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Miss USA 1974 Date May 18, 1974 Presenters Bob Barker Venue Niagara Falls, New York Broadcaster CBS Entrants 51 Placements 12 Winner Karen Morrison
Illinois
Congeniality Donna Thornton
Photogenic Barbara Cooper
Miss USA 1974, the 23rd Miss USA pageant, was televised live by CBS from Niagara Falls, New York on May 18, 1974.
The pageant was won by Karen Morrison of Illinois, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Amanda Jones, also of Illinois. Morrison was the fourth woman from Illinois to win the Miss USA title (a record at the time), and went on to place as a semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1974.
Contents
Results
- Miss USA 1974: Karen Morrison (Illinois)
- The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Barbara Cooper (New York)
- 2nd runner-up: Mary Cook (Wisconsin)
- 3rd runner-up: Gayle Gorrell (California)
- 4th runner-up: Marcia Burton (North Carolina)
- The semi-finalists were:
- Carlys Peterson (Arizona)
- Robin Utterback (District of Columbia)
- Cynthia Zach (Florida)
- Karen Hoff (Louisiana)
- Dorothy McAlveen (Missouri)
- Linda Dryden (Nevada)
- Debra Ann Brickley (South Dakota)
Special awards
Delegates
The Miss USA 1974 delegates were:
Alabama - Wyna Lavas
Alaska - Cindy Dickerson
Arizona - Carlys Peterson
Arkansas - Gina Huddle
California - Gayle Gorrell
Colorado - Connie Larsen
Connecticut - Valerie Cappello
Delaware - Cheryl Fetkenher
District of Columbia - Robin Utterback
Florida - Cynthia Zach
Georgia - Vicki Ross
Hawaii - Joan Ottensmeyer
Idaho - Jean Dowden
Illinois - Karen Morrison
Indiana - Lisa Childress
Iowa - Susan Thompson
Kansas - Lorraine Breckenridge
Kentucky - Charlesy Gulick
Louisiana - Karen Hoff
Maine - Rebecca Titcomb
Maryland - Mary Jo Ruppert
Massachusetts - Esthellean Hicks
Michigan - Patty Loftis
Minnesota - Gayle Johnson
Mississippi - Denise Clark
Missouri - Dorothy McAlveen
Montana - Carol Aalseth
Nebraska - Mary Wolff
Nevada - Linda Dryden
New Hampshire - June Tedeschi
New Jersey - Pat Sims
New Mexico - Jan Nilsson
New York - Barbara Cooper
North Carolina - Marcia Burton
North Dakota - Judy Waltz
Ohio - Kay Phillips
Oklahoma - Yugonda Willits
Oregon - Peggy Ann Gerding
Pennsylvania - Dorisann Gatalski
Rhode Island - Debra Cerroni
South Carolina - Lynn Hollis
South Dakota - Debra Ann Brickley
Tennessee - Brin Hendrix
Texas - Debra Cronin
Utah - Halene Petersen
Vermont - Donna Thornton
Virginia - Hazel Thomas
Washington - Cheryl Rutledge
West Virginia - Kim Nuzum
Wisconsin - Mary Cook
Wyoming - Debbie Petty
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