- Miss USA 1978
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Miss USA 1978 Date April 29, 1978 Presenters Bob Barker and Helen O'Connell Entertainment Jack Jones Venue Gillard Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, South Carolina Broadcaster CBS, WCSC-TV Entrants 51 Placements 12 Winner Judi Andersen
Hawaii
Congeniality Nancy Wierzbicki
Photogenic Suzanna Timberlake
Miss USA 1978, the 27th Miss USA pageant, was televised live by CBS from the Gillard Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, South Carolina on April 29, 1978.
The pageant was won by Judi Andersen of Hawaii, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kimberly Tomes of Texas. Andersen was the third woman from Hawaii to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as 1st runner-up to Margaret Gardiner of South Africa at Miss Universe 1978.
Contents
Results
- Miss USA 1978: Judi Andersen (Hawaii)
- The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Diane Pollard (Massachusetts)
- 2nd runner-up: Barbra Horan (Texas)
- 3rd runner-up: Jayme Buecher (Indiana)
- 4th runner-up: Marlena Garland (New Mexico)
- The semi-finalists were:
- Barbara Samuelson (Alaska)
- Donna Adrian (California)
- April Shaw (Florida)
- Nancy Lippold (Oklahoma)
- Sandy Dell (Pennsylvania)
- Margo Flynn (Utah)
- Robin Shadle (Virginia)
Special awards
Delegates
The Miss USA 1978 delegates were:
Alabama - Eva Jo Stancil
Alaska - Barbara Samuelson
Arizona - Jacquie Crutchfield
Arkansas - Donna Funderburk
California - Donna Adrian
Colorado - Linda Potestio
Connecticut - Martha Szabo
Delaware - Donna Lewis
District of Columbia - Wanda Clineman
Florida - April Shaw
Georgia - Larinda Matthews
Hawaii - Judi Andersen
Idaho - Suzette Sanford
Illinois - Suzanne Piche
Indiana - Jayme Buecher
Iowa - Michelle Daley
Kansas - Diddy Bell
Kentucky - Linda Woodruff
Louisiana - Tauny Hanes
Maine - Catherine Ledue
Maryland - Rhonda Koch
Massachusetts - Diane Pollard
Michigan - April Patrick
Minnesota - Janey Gohl
Mississippi - Wanda Gatlin
Missouri - Paula Taylor
Montana - Susan Riplett
Nebraska - Shari Reimers
Nevada - Rochelle Jameson
New Hampshire - Barbara Miller
New Jersey - Sheryl Ann Hoehn
New Mexico - Marlena Garland
New York - Darlene Javits
North Carolina - Kathryn Norman
North Dakota - Theresa Olson
Ohio - Sheila Anderson
Oklahoma - Nancy Lippold
Oregon - Julie Heater
Pennsylvania - Sandy Dell
Rhode Island - Sharon McGarry
South Carolina - Kathryn Threatt
South Dakota - Nadene Oppold
Tennessee - Suzanna Timberlake
Texas - Barbra Horan
Utah - Margo Flynn
Vermont - Nancy Wierzbicki
Virginia - Robin Shadle
Washington - Barbara Bogar
West Virginia - Deborah Davis
Wisconsin - Cynthia Paulson
Wyoming - Kathryn Flitner
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