Miss America 2004

Miss America 2004
Date	September 20, 2003
Presenters	Tom Bergeron
Venue	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster	ABC
Winner	Ericka Dunlap Florida

Miss America 2004, the 83rd Miss America, pageant, was broadcast from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 20, 2003 on ABC Network.

Results

Placements

Miss America 2004 contestants visit Andrews Air Force Base.

• Miss America 2004: Ericka Dunlap (Miss Florida)
• First runner-up: Kanoelani Gibson (Miss Hawaii)
• Second runner-up: Tina Sauerhammer (Miss Wisconsin)
• Third runner-up: Marina Harrison (Miss Maryland)
• Fourth runner-up: Nicole Lamarche (Miss California)

• Top 10: Bryn Chapman (Miss Indiana), Candace Glickman (Miss New Hampshire), Kelley Scott (Miss Oklahoma), Laurie Gray (Miss Rhode Island), Nancy Redd (Miss Virginia)

• Top 15: Catherine Crosby (Miss Alabama), Andrea Bailey (Miss Georgia), Madonna Emond (Miss Michigan), Amber Etheridge (Miss Missouri), Jennifer Farrell (Miss New Jersey)

Awards

Quality of Life award

• Winner: Catherine Crosby (Miss Alabama)
• 1st runner-up: MacKenzie Mayes (Miss Kentucky)
• 2nd runner-up: Dana Reason (Miss North Carolina)

Preliminary awards

• Talent: Kanoelani Gibson (Miss Hawaii), Laurie Gray (Miss Rhode Island), Tina Sauerhammer (Miss Wisconsin)
• Swimsuit: Nicole Lamarche (Miss California), Candace Glickman (Miss New Hampshire), Nancy Redd (Miss Virginia)

Final night awards

• Evening wear: Ericka Dunlap (Miss Florida)
• Swimsuit: Nicole Lamarche (Miss California)
• Talent: Ericka Dunlap (Miss Florida)
• Casual wear: Marina Harrison (Miss Maryland)

Non-finalist awards

• Interview: Whitney Kirk (Miss Arkansas), April Robinson (Miss Oregon), Drell Hunter (Miss Vermont), Fianna Dickson (Miss Washington)
• Talent: Angelea Busby (Miss Kansas), MacKenzie Mayes (Miss Kentucky), Elizabeth Edgecomb (Miss Maine), Jane Nosworthy (Miss Nebraska), Candace Otto (Miss Pennsylvania), Jessica Eddins (Miss South Carolina), Sunni Cranfill (Miss Texas), Stacy Johnson (Miss Utah)

Delegates

The Miss America 2004 delegates were:

State	Name	Hometown	Age1	Talent	Placement	Special awards	Notes
Alabama	Catherine Crosby	Brewton, AL	23	Flute	Top 15	Quality of Life award
Alaska	Blair Chenoweth	Anchorage, AK	21	Ballet en Pointe			Later Miss Alaska USA 2007
Arizona	Corrie Hill	Gilbert, AZ	24	Dance
Arkansas	Whitney Kirk	Cabot, AR	22	Vocal/Dance		Non-finalist interview
California	Nicole Lamarche	Berkeley, CA	24	Vocal	4th runner-up	Final night Swimsuit award, Preliminary Swimsuit award
Colorado	Katee Doland	Arvada, CO	23	Lyrical Dance			Former Miss Colorado Teen USA 1998 & Miss Colorado USA 2001
Connecticut	Marla Prete	North Haven, CT	22	Tap Dance
Delaware	Erin Elizabeth Williams	Lincoln, DE	20	Vocal
District of Columbia	Lisa Ferris	Portland, GA	21	Vocal
Florida	Ericka Dunlap	Orlando, FL	21	Vocal	Winner	Final night Evening Gown & Talent winner	Later became a contestant in The Amazing Race 15 along with her husband Brian Kleinschmidt.
Georgia	Andrea Bailey	Evans, GA	24	Vocal	Top 15
Hawaii	Kanoelani Gibson	Kapolei, HI	22	Vocal	1st runner-up	Preliminary Talent
Idaho	Tiffany Jewell	Boise, ID	22	Vocal
Illinois	Andrea Fritz	Schaumburg, IL	21	Lyrical Dance
Indiana	Bryn Chapman	Indianapolis, IN	21	Vocal	Top 10
Iowa	Nicole White	Eldridge, IA	22	Vocal
Kansas	Angelea Busby	Lenexa, KS	21	Interpretative baton twirling/dance		Non-finalist Talent
Kentucky	MacKenzie Mayes	Lexington, KY	23	Vocal	Quality of Life 1st runner-up, Non-finalist Talent
Louisiana	Melissa Clark	Ruston, LA	23	Vocal
Maine	Elizabeth Edgecomb	Limestone, ME	20	Classical Piano		Non-finalist Talent
Maryland	Marina Harrison	Severn, MD	22	Vocal	3rd runner-up	Final night Casual Wear award	Later Miss Maryland USA 2005
Massachusetts	Melissa Silva	Fall River, MA	23	Vocal
Michigan	Madonna Emond	Livonia, MI	22	Jazz Dance	Top 15
Minnesota	Megan Torgerson	Warren, MN	23	Vocal
Mississippi	Allison Kellogg	Madison, MS	22	Ballet en Pointe
Missouri	Amber Etheridge	Springfield, MO	23	Vocal	Top 15
Montana	Amber Shipman	Glendive, MT	19	Dance
Nebraska	Jane Noseworthy	Bellevue, NE	24	Vocal		Non-finalist Talent
Nevada	Christina O'Neil	Carson City, NV	24	Vocal
New Hampshire	Candace Glickman	Manchester, NH	21	Vocal	Top 10	Preliminary Swimsuit award	Later Miss New Hampshire USA 2005
New Jersey	Jennifer Farrell	Margate, NJ	19	Ballet en Pointe	Top 15
New Mexico	Rana Jones	Tatum, NM	22	Vocal			Former Miss New Mexico Teen USA 1998
New York	Jessica Lynch	New York, NY	24	Jazz Dance en Pointe
North Carolina	Dana Reason	Raleigh	24	Tap Dance	Quality of Life 2nd runner-up
North Dakota	Sara Schelkoph	Grand Forks, ND	23	Lyrical Ballet
Ohio	Janelle Couts	Akron, OH	22	Vocal
Oklahoma	Kelley Scott	Owasso	23	Vocal	Top 10
Oregon	April Robinson	Gresham, OR	22	Tap Dance		Non-finalist interview
Pennsylvania	Candace Otto	Murrysville, PA	23	Classical Vocal		Non-finalist Talent
Rhode Island	Laurie Gray	Warwick, RI	22	Classical Violin	Top 10	Preliminary Talent
South Carolina	Jessica Eddins	Columbia, SC	24	Classical Vocal		Non-finalist Talent
South Dakota	Sara Seever	Custer, SD	21	Vocal/Dance
Tennessee	Jamie Watkins	Soddy Daisy, TN	23	Vocal
Texas	Sunni Cranfill	Hooks, TX	23	Ballet en Pointe		Non-finalist Talent
Utah	Stacy Johnson	Provo, UT	21	Latin Jazz Dance		Non-finalist Talent
Vermont	Drell Hunter	Sharon, VT	24	Lyrical Dance		Non-finalist interview
Virginia	Nancy Redd	Martinsville, VA	22	Piano	Top 10	Preliminary Swimsuit
Washington	Fianna Dickson	Spokane, WA	24	Classical Jazz Dance		Non-finalist interview
West Virginia	Allison Williams	Morgantown, WV	22	Vocal
Wisconsin	Tina Sauerhammer, M.D.	Green Bay, WI	22	Classical cello	2nd runner-up	Preliminary Talent
Wyoming	Tamara Kocher	Gillette, WY	22	Dance

¹ Age as of September 2003

External links

• Official Results