Miss USA 1989
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| Miss USA 1989 | |
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| Date | February 28, 1989 |
| Presenters | |
| Entertainment | Tommy Tune |
| Venue | Mobile Civic Center Theatre, Mobile, Alabama |
| Broadcaster | CBS, WKRG |
| Entrants | 51 |
| Placements | 10 |
| Winner | Gretchen Polhemus Texas |
| Congeniality | Kimberly Nicewonder (Virginia) |
| Best State Costume | Kelly Holub (Illinois) |
| Photogenic | Elizabeth Primm (Louisiana) |
Miss USA 1989 was the 38th Miss USA pageant, televised live from the Mobile Civic Center Theatre in Mobile, Alabama on February 28, 1989. At the conclusion of the final competition, Gretchen Polhemus of Texas was crowned by outgoing titleholder Courtney Gibbs. She was the fifth consecutive Miss Texas USA to win the pageant.
This was the first Miss USA pageant hosted by Dick Clark (The Miss Universe Pageant was hosted by John Forsythe that year), with color commentary by Angie Dickinson. This pageant was held in Alabama for the first and so far only time.
Placements
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss USA 1989 | |
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 10 |
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Special awards
| Award | Contestant |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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| Best State Costume |
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Final competition
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Preliminary Swimsuit
| state | score | state | score | state | score | score | state | state | score | state | score |
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 Oklahoma |
8.887 |  Maine |
8.205 |  New York |
7.912 |  Connecticut |
7.773 |  Washington |
7.587 |  Rhode Island |
6.840 |
 Texas |
8.872 |  Maryland |
8.204 |  Arkansas |
7.885 |  Michigan |
7.723 |  District of Columbia |
7.573 | ||
 Louisiana |
8.715 |  Iowa |
8.185 |  Alabama |
7.883 |  Missouri |
7.716 |  Tennessee |
7.516 | ||
 Pennsylvania |
8.704 |  Kentucky |
8.184 |  South Dakota |
7.881 |  Idaho |
7.694 |  North Dakota |
7.504 | ||
 Arizona |
8.696 |  Colorado |
8.115 |  Massachusetts |
7.877 |  West Virginia |
7.681 |  Hawaii |
7.486 | ||
 Illinois |
8.491 |  Wyoming |
8.040 |  Montana |
7.874 |  South Carolina |
7.675 |  Delaware |
7.340 | ||
 California |
8.428 |  Nebraska |
8.023 |  Wisconsin |
7.844 |  Minnesota |
7.674 |  Nevada |
7.177 | ||
 Virginia |
8.384 |  Mississippi |
7.967 |  Florida |
7.821 |  Ohio |
7.647 |  New Mexico |
7.152 | ||
 North Carolina |
8.324 |  New Jersey |
7.924 |  Alaska |
7.803 |  Vermont |
7.612 |  Utah |
7.050 | ||
 Georgia |
8.223 |  New Hampshire |
7.915 |  Kansas |
7.781 |  Oregon |
7.592 |  Indiana |
6.961 |
Judges
The following celebrities were invited to judge the competition:[1]
- Jude Deveraux – Author
- Bonnie Kay – Modeling manager
- Dick Rutan – Pilot of the Voyager aircraft
- Jeana Yeager – Pilot of the Voyager aircraft
- Stella Stevens – Actress
- Roscoe Tanner – Tennis player
- Linda Shelton – Aerobics instructor
- Lillian Glass – Author
- Richard Anderson – Actor
- Cecilia Bolocco – Miss Universe 1987 from Chile
- Jennifer Chandler – Olympic diver