Miss USA 1994

Miss USA 1994
Miss USA 1994
Date February 11, 1994
Presenters Bob Goen, Arthel Neville and Laura Harring
Entertainment Doug Stone
Venue South Padre Island, Texas
Broadcaster CBS
Winner Lu Parker
South Carolina South Carolina
Congeniality Denise White
Photogenic Patricia Southall

Miss USA 1994, the 43rd Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the South Padre Island Convention Centre on South Padre Island, Texas on 11 February 1994. At the conclusion of the final competition, Lu Parker of South Carolina was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kenya Moore of Michigan.[1]

The pageant was hosted by Bob Goen for the first of three years, with color commentary by Arthel Neville and a special guest appearance by Laura Harring, Miss USA 1985. Entertainment was provided by Doug Stone.

Contents

Host city

This was the first of three consecutive years that the pageant was held on South Padre Island. The announcement that the pageant would be held there was made on 11 August 1993.[2]

Contestants arrived on January 27 for two weeks of events and preliminary competitions before the final telecast. This included a dinner event in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, put on by the mayor and city officials, which became an issue when rebel activity on the United States-Mexican border led to fears for the contestants' safety. The city had contributed more than $100,000 to South Padre's bid to host the pageant, fundraising that was mirrored by other cities in the Rio Grande Valley.[3]

Results

Placements

Map showing placements by state

Special awards

Scores

Preliminary competition

The following are the contestants' scores in the preliminary competition.

State Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average
Alabama 8.81 8.78 8.87 8.820
Alaska 8.51 8.01 7.98 8.167
Arizona 8.98 8.28 8.49 8.583
Arkansas 8.99 8.65 8.69 8.777
California 9.18 8.12 8.36 8.553
Colorado 8.73 8.48 8.59 8.600
Connecticut 8.96 8.32 8.80 8.693
Delaware 9.07 8.63 9.12 8.940
District of Columbia 9.23 8.45 8.91 8.863
Florida 8.89 8.42 8.69 8.667
Georgia 9.49 8.51 8.88 8.960
Hawaii 9.16 8.94 9.04 9.047
Idaho 8.83 7.96 8.28 8.357
Illinois 9.44 8.64 9.11 9.063
Indiana 9.07 8.50 8.44 8.670
Iowa 9.30 8.16 8.71 8.723
Kansas 9.25 9.03 8.99 9.090
Kentucky 9.01 8.13 8.70 8.613
Louisiana 9.40 9.17 9.34 9.303
Maine 9.04 8.30 8.53 8.623
Maryland 9.08 8.62 8.66 8.787
Massachusetts 8.84 8.34 8.59 8.590
Michigan 8.91 8.39 8.46 8.587
Minnesota 9.13 9.08 9.17 9.127
Mississippi 9.11 8.49 8.66 8.753
Missouri 8.74 8.98 9.26 8.993
Montana 8.76 8.41 8.56 8.577
Nebraska 8.95 8.26 8.53 8.580
Nevada 8.50 8.84 8.63 8.657
New Hampshire 8.46 8.54 8.86 8.620
New Jersey 8.63 8.80 8.94 8.790
New Mexico 8.62 8.83 8.76 8.737
New York 9.14 9.23 9.25 9.207
North Carolina 9.38 8.88 8.98 9.080
North Dakota 8.83 7.95 8.22 8.333
Ohio 8.62 8.21 8.44 8.423
Oklahoma 8.71 8.83 8.87 8.803
Oregon 9.02 8.04 8.24 8.433
Pennsylvania 9.00 8.52 8.94 8.820
Rhode Island 8.79 8.77 8.82 8.793
South Carolina 9.68 9.30 9.40 9.460
South Dakota 8.71 8.35 8.37 8.477
Tennessee 9.20 8.82 9.26 9.093
Texas 9.38 8.87 9.23 9.160
Utah 9.18 8.30 8.69 8.723
Vermont 8.96 8.24 8.57 8.590
Virginia 9.53 9.04 9.20 9.257
Washington 8.67 8.04 8.52 8.410
West Virginia 8.95 8.52 8.94 8.803
Wisconsin 9.00 9.05 8.74 8.930
Wyoming 8.99 7.97 8.49 8.483
     Winner
     First runner-up
     Second runner-up
     Finalist
     Semi-finalist

Final competition

Country Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average Finalists
Virginia 9.843 9.635 9.851 9.776 9.813
North Carolina 9.454 9.301 9.569 9.441 9.763
South Carolina 9.626 9.460 9.870 9.652 9.675
Louisiana 9.539 9.613 9.683 9.612 9.650
Texas 9.489 9.354 9.699 9.514 9.575
New York 9.561 9.548 9.626 9.578 9.225
Illinois 9.460 9.288 9.484 9.411
Missouri 9.320 9.318 9.508 9.382
Tennessee 9.300 9.234 9.439 9.324
Minnesota 9.290 9.241 9.421 9.317
Kansas 9.191 9.176 9.375 9.247
Hawaii 9.229 9.096 9.345 9.223
     Winner
     First runner-up
     Second runner-up
     Finalists

Historical significance

  • This was the first year that all the RPM Productions states (Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina) made the semi-finals. North and South Carolina made the top three.
  • New York placed for the second consecutive year, the first time this had happened since 1979-1980.
  • Kansas placed for the fourth consecutive year, a record which has not yet been surpassed.
  • North Carolina equalled their previous highest placement, which had been achieved in 1975.
  • Missouri placed for the first time since 1987, and Minnesota for the first time since 1980.

Delegates

The Miss USA 1994 delegates were:

Contestant notes

  • Kathleen Farrell (Illinois) had previously held the Miss Illinois 1992 title and won a non-finalist talent award in the Miss America 1993 pageant. One of her sisters Monica Farrell also competed in both pageants, holding the Miss Florida 1985 and Miss Florida USA 1988 titles, and she placed third runner-up at Miss USA 1988. Their other sister Mary-Ann Farrell was Miss New York 1984 and was a semi-finalist at Miss America 1985.
  • Leah Hulan (Tennessee) also competed at Miss America 1993, as she was previously Miss Tennessee 1992.
  • Delegates who had previously competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant were:
  • Jill Vasquez (New Mexico) became one of the directors of the Miss California USA pageant in 2007.
  • Jolene Stravrakis (Minnesota) placed first runner-up the Miss Minnesota USA 1988, and briefly held the title after the winner was arrested for shoplifting. She resigned days later when it was revealed she too had been arrested for shoplifting in 1986. In 1994 she won the title in her own right in her last year of eligibility after her criminal record was expunged.[13]
  • Amy Jane Lantz (North Dakota) appeared as a contestant on Wheel of Fortune, which originally aired March 10, 1995.
  • This was the last year until 2009 that no former Miss Teen USA state titleholder managed to place.
  • Jennifer Gareis (New York) went onto play Donna Logan in The Bold and the Beautiful. She also made a brief cameo in Miss Congeniality as the lover of a Miss United States contestant who shouts from the audience.
  • Pat Southall (Virginia) went on to marry Bad Boys actor Martin Lawrence.

References

  1. ^ "Miss South Carolina Crowned Miss USA". The Associated Press. 1994-02-11. 
  2. ^ "Padre Island to host Miss USA Pageant". Austin American-Statesman. 1993-08-11. p. B4. 
  3. ^ "Miss USA event hushed Matamoros officials' concerns over rebel situation cited". The Dallas Morning News. 1994-01-12. 
  4. ^ Staggs, Jeffrey (1994-02-07). "District's entry in Miss USA sets sights on Capitol". The Washington Times. 
  5. ^ Landry, Julie (1994-02-10). "Beautiful dreamer: hard work fuels quest for title". The New Orleans Times-Picayune. 
  6. ^ "Belmont woman wins Miss Mass. crown". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. 1993-11-29. 
  7. ^ "Miss Nebraska USA Crowned". The Omaha World-Herald. 1993-10-18. 
  8. ^ White, Ken (1994-02-02). "Miss Nevada willing to take risks". The Las Vegas Review-Journal. 
  9. ^ "Lake Oswegan claims crown". Portland Oregonian. 1993-06-01. 
  10. ^ "Leah Hulan crowned Miss Tennessee USA". Business Wire. 1993-11-03. 
  11. ^ Martinez, Monica (1993-07-28). "Miss El Paso wins pageant". Austin American-Statesman. 
  12. ^ "Wilder aide is '94 Miss Virginia USA". Roanoke Times & World News. 1993-10-04. 
  13. ^ Blake, Laurie (1993-11-11). "Miss Minnesota USA reaches crown and glory again // Five years ago she had to forfeit her title". Star-Tribune Newspaper of the Twin Cities Mpls.-St. Paul. p. 03B. 

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