Miss USA 1993

Miss USA 1993
Date	February 19, 1993
Presenters	Dick Clark, Leeza Gibbons and Courtney Gibbs
Venue	Century II Convention Center, Wichita, Kansas
Broadcaster	CBS
Placements	12
Winner	Kenya Moore Michigan
Congeniality	Stacey Blaine
Photogenic	Kelly Hu

Miss USA 1993, the 42nd Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Century II Convention Center in Wichita, Kansas on 19 February 1993.

At the conclusion of the final competition, Kenya Moore of Michigan was crowned by outgoing titleholder Shannon Marketic of California. Moore became the second Miss USA titileholder from Michigan and the second African-American winner ever.

The pageant was hosted by Dick Clark for the final time, with color commentary by Leeza Gibbons (also for the final time) and Courtney Gibbs, Miss USA 1988.

The pageant was held in Wichita, Kansas, for the fourth and last consecutive year.

Results

Placements

Map showing placements by state

Final results	Contestant
Miss USA 1993	Michigan - Kenya Moore
1st runner-up	Georgia - Erin Nance
2nd runner-up	Kansas - Tavia Shackles
Top 6	Hawaii - Kelly Hu New Jersey - Amy Fissel Pennsylvania - Kimmarie Johnson
Top 12	California - Jane Olvera Iowa - Jan Hoyer Texas - Angie Sisk Tennessee - Cammy Gregory South Carolina - Kelli Gosnell New York - Wendy Mock

Special Awards

• Miss Congeniality: Stacey Blaine (Massachusetts)
• Miss Photogenic: Kelly Hu (Hawaii)
• Best State Costume: Tavia Shackles (Kansas)
• Best in Swimsuit: Erin Nance (Georgia)

Historical Significance

• Michigan's Kenya Moore won only three years after Carole Gist became Michigan's first Miss USA titleholder in 1990. Both of them are African-American and Carole was the first African-American Miss USA winner ever.
• Miss Hawaii USA, Kelly Hu was also Miss Teen USA 1985. She is the first Miss Teen USA to win a Miss USA state title and place at Miss USA. She finished fourth.
• Georgia made the top six for the seventh time in eight years, and recorded the state's highest ever placement in the competition. This has yet to be equalled or surpassed.
• Kansas made the top six for the third year in a row, a record for the state.
• Pennsylvania placed for the first time since 1989.
• Iowa placed for the first time since 1960.

Scores

Preliminary Competition

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

State Interview Swimsuit Evening gown Average Alabama 9.16 8.04 8.86 8.323 Alaska 8.07 7.65 7.83 7.850 Arizona 8.80 7.95 8.49 8.413 Arkansas 9.03 8.26 8.77 8.687 California 9.29 8.85 9.12 9.087 Colorado 8.51 8.71 8.54 8.587 Connecticut 8.89 8.58 8.49 8.653 Delaware 8.27 8.32 8.54 8.377 District of Columbia 9.03 8.12 9.08 8.743 Florida 8.69 8.76 9.02 8.823 Georgia 9.14 9.06 9.55 9.250 Hawaii 9.49 9.48 9.49 9.487 Idaho 8.80 8.32 8.74 8.620 Illinois 9.04 8.43 8.62 8.697 Indiana 9.14 8.81 8.89 8.947 Iowa 8.67 8.99 9.29 8.983 Kansas 9.33 9.09 9.17 9.197 Kentucky 8.85 8.69 8.93 8.823 Louisiana 9.08 8.35 8.61 8.680 Maine 9.04 8.30 8.53 8.623 Maryland 8.72 8.38 8.73 8.610 Massachusetts 8.99 8.71 8.63 8.777 Michigan 9.48 9.53 9.47 9.493 Minnesota 8.55 8.24 8.45 8.413 Mississippi 8.96 8.50 8.50 8.653 Missouri 8.98 8.77 8.72 8.823 Montana 8.64 7.80 8.16 8.200 Nebraska 8.87 8.58 8.73 8.727 Nevada 8.83 8.35 8.46 8.547 New Hampshire 9.12 8.57 8.54 8.743 New Jersey 9.46 9.06 9.41 9.310 New Mexico 8.56 8.53 8.71 8.600 New York 9.20 9.22 8.77 9.063 North Carolina 9.13 8.55 8.91 8.863 North Dakota 8.88 8.41 8.33 8.540 Ohio 8.99 8.46 8.50 8.650 Oklahoma 8.90 8.75 8.69 8.780 Oregon 8.84 8.17 8.16 8.390 Pennsylvania 9.23 9.33 9.51 9.357 Rhode Island 9.02 8.25 8.60 8.623 South Carolina 8.95 9.00 8.96 8.970 South Dakota 8.81 8.30 8.36 8.490 Tennessee 9.36 8.95 8.80 9.037 Texas 9.12 9.09 9.01 9.073 Utah 8.50 8.59 8.61 8.567 Vermont 9.26 8.57 8.73 8.853 Virginia 8.77 8.80 8.83 8.800 Washington 8.68 8.61 8.41 8.567 West Virginia 9.05 8.74 8.80 8.863 Wisconsin 8.68 8.06 7.98 8.240 Wyoming 8.64 8.00 7.92 8.187

Winner      First runner-up      Second runner-up      Finalist      Semi-finalist

Final Competition

Country Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average Finalists Michigan 9.578 9.604 9.650 9.611 9.786 Georgia 9.731 9.630 9.731 9.697 9.775 Kansas 9.661 9.545 9.623 9.610 9.863 Hawaii 9.636 9.614 9.773 9.674 9.750 New Jersey 9.594 9.544 9.763 9.634 9.713 Pennsylvania 9.656 9.614 9.728 9.666 9.350 California 9.524 9.581 9.659 9.588 Iowa 9.495 9.491 9.625 9.537 Texas 9.495 9.449 9.648 9.531 Tennessee 9.517 9.571 9.481 9.523 South Carolina 9.501 9.467 9.468 9.479 New York 9.457 9.505 9.451 9.471

Winner      First runner-up      Second runner-up      Finalists

Delegates

The Miss USA 1993 delegates were:

Alabama - Toni Johnson Alaska - Teresa Gates Arizona - Apryl Hettich Arkansas - Kati Fish California - Jane Olvera[1] Colorado - Janna Durbin Connecticut - Alison Benusis Delaware - Annmarie Correll District of Columbia - Alena Neves Florida - Shakeela Gajadha Georgia - Erin Nance Hawaii - Kelly Hu Idaho - Natalie Nukaya Illinois - Susie Park Indiana - Lisa Higgins Iowa - Jan Hoyer Kansas - Tavia Shackles Kentucky - Karen Gibson Louisiana - Jennifer Mitchell[2] Maine - Jody Cutting Maryland - Mary Ann Cimino Massachusetts - Stacey Blaine[3] Michigan - Kenya Moore Minnesota - Kristi Hennecks[4] Mississippi - Sherry Bowles Missouri - Stephanie Nunn

Montana - Kristen Anderson Nebraska - Tish Gade Nevada - Alexis Oliver[5] New Hampshire - Heidi Cambra New Jersey - Amy Fissel New Mexico - Daniela Johnson New York - Wendy Marie Mock North Carolina - Christa Tyson North Dakota - Jennifer Seminary Ohio - Andrea Pacione Oklahoma - Brenda Caudle Oregon - Dawn Kennedy[6] Pennsylvania - Kimmarie Johnson Rhode Island - Julie Roach South Carolina - Kelli Gosnell South Dakota - Kara Rovere Tennessee - Cammy Gregory Texas - Angie Sisk[7] Utah - Natalie Pyper Vermont - Jodi Sicely Virginia - Stephanie Satterfield[8] Washington - Kandi Fletcher West Virginia - Jennifer Johnson Wisconsin - Heather Hanson Wyoming - Leissann Marie Stolz

Contestant notes

• In a record for the time, eleven contestants had previously competed in either the Miss Teen USA or Miss America pageants:

• Delegates who had previously competed at Miss Teen USA were:
  • Kelly Hu (Hawaii) - Miss Hawaii Teen USA and Miss Teen USA 1985
  • Jan Hoyer (Iowa) - Miss Iowa Teen USA 1987
  • Erin Nance (Georgia) - Miss Georgia Teen USA 1988
  • Jennifer Seminary (North Dakota) - Miss North Dakota Teen USA 1988
  • Kristen Anderson (Montana) - Miss Montana Teen USA 1988
  • Jana Durban (Colorado) - Miss Colorado Teen USA 1989
  • Stephanie Satterfield (Virginia) - Miss Virginia Teen USA 1989
  • Mary Ann Cimino (Maryland) - Miss Maryland Teen USA 1990
  • Tavia Shackels (Kansas) - Miss Missouri Teen USA 1990 (Top 12 semifinalist at Miss Teen USA 1990)
  • Allison Benusis (Connecticut) - Miss Connecticut Teen USA 1991

• Delegate who had previously held a Miss America state title:
  • Amy Fissel (New Jersey) - Miss New Jersey 1991

State notes

• This was the first year that Kimberly Greenwood, Miss Tennessee USA 1989, directed the Miss Tennessee USA pageant.^[9] She remains the director for Tennessee, and also for Georgia, and has produced two Miss USA winners.

Judges

• Carol Alt
• Richard Moll
• Cristina Saralegui
• Richard Alleman
• Leah McCloskey
• Fred Hayman
• Tova Borgnine
• Ron Greschner
• Mitzi Kapture
• Charley Pride

References

1. ^ "Fresno entrant named Miss California USA". The Press-Enterprise. 1992-10-25. 
2. ^ "LSU student to be part of pageant". The Baton Rouge Advocate. 1993-02-19. 
3. ^ McDonald, Carol (1992-11-30). "6th time a winner for pageant contestant". Worcester Telegram & Gazette. 
4. ^ Freeborn, Dan (1992-11-19). "She's got her cap set for an education // `No. 1 priority is school,' says Miss Minnesota USA". Star-Tribune Newspaper of the Twin Cities Mpls.-St. Paul. 
5. ^ McCabe, George (1992-02-13). "Miss Nevada USA says her age may help in first big pageant". The Las Vegas Review-Journal. 
6. ^ "Dawn Kennedy captures Miss Oregon USA title". Portland Oregonian. 1992-12-24. 
7. ^ Associated Press (1992-07-22). "Miss Texas USA named". Houston Chronicle. 
8. ^ "Stephanie Satterfield Miss Virginia USA". The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star. 1993-01-27. 
9. ^ "Kimberly Payne Greenwood named as Miss Tennessee USA Director". Business Wire. 1992-05-28. 

External links

• Official website