- Miss USA 1981
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Miss USA 1981 Date May 21, 1981 Presenters Bob Barker Venue Gulf Coast Convention Center, Biloxi, Mississippi Broadcaster CBS Entrants 50 Placements 12 Winner Kim Seelbrede
Ohio
Congeniality Cynthia Kerby
Photogenic Cynthia Kerby
Miss USA 1981, the 30th Miss USA pageant, was televised live on May 21, 1981 from the Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi on CBS.
The pageant was won by Kim Seelbrede of Ohio, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Jineane Ford of Arizona. Seelbrede was the second woman from Ohio to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as a semi-finalist in Miss Universe 1981.
The 1981 pageant featured only 50 delegates after Deborah Fountain of New York was disqualified during the preliminary judging after being found to have padded her swimsuit.[1]
Contents
Results
- Miss USA 1981: Kim Seelbrede (Ohio)
- The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Holli Dennis (Indiana)
- 2nd runner-up: Lisa Moss (Louisiana)
- 3rd runner-up: Cynthia Kerby (California)
- 4th runner-up: Teri Ann Linn (Hawaii)
- The semi-finalists were:
Special awards
- Congeniality: Cynthia Kerby (California)
- Photogenic: Cynthia Kerby (California)
- (Kerby is the only Miss USA delegate to have won both special awards)
Delegates
The Miss USA 1981 delegates were:
Alabama - JoAnne Henderson
Alaska - Shelley Brunaugh
Arizona - Cassie Hill
Arkansas - Lynnanne Derryberry
California - Cynthia Kerby
Colorado - Shannon Davidson
Connecticut - Kelly Thompson
Delaware - Natalie Ramsey
District of Columbia - Belinda Johnson
Florida - Valerie Lundeen
Georgia - Lisa Condre
Hawaii - Teri Ann Linn
Idaho - Lori Ditch
Illinois - Leslie Renfrow
Indiana - Holli Dennis
Iowa - Jennifer Lynn Wimpey
Kansas - Missy Kaser
Kentucky - Denise Gibbs
Louisiana - Lisa Moss
Maine - Judy Lynn Footer
Maryland - Linda Lambert
Massachusetts - Joann Savery
Michigan - Karen Eidson
Minnesota - Polly Peterson
Mississippi - Angela Ashmore
Missouri - Karyn Smagacz
Montana - Cathi Jo Locati
Nebraska - Ladonna Hill
Nevada - Mary Lebsock
New Hampshire - Cynthia Lee Graves
New Jersey - Christy Garthwaite
New Mexico - Lise Thevenet
New York - Deborah Fountain (disqualified)
North Carolina - Lisa Colleen Swift
North Dakota - Laurie Saarinen
Ohio - Kim Seelbrede
Oklahoma - Stacey Loach
Oregon - Dawn Lewis
Pennsylvania - Nena Stone
Rhode Island - Patti Reo
South Carolina - Zade Turner
South Dakota - Joan Abbott
Tennessee - Sharon Kay Steakly
Texas - Diana Durnford
Utah - Tonya Anderson
Vermont - Jeannette Wulff
Virginia - Pam Hutchens
Washington - Leila Wagner
West Virginia - Kelly Carr
Wisconsin - Dawn Spreeman
Wyoming - Deborah Aspinwall
References
- ^ "Headliners; Truth in Packaging". New York Times. 1981-05-24. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E2D61438F937A15756C0A967948260. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
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