- Miss Teen USA 1983
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Miss Teen USA 1983 Date August 30, 1983 Presenters Michael Young and Morgan Brittany Venue Lakeland, Florida Broadcaster CBS Winner Ruth Zakarian
New York
Congeniality Angela Boyd Photogenic Linda Burkholder Miss Teen USA 1983, the 1st ever Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from the Lakeland Civic Auditorium in Lakeland, Florida on 30 August 1983. At the conclusion of the final competition, Ruth Zakarian of New York was crowned Miss Teen USA, by Miss USA 1983 Julie Hayek and Miss Universe 1983 Lorraine Downes.
Contents
Results
Placements
- Miss Teen USA 1983: Ruth Zakarian (New York)
- The runners-up were:
- The remaining semi-finalists were (in order of placement): Diane Hoyes (Pennsylvania), Shawn Gardner (California), Angela Boyd (Arkansas), Kim Cannon (Nevada), Rhonda Monroe (Washington).
Special awards
- Miss Congeniality: Angela Boyd (Arkansas)
- Miss Photogenic: Linda Burkholder (Illinois)
- Best state costume: Christine Lawlor (Massachusetts)
Final competition scores
State Preliminaries Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average Virginia 8.616 8.838 8.760 8.876 8.825 New York 8.466 9.144 8.516 9.000 8.886 Georgia 8.273 8.811 8.866 8.850 8.842 Kentucky 8.358 8.405 8.933 9.065 8.801 Texas 8.365 8.744 8.755 8.877 8.792 Pennsylvania 8.466 8.611 8.732 8.961 8.768 California 8.270 8.488 8.900 8.811 8.733 Arkansas 8.395 8.500 8.700 8.566 8.588 Nevada 8.340 8.350 8.633 8.577 8.520 Washington 8.627 8.444 8.333 8.611 8.462 - Winner
- First runner-up
- Second runner-up
- Third runner-up
- Fourth runner-up
Delegates
The Miss Teen USA 1983 delegates were:
Alabama - Jill Johnson
Alaska - Linda Fickus
Arizona - Kris Keim
Arkansas - Angela Boyd
California - Shawn Gardner
Colorado - Julie Meyer
Connecticut - Beth Waldron
Delaware - Laura Enslen
District of Columbia - Patricia Curtis
Florida - Lora Erdman
Georgia - Kelly Jerles
Hawaii - Erika Mattich
Idaho - Tammy Hamilton
Illinois - Linda Burkholder
Indiana - Julie James
Iowa - Kimberly Heck
Kansas - Melissa Lyczak
Kentucky - Krista Keith
Louisiana - Vail Cavalier
Maine - Dina Duvall
Maryland - Carla Kemp
Massachusetts - Christine Lawlor
Michigan - Cathy McBride
Minnesota - Kimberly Ess
Mississippi - Laura Zapponi
Missouri - Lisa Logan
Montana - Leslie Lucas
Nebraska - Jackie Kuenning
Nevada - Kimberly Cannon
New Hampshire - Maureen Murray
New Jersey - Sheri Drummond
New Mexico - Eloisa Serna
New York - Ruth Zakarian
North Carolina - Janet Freeman
North Dakota - Lisa Rubin
Ohio - Jamie Callarik
Oklahoma - Lorna Webb
Oregon - Gretchen Thomas
Pennsylvania - Diane Hoyes
Rhode Island - Melissa Sciarra
South Carolina - Beth Woodard
South Dakota - Karen Hernes
Tennessee - Cheri Dotson
Texas - Sheri Sholz
Utah - Natalie DeGraw
Vermont - Cindy Gentile
Virginia - Tina Marocco
Washington - Rhonda Monroe
West Virginia - Kay Scadden
Wisconsin - Jane Zawada
Wyoming - Shanna Thompson
Contestant notes
- Kelly Jerles (Georgia) became the only delegate from Miss Teen USA 1983 to compete in the Miss America pageant. She held the Miss Georgia 1987 title and won preliminary swimsuit and non-finalist talent awards at Miss America 1988.
- Ruth Zakarian (New York) competed in the Miss USA 1984 pageant as Miss Teen USA 1983 but did not place. In the early years of the pageant, the Teen titleholder could compete at Miss USA without holding a state title.
- Beth Woodard (South Carolina) - Miss South Carolina USA 1987
- Kris Keim (Arizona) - Miss Arizona USA 1988
- Maureen Murray (New Hampshire) - Miss New York USA 1991 (semi-finalist at Miss USA 1991)
Judges
- Jeffery Apple
- Tracey Bregman
- Anthony Carter
- Bonnie Kay
- Emilio Estafan
- Persis Khambatta
- Andy Bean
- Nancy Stafford
- Teri Utley
- Kiki Vandeweghe
Leroy Neiman
External links
Miss Teen USA Categories:- Miss Teen USA
- 1983 in the United States
- 1983 beauty pageants
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