Miss Teen USA 1990

Miss Teen USA 1990
Date	July 16, 1990
Presenters	Sandy Duncan, Kelly Hu and Leeza Gibbons
Entertainment	Gulf Coast Teen Orchestra
Venue	Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi
Broadcaster	CBS
Winner	Bridgette Wilson Oregon
Congeniality	Shirelle Robinson
Photogenic	J.J. Casper

Miss Teen USA 1990, the eighth Miss Teen USA pageant, was televised live from Biloxi, Mississippi on July 16, 1990.

At the conclusion of the final competition, Bridgette Wilson of Oregon was crowned by outgoing titleholder Brandi Sherwood of Idaho.^[1]

1990 marked the year that Oregon won the pageant for the second of three times in the history of the pageant. No other state has won more than one Miss Teen USA title, making Oregon the only one with three crowns: Mindy Duncan in 1988, Bridgette Wilson in 1990 and Tami Farrell in 2003.

This was the first year the pageant was held at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum in Biloxi,^[2] where it would be held for the following four years.

Sandy Duncan hosted the event for the only time, with color commentary by Leeza Gibbons and Miss Teen USA 1985 Kelly Hu. Music was provided by the Gulf Coast Teen Orchestra. Duncan was the first female host of an American beauty pageant.^[3]

Results

Placements

Map showing placements by state

• Miss Teen USA 1990: Bridgette Wilson (Oregon)
• The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Marla Johnson (Alaska)
  • 2nd runner-up: Holly Roehl (Georgia)

• The other top six finalists were: April Vaughan (Kentucky), Susan Barnett (Pennsylvania) and Becky Fisher (Texas).

• The remaining semi-finalists were: Ali Landry (Louisiana), Trisha Robie (California), Tavia Shackles (Missouri), Nina Cammaratta (Massachusetts), Jeri Lynn Beatty (Arizona), Shalon Pekosky (Colorado).

Special awards

• Miss Congeniality: Shirelle Robinson (District of Columbia)
• Miss Photogenic: J.J. Casper (Nevada)

Historical significance

• Colorado and Arizona placed for the first time.
• This was Alaska's first placement ever, and the state would not record another placement until 2003.

Scores

Preliminary competition

The following are the contestants' scores in the preliminary competition.

State Swimsuit Evening gown Interview Average Alabama 7.28 7.17 7.20 7.22 Alaska 7.53 7.20 8.74 7.82 Arizona 7.86 7.37 7.59 7.61 Arkansas 6.39 6.40 7.39 6.73 California 7.41 7.33 8.37 7.70 Colorado 7.91 7.34 7.80 7.68 Connecticut 6.74 6.59 7.14 6.82 Delaware 7.04 6.73 7.37 7.05 District of Columbia 7.27 7.64 7.41 7.44 Florida 6.93 6.61 7.89 7.14 Georgia 7.49 7.84 8.57 7.97 Hawaii 6.94 6.87 7.50 7.10 Idaho 6.83 7.17 8.06 7.35 Illinois 7.26 6.84 7.64 7.25 Indiana 7.17 7.21 7.93 7.44 Iowa 6.74 6.80 8.07 7.20 Kansas 7.11 6.64 7.49 7.08 Kentucky 7.86 7.34 8.13 7.78 Louisiana 8.09 8.31 7.70 8.03 Maine 6.64 6.86 7.43 6.98 Maryland 7.67 6.94 7.39 7.33 Massachusetts 7.86 7.66 7.66 7.79 Michigan 7.04 7.59 7.10 7.24 Minnesota 6.96 7.23 7.83 7.16 Mississippi 7.24 7.97 7.09 7.43 Missouri 7.69 7.73 8.27 7.90 Montana 7.00 6.97 6.60 6.86 Nebraska 6.56 7.21 7.87 7.21 Nevada 7.24 7.00 7.84 7.36 New Hampshire 6.97 6.74 7.79 6.82 New Jersey 6.63 6.63 7.79 7.02 New Mexico 6.49 6.89 7.49 6.96 New York 7.40 7.64 7.76 7.60 North Carolina 7.25 7.21 8.11 7.52 North Dakota 6.96 7.49 7.80 7.42 Ohio 6.67 6.97 8.09 7.24 Oklahoma 6.81 7.00 7.61 7.14 Oregon 7.49 7.54 8.67 7.90 Pennsylvania 7.96 7.64 8.57 8.06 Rhode Island 7.20 7.40 7.33 7.31 South Carolina 7.43 7.67 7.66 7.59 South Dakota 6.29 6.51 7.34 6.71 Tennessee 6.80 7.34 8.64 7.59 Texas 7.93 7.63 8.59 8.05 Utah 6.70 7.57 8.04 7.44 Vermont 6.57 6.59 7.14 6.77 Virginia 6.84 7.11 8.23 7.39 Washington 6.59 6.64 7.49 6.91 West Virginia 7.16 6.91 7.34 7.14 Wisconsin 6.63 6.97 7.66 7.09 Wyoming 6.49 6.70 8.00 7.06

Winner      First runner-up      Second runner-up      Top 6 Finalist      Top 12 Semifinalist

Semifinal scores

State Swimsuit Evening Gown Interview Average Oregon 8.943 9.300 9.271 9.171 Alaska 8.757 9.200 9.151 9.036 Georgia 9.014 9.386 9.214 9.204 Texas 8.930 9.400 9.050 9.126 Kentucky 8.857 9.329 9.107 9.097 Pennsylvania 9.086 9.286 8.757 9.043 Louisiana 8.746 9.214 8.857 8.939 California 8.543 9.057 8.971 8.857 Missouri 8.671 9.014 8.743 8.809 Massachusetts 8.543 9.029 8.829 8.800 Arizona 8.429 8.929 8.957 8.771 Colorado 8.843 8.843 8.529 8.738

Winner      First runner-up      Second runner-up      Top 6 Finalist

Delegates

The Miss Teen USA 1990 delegates were:

Alabama - Candi Byrd Alaska - Marla Johnson Arizona - Jeri-Lynn Beatty Arkansas - Karen Pugh California - Trisha Robey Colorado - Shalon Pekosky Connecticut - Amy Riboink Delaware - Kristen Pontius District of Columbia - Shirelle Robinson Florida - Michelle Benitez Georgia - Holly Roehl Hawaii - Sunny Kenaialpuni Idaho - Jody Walker Illinois - Terri Bollinger Indiana - Kristen Helms Iowa - Faith Windsor Kansas - Carrie Williams Kentucky - April Vaughan Louisiana - Ali Landry[4] Maine - Michelle Grenier Maryland - Mary Ann Cimino Massachusetts - Nina Cammaratta Michigan - Erica Weber Minnesota - Jennifer Bell Mississippi - Kim Faulkner Missouri - Tavia Shackles

Montana - Stephanie Wallace Nebraska - Shauna Redfern[5] Nevada - J.J. Casper New Hampshire - Sarah McFall New Jersey - Jennifer Giordano New Mexico - Beth Baskin New York - Catherine Bliss North Carolina - Heather Simmons North Dakota - Sherry Bernadis Ohio - Heather Wilpert Oklahoma - Carmen James Oregon - Bridgette Wilson[6] Pennsylvania - Susan Barnett Rhode Island - Claudia Jordan South Carolina - Katherine Hancock South Dakota - Petrona Usera Tennessee - Kristen Castle Texas - Becky Fisher Utah - Melissa Leigh Anderson Vermont - Jessica Tortolono Virginia - Yuranda Harris[7] Washington - Paige Anderson West Virginia - Mindy Green Wisconsin - Deborah Santacrothie Wyoming - Janet Poccup

Crossovers

• Ali Landry (Louisiana) went on to become Miss Louisiana USA 1996 and Miss USA 1996.
• Bridgette Wilson later became an actress, and in 1998 was the only Miss Teen USA titleholder to win a Miss Universe Organisation Distinguished Achievement Award. She later married tennis player Pete Sampras.
• Eight other contestants later won Miss USA state titles, four representing states other than that which they competed for at Miss Teen USA:
  • Holly Roehl (Georgia) - Miss Indiana USA 1996 (Top 10 semifinalist at Miss USA 1996)
  • Claudia Jordan (Rhode Island) - Miss Rhode Island USA 1997 (Top 10 semifinalist at Miss USA 1997, later worked as a Barker's Beauty and suitcase model on Deal or No Deal)
  • Melissa Leigh Anderson (Utah) - Miss Utah USA 1998 (Top 5 finalist at Miss USA 1998)
  • Susan Barnett (Pennsylvania) - Miss Pennsylvania USA 1996 (Nowadays a successful television journalist and anchorperson)
  • Tavia Shackles (Missouri) - Miss Kansas USA 1993 (2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1993)
  • Catherine Bliss (New York) - Miss Vermont USA 1998
  • Mary Ann Cimino (Maryland) - Miss Maryland USA 1993
  • Terri Bollinger (Illinois) - Miss Missouri USA 1999

Dolphin controversy

In a pre-taped segment for the pageant telecast on July 2, a small group of delegates was filmed playing with dolphins in a training pool at the Marine Life Oceanarium. This led to a probe by the National Marine Fisheries Service to investigate whether the oceanarium was in violation of its permit by allowing the delegates to swim with the dolphins.^[8] It was later decided that the segment would be edited so that it only showed the delegates feeding the mammals.^[9]

Judges

• Bill Daily
• Nina Blanchard
• Robin Roberts
• Steven Fertig
• Susan Akin
• Edward Wilson
• Melanie Sherwood
• James House
• Dr. Joyce Brothers

References

1. ^ "Oregon Girl Wins Pageant". Associated Press. 1990-07-16. 
2. ^ "Miss. Gulf Coast enjoying TV exposure". The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate. 1990-07-09. 
3. ^ "Sandy Duncan eases into a `first'". St. Petersburg Times. 1990-07-06. p. 7D. 
4. ^ "Teen pageant airs Monday". Teen pageant airs Monday. 1990-07-12. p. 5-C. 
5. ^ "UNL Student, Omaha Teen Win Pageants". The Omaha World-Herald. 1990-01-07. p. 2b. 
6. ^ "Teen chosen at pageant". Portland Oregonian. 1989-11-27. p. 4. 
7. ^ Taylor, Charles (1990-07-17). "Once in lifetime experience may be just that...". The Richmond News Leader. 
8. ^ "Marine Life being probed after letting teen girls in pool". The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate. 1990-07-09. 
9. ^ "Pageant telecast won't include dolphin scenes". The Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate. 1990-07-15. 

External links

• Official website