Miss America 1979

Miss America 1979
Date	September 9, 1978
Presenters	Bert Parks
Venue	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster	NBC
Winner	Kylene Barker Virginia

Miss America 1979, the 52nd Miss America, pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9, 1978 on NBC Network.

Results

• Miss America : Kylene Barker (Miss Virginia)
• First runner-up: Teresa Cheatham (Miss Alabama)
• Second runner-up: Carolyn Cline (Miss Florida)
• Third runner-up: Sher Lynnette Patrick (Miss Ohio)
• Fourth runner-up: Laurie Nelson (Miss Washington)

Semi-finalists

• Lori Ann Bergen (Miss Kansas)
• Marcia Bell (Miss Kentucky)
• Phyllis Kelly (Miss Louisiana)
• Guylyn Remmenga (Miss Nebraska)
• Sandi Miller (Miss Texas)

Delegates

The Miss America 1979 delegates:

State	Name	Hometown	Age	Talent	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Teresa Cheatham	Wellington		Vocal	1st runner-up	Preliminary Swimsuit Award; Preliminary Talent Award	Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
Alaska	Patty-Jo Gentry	Valdez
Arizona	Susan Kohler	Tempe
Arkansas	Naylene Vuurens	Searcy
California	Christine Louise Acton	Chula Vista
Colorado	Catherine Brown	Littleton
Connecticut	Maryalice Flintroy	Meriden
Delaware	Janice Anne Albro	Claymont
Florida	Carolyn Cline	Brandon			2nd runner-up
Georgia	Deborah Mosely	Atlanta
Hawaii	Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey	Laie
Idaho	Kimberly Jensen	Caldwell
Illinois	Debra Carlson	Ottawa
Indiana	Terry Kaiser	Etna Green
Iowa	Mary England	Davenport
Kansas	Lori Ann Bergen	Salina			Top 10
Kentucky	Marcia Bell	Lexington			Top 10
Louisiana	Phyllis Kelly	Baton Rouge			Top 10
Maine	Linda Carroll	Alfred
Maryland	Caroline JoAnn Donnelly	College Park
Massachusetts	Rowena Humphrey	Worthington
Michigan	Suzanne M. Schemm	Essexville
Minnesota	Sue Erickson	Coon Rapids
Mississippi	Cheri Brown	Meridian
Missouri	Tamara Fister	Poplar Bluff
Montana	Vanessa Ochsner	Missoula
Nebraska	Guylyn Remmenga	Elwood			Top 10
Nevada	Megan Anderson	Reno
New Hampshire	Belinda Bridgeman	Merrimack
New Jersey	Laurie Berchtold	Ocean City
New Mexico	Jennifer Leigh Schubert	Hobbs
New York	Paula Pope	Lockport
North Carolina	Deborah Shook	Spruce Pine					Gained national attention by kicking her crown across the stage the next to last night of her reign in a disagreement with pageant sponsors, Raleigh Jaycees
North Dakota	Shelia Lindeman	Linton
Ohio	Sher Lynnette Patrick	Centerville			3rd runner-up		Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
Oklahoma	Kendi Brown	Oklahoma City
Oregon	Amy White	Portland
Pennsylvania	Charmaine Kowalski	State College
Rhode Island	Lori Leyden	Providence
South Carolina	Mary Diane Toole	Aiken
South Dakota	Jennifer Holt	Mitchell
Tennessee	Jill Beshears	Memphis
Texas	Sandi Miller	Mesquite			Top 10
Utah	Jami Coombs	Tremonton
Vermont	Lisa Volkert	Middlebury
Virginia	Kylene Barker	Galax			Miss America 1979
Washington	Laurie Nelson	Gig Harbor			4th runner-up		Toured with Miss America USO Troupe
West Virginia	Ivy Meadows	St. Albans
Wisconsin	Carin Kizewic	Racine
Wyoming	Kim Pring	Cheyenne				Non Finalist Talent award	Previously Miss Wyoming USA 1975; brought a libel lawsuit against Penthouse Magazine, book Trial by Fire recounts the case

External links

• Miss America official website