- Miss USA 1984
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Miss USA 1984 Date May 17, 1984 Presenters Bob Barker Venue Lakeland, Florida Broadcaster CBS Winner Mai Shanley
New MexicoCongeniality Diane Gadoury Photogenic Laura Shaw Miss USA 1984, the 33rd Miss USA pageant, was televised live from Lakeland, Florida on May 17, 1984. At the conclusion of the final competition, Mai Shanley of New Mexico was crowned Miss USA 1984 by outgoing titleholder Julie Hayek of California.
The pageant was hosted by Bob Barker. It was the first time the pageant had been held in Florida since 1971, the last time the pageant had been held in its old home of Miami Beach.
In an odd occurrence, both women in the top two had previously competed at Miss America, neither one of whom placed at that pageant.
Contents
Results
Placements
- Miss USA 1984: Mai Shanley (New Mexico)
- The runners-up were:
- 1st runner-up: Kelly Anderson (West Virginia)
- 2nd runner-up: Desiree Daniels (Tennessee)
- 3rd runner-up: Sandra Percival (Missouri)
- 4th runner-up: Steffanee Leaming (District of Columbia)
- The remaining semi-finalists were (in order of placement): LaVonne Misselle (Illinois), Debbie Epperson (Oregon), Cookie Noak (North Carolina), Julia Murdock (Oklahoma), and Laura Shaw (Texas).
Special awards
- Miss Congeniality: Diane Gadoury (New Hampshire)
- Miss Photogenic: Laura Shaw (Texas)
Final competition scores
State Preliminary Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average New Mexico 8.913 9.533 9.300 9.422 9.418 West Virginia 9.008 9.465 9.277 9.454 9.398 District of Columbia 8.483 9.244 9.014 9.400 9.219 Missouri 8.422 9.311 8.922 9.055 9.096 Tennessee 8.564 8.877 9.211 9.055 9.047 Illinois 8.917 9.088 9.011 8.966 9.022 Oregon 8.981 9.040 8.687 9.333 9.020 North Carolina 8.791 9.166 8.822 9.022 9.003 Oklahoma 8.616 8.744 8.522 8.853 8.706 Texas 8.715 8.277 8.588 8.944 8.603 - Winner
- First Runner-up
- Second Runner-up
- Third Runner-up
- Fourth Runner-up
- Top 12 Semifinalist
Delegates
The Miss USA 1984 delegates were:
- Alabama - Kelly Flowers
- Alaska - Sherri McNeally
- Arizona - Daria Sparling
- Arkansas - Shelly Boyd
- California - Theresa Ring
- Colorado - Michelle Anderson
- Connecticut - Lynne Scalo
- Delaware - Denise Lennick
- District of Columbia - Steffanee Leaming
- Florida - Stacy Hassfurder
- Georgia - Jayne Poteet
- Hawaii - Puna Stillman
- Idaho - Valencia Bilyeu
- Illinois - LaVonne Misselle
- Indiana - Susan Willarbo
- Iowa - Michele Boisvert
- Kansas - Elizabeth Johnson
- Kentucky - Tammy Melendez
- Louisiana - Rusanne Jourdan
- Maine - Vickie Lynn Gay
- Maryland - Betsy Cook
- Massachusetts - Deborah Neary
- Michigan - Adriana Krambeck
- Minnesota - Martha Mork
- Mississippi - Carla Green
- Missouri - Sandra Lee Percival
- Montana - Kristi Ogren
- Nebraska - Joni Rundall
- Nevada - Donna Lee McNeil
- New Hampshire - Diane Gadoury
- New Jersey - Diane Everett Qualter
- New Mexico - Mai Shanley
- New York - Carolina Flury
- North Carolina - Cookie Noak
- North Dakota - Suzanne Lewis
- Ohio - Rosi Erwin
- Oklahoma - Julia Murdock
- Oregon - Debbie Epperson
- Pennsylvania - Tina Albright
- Rhode Island - Debbie Mowry
- South Carolina - Ginger Gree
- South Dakota - Donna Smith
- Tennessee - Desiree Denise Daniels
- Texas' - Laura Shaw
- Utah - Michele Lynn Brown
- Vermont - Sue O'Brien
- Virginia - Leah Rush
- Washington - Sue Gerrish
- West Virginia - Kelly Lea Anderson
- Wisconsin - Tamara Schoff
- Wyoming - Cheryl Rawson
Special entries
Contestant notes
- Kelly Anderson (West Virginia), the first runner-up, went on to compete in Miss World 1984, where she placed fifth overall.
- Additionally, Sandy Percival (Missouri), the third runner-up, competed at Miss International 1984.
- Three contestants previously competed in the Miss America pageant:
- Mai Shanley (New Mexico) - Miss New Mexico 1983
- Desiree Daniels (Tennessee) - Miss Tennessee 1982 (first runner-up at Miss America 1983)
- Kelly Anderson (West Virginia) - Miss West Virginia 1982
Judges
- Jim Craig
- Anna Colon
- Ralph Wolfe Cowan
- Anne Kirstin Clenshaw
- Billy Hufsey
- Kim Seelbrede
- Tony Dorsett
- David Mason Daniels
- Catherine Hickland
- Irving Mansfield
- Vicki Lawrence
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