins |
21 |
Vocal, "Let's Hear it for Me" from Funny Lady |
Top 10 |
|
Sister of Miss Georgia 1979, Sandra Eakes
Later starred as Macy Alexander on The Bold and the Beautiful |
 Hawaii |
Gale Lee Thomas |
Honolulu |
21 |
Baton Twirling, Theme from Magnum, P.I. & "Hawaiian War Chant" |
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 Idaho |
Lisa Eaton |
Shelley |
22 |
Vocal, "It's My Turn" |
|
|
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 Illinois |
Jaleigh Jeffers |
Mount Carmel |
21 |
Piano, "Bumble Boogie" |
|
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 Indiana |
Ilona Conway |
Bunker Hill |
25 |
Popular Vocal, "Mister Melody" |
|
|
|
 Iowa |
Linda Simon |
DeWitt |
23 |
Baton Twirling |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 Kansas |
Lisa Marie Berwick |
Valley Center |
21 |
Vocal, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" |
|
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|
 Kentucky |
Gwendolyn Witten |
Vine Grove |
23 |
Semi-classical Vocal, "And This is My Beloved" |
Top 10 |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
 Louisiana |
Bobbie Candler |
Baton Rouge |
25 |
Semi-classical Vocal, "With a Song in My Heart" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Previously National Sweetheart 1979 |
 Maine |
Rebecca Beck |
Brunswick |
21 |
Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus |
|
|
|
 Maryland |
Lynne Carol Graham |
Bethesda |
23 |
Popular Vocal, "Alfie" |
|
|
Mother of Miss Kentucky 2007, Kaitlynne Postel |
 Massachusetts |
Lisa Scorgie |
North Attleboro |
23 |
Violin, "Fantasy of Russian Folk Songs" |
|
|
|
 Michigan |
Kathy Lou Pennington |
Jackson |
25 |
Vocal, "God Bless the Child" |
|
|
|
 Minnesota |
Laurie Saarinen |
Osage |
21 |
Vocal, "My Man" |
Top 10 |
|
Previously Miss North Dakota USA 1981 |
 Mississippi |
Dianne Evans |
Taylorsville |
22 |
Vocal, "Stormy Weather" |
2nd runner-up |
Preliminary Talent Award |
|
 Missouri |
Julie Phillips |
Ava |
18 |
Classical/Jazz Piano |
|
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|
 Montana |
Kimberly Knauf |
Billings |
21 |
Piano Medley, "Jump Shout Boogie" & "Sonata Pathétique" |
|
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 Nebraska |
Sandra Haschke |
Humphrey |
20 |
Popular Vocal, "All I Ever Need is You" |
|
|
|
 Nevada |
Kim King |
Las Vegas |
21 |
Banjo, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" |
|
|
|
 New Hampshire |
Amy Bowker |
Amherst |
21 |
Jazz Dance, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line |
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|
|
 New Jersey |
Christina Shone |
Pequannock |
22 |
Classical Vocal, "Non Piu Mesta" from La Cenerentola |
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|
 New Mexico |
Cyndi Ann Friesen |
Carlsbad |
19 |
Vocal, "Carnival" |
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|
 New York |
Eileen Clark |
Syracuse |
23 |
Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 North Carolina |
Elizabeth Williams |
Shelby |
22 |
Semi-classical Vocal, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" from The Sound of Music |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
|
 North Dakota |
Jeana Wolf |
Rugby |
21 |
Tap Dance, "You're a Grand Old Flag" & "Give My Regards to Broadway" |
|
|
|
 Ohio |
Debra Gombert |
Bexley |
22 |
Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It" |
|
|
|
 Oklahoma |
Nancy Chapman |
Altus |
21 |
Piano, "Fireworks" by Debussy |
4th runner-up |
|
|
 Oregon |
Laura Matthys |
Salem |
21 |
Rifle Twirling Routine, "Herzegovinian March" |
|
|
|
 Pennsylvania |
Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh |
Belle Vernon |
22 |
Baton Twirling, "Pop Goes to the Movies" |
|
|
|
 Rhode Island |
Cynthia Crook |
Warwick |
22 |
Vocal/Dance, Theme from New York, New York |
|
|
|
 South Carolina |
Julia Hill |
Florence |
26 |
Classical Piano, "Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd Movement" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Mother of Miss South Carolina 2008, Anna Perry |
 South Dakota |
Tara Meyerink |
Platte |
19 |
Classical Piano, "Polichinelle" by Sergei Rachmaninoff |
|
|
|
 Tennessee |
Desiree Daniels |
Chattanooga |
22 |
Popular Vocal, "Don't Cry Out Loud" |
1st runner-up |
Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
Later Miss Tennessee USA 1984
2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1984 |
 Texas |
Gloria Gilbert |
Millsap |
20 |
Ventriloquism & Vocal, "I've Been Everywhere" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
Previously National Sweetheart 1981
Longtime hostess of the Miss Texas pageant television broadcast |
 Utah |
Cindy Quinn |
Provo |
21 |
Classical Vocal, "Habanera" from Carmen |
|
|
|
 Vermont |
Jill Wyckoff |
South Burlington |
20 |
Gymnastics Dance, Theme from CHiPs |
|
|
|
 Virginia |
Beverly Cooke |
Richmond |
24 |
Vocal Medley, "Smile" & "Happy Days are Here Again" |
|
|
Mother of Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2006, Brittany Young |
 Washington |
Monica Hard |
Bellevue |
23 |
Vocal Medley, "Sweet Inspiration" & "Where You Lead" |
|
|
|
 West Virginia |
Kelly Lea Anderson |
Clarksburg |
21 |
Stylized Can-Can |
|
|
Later Miss West Virginia USA 1984
1st runner-up at Miss USA 1984
Later Miss World USA 1984
Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1984 |
 Wisconsin |
Gail Marie Soller |
La Crosse |
24 |
Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" |
|
Non-finalist Talent Award |
|
 Wyoming |
Janie Hertzler |
Cheyenne |
23 |
Vocal, "Everything" |
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