- Miss USA 1974
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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
IllinoisCongeniality 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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