Miss USA 1985

Miss USA 1985
Date	May 13, 1985
Presenters	Bob Barker and Joan Van Ark
Entertainment	Kool and The Gang, Lee Greenwood
Venue	Lakeland Civic Auditorium, Lakeland, Florida
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	51
Placements	10
Winner	Laura Harring Texas
Congeniality	Marty Browning
Photogenic	Robyn Overbey

Miss USA 1985, the 34th Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Lakeland Civic Auditorium in Lakeland, Florida on May 13, 1985. At the conclusion of the final competition, Laura Harring of Texas was crowned Miss USA 1985 by outgoing titleholder Mai Shanley of New Mexico

Results

• Miss USA 1985: Laura Harring (Texas)
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Brenda Denton (New Mexico)
  • 2nd runner-up: Laura Ann Bach (Illinois)
  • 3rd runner-up: Sarie Joubert (Louisiana)
  • 4th runner-up: Kari Lee Johnson (Minnesota)
• The semi-finalists were:
  • Michelle Ducote (Arizona)
  • Tina Machado (Hawaii)
  • Mercedes Waggoner (Massachusetts)
  • Amy Ruth Coverdale (Missouri)
  • Sophia Henderson (Oklahoma)

Final Competition Score

Country Preliminary Interview Swimsuit Evening Gown Average Texas 9.140 9.155 9.222 9.466 9.281 New Mexico 8.881 8.822 9.177 9.111 9.036 Illinois 8.558 9.288 9.033 8.833 9.051 Louisiana 8.597 9.311 9.100 9.033 9.148 Minnesota 8.536 8.855 9.066 9.033 8.984 Arizona 8.536 8.611 9.012 9.100 8.908 Missouri 8.562 8.722 8.955 8.866 8.848 Hawaii 8.544 8.900 8.688 8.933 8.840 Massachusetts 8.721 8.700 8.788 8.855 8.781 Oklahoma 8.870 8.611 8.677 9.044 8.777

Winner      First runner-up      Second runner-up      Third runner-up      Fourth runner-up

Special awards

• Miss Congeniality: Marty Browning (Tennessee)
• Miss Photogenic: Robyn Overbey (Kentucky)

Delegates

The Miss USA 1985 delegates were:^[1]

State	Name	Hometown	Age1	Height	Placement	Awards	Notes
Alabama	Allison Sawyer	Birmingham	20	5'9"
Alaska	Kari Moore	Fairbanks	17	5'7"
Arizona	Michelle Ducote	Tempe	22	5'10½"	Top 10
Arkansas	Susan Dean	Osceola	23	5'9"
California	Zina Ponder	Long Beach	22	5'8"
Colorado	Lynnette Jessen	Denver	23	5'8½"			Previously Miss Colorado 1981
Connecticut	Adrianne Hazelwood	Hamden	17	5'8"			Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1984
Delaware	Sheila Saints	Wilmington	21	5'4"
District of Columbia	Christal Chacon	Washington, D.C.	18	5'9"
Florida	Barbi Losh	North Miami Beach	21	5'8"
Georgia	Amanda Smith	Smyrna	24	5'7"
Hawaii	Tina Machado	Honolulu	25	5'8"	Top 10
Idaho	Sheri Rose	Boise	24	5'7"
Illinois	Laura Bach	Elmhurst	23	5'7"	2nd runner-up
Indiana	Theresa Hobbs	Bloomington	23	5'8"
Iowa	Devin Steinberg	Manson	21	5'8"
Kansas	Jill Denzin	Leawood	21	5'8"
Kentucky	Robyn Overbey	Calvert City	24	5'8"		Miss Photogenic
Louisiana	Sarie Joubert	Shreveport	22	5'9"	3rd runner-up
Maine	Tracie Samara	Portland	22	5'8"
Maryland	Christine Marie	Baldwin	20	5'6"
Massachusetts	Mercedes Waggoner	Boston	21	5'5"	Top 10
Michigan	Nancy Mazuro	Washington	17	5'10"
Minnesota	Kari Lee Johnson	Minneapolis	20	5'8½"	4th runner-up
Mississippi	Camille Gilliland	Meridian	19	5'8"
Missouri	Amy Coverdale	Columbia	22	5'10"	Top 10
Montana	Julie Knox	Bozeman	19	5'10"
Nebraska	Lori Straight	Omaha	20	5'8"
Nevada	Alicia Berger	Las Vegas	19	5'7"			Entertainment reporter for KVBC-DT and regular contributor for Access Hollywood
New Hampshire	Janice LaCroix	Manchester	21	5'6"
New Jersey	Francie Knapp	Linwood	24	5'9"
New Mexico	Brenda Denton	Hobbs	21	5'10"	1st runner-up
New York	Lovey King	Yonkers	20	5'9"
North Carolina	Kate Kenney	Raleigh	23	5'8"
North Dakota	Regina Schatz	Fargo	22	5'7"
Ohio	Lisa Barlow	Vandalia	22	5'6"
Oklahoma	Sophia Henderson	Tulsa	21	5'9"	Top 10
Oregon	Jodi Unruh	Eugene	20	5'5"
Pennsylvania	Sandi Ferguson	Jefferson Hills	18	5'7"
Rhode Island	Dana Wilson	Riverside	21	5'8"
South Carolina	Ann Margarete Hughes	Summerville	23	5'8"
South Dakota	Stacey Arnold	Rapid City	21	5'5½"
Tennessee	Marty Browning	Chattanooga	24	5'5½"		Miss Congeniality	First deaf Miss USA contestant.[2]
Texas	Laura Herring	El Paso	21	5'7"	Winner		Born in Mexico
Utah	Kim Thompson	Salt Lake City	18	5'10"
Vermont	Angie Cummingham	Rutland	20	5'7"
Virginia	Dana Bryant	Richmond	18	5'7½"
Washington	Sherry Rials	Bellevue	23	5'9"
West Virginia	Lorre Lewis	Barboursville	20	5'8"
Wisconsin	Deborah Lynn Strauss	Thiensville	22	5'6"
Wyoming	Wendy Hartwigsen	Gillette	19	5'10½"

Judges

• Breck Jamieson
• Patricia Maxwell
• Rory Calhoun
• Robert Hirschfeld
• Jean Ruth Scott
• Syd Mead
• Jimmy Messina
• Terri Utley
• Martha Smith
• Eric Dickerson
• Richard Anderson

References

1. ^ "A Look at Miss USA". Lakeland Ledger. 1985-05-12. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=OpUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0vsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2042,5207572&dq=miss-usa&hl=en. 
2. ^ "New Language". The Times-News. 1985-04-27. http://news.google.co.nz/newspapers?id=OpUsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0vsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2042,5207572&dq=miss-usa&hl=en. 

See also

• Miss Universe 1985
• Miss Teen USA 1985

External links

• Official website