State
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Name
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Hometown
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Age
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Talent
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Placement
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Special Awards
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Notes
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Alabama
|
Susie Vaughn
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Florence
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21
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Classical Vocal, "Vilja" from The Merry Widow
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Alaska
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Cindy Suryan
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Kodiak
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20
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Popular Vocal & Guitar, "For Baby"
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Arizona
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Stacey Peterson
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Phoenix
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21
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Ventriloquism, "Yankee Doodle"
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4th runner-up
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Arkansas
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Paula Roach
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Jonesboro
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20
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Piano, Theme from Summer of '42
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Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
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California
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Janet Carr
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San Gabriel
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21
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Vocal, "They Call the Wind Maria" from Paint Your Wagon
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2nd runner-up
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Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
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Colorado
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Penny Currier
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Lakewood
|
22
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Concert Pedal Harp, "St. Louis Blues"
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Connecticut
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Mary Cadorette
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East Hartford
|
18
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Modern Jazz Dance
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Delaware
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Elaine Campanelli
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Ocean View
|
20
|
Fire Baton Routine
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Florida
|
Ann K. Schmalzried
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Fort Lauderdale
|
19
|
Classical Piano, "Gardens in the Rain"
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Top 10
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Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
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Georgia
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Seva Day
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Thomasville
|
19
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Vocal, "My Man"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Hawaii
|
Cathy Foy
|
Aiea
|
22
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Vocal/Dance, "Look What Happened to Mabel" from Mack & Mabel
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During the Miss America 2001 pageant, Angela Perez Baraquio danced hula to Foy's vocal recording of "Come Follow Me, I Am Hawaii"
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Idaho
|
Teri Harding
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Heyburn
|
19
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Vocal, "If Ever I Would Leave You"
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Illinois
|
Jean Waters
|
Tuscola
|
22
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Gymnastic Dance/Trampoline, "High School Cadets"
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Indiana
|
Cyndi Legler
|
Fort Wayne
|
21
|
Classical Ballet, "Dawn" from Coppélia
|
Top 10
|
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Contestant at National Sweetheart 1974
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Iowa
|
Debbie Weuve
|
State Center
|
20
|
Vocal, "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret
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Kansas
|
Jana Salmans
|
Hanston
|
20
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Vocal, "Follow Me"
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Kentucky
|
Marsha Griffith
|
Greenup
|
22
|
Vocal/Trumpet, "I Can See Clearly Now"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Louisiana
|
Becky Wilson
|
Bossier City
|
23
|
Vocal, "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin
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Maine
|
Patricia Cyr
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Madawaska
|
18
|
Vocal, "Cabaret"
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Maryland
|
Veronica Marie Clarke
|
Bel Air
|
21
|
Popular Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade"
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Massachusetts
|
Cynthia Carpenter
|
Wayland
|
22
|
Classical Piano, "Malagueña"
|
Top 10
|
Preliminary Talent Award
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Michigan
|
Julie Ann Beckers
|
Allegan
|
18
|
Dance & Speech, "Zarathustra"
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Minnesota
|
Kerri Thorne
|
White Bear Lake
|
19
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Flute, "Swingin' Sheperd Blues" by Moe Koffman
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Non-finalist Talent Award
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Mississippi
|
Mollie Magee
|
Mendenhall
|
19
|
Popular Vocal, "Lights on the Hill"
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Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1972
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Missouri
|
Rebecca Rives
|
Stoutsville
|
22
|
Vocal Medley, "The Trolley Song" & "Over the Rainbow"
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Montana
|
Diana Pacini
|
Great Falls
|
20
|
Classical Piano, "Études Op. 10" by Chopin
|
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Preliminary Talent Award
|
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Nebraska
|
Janet Kay Goode
|
Omaha
|
19
|
Dramatic Skit, "Why?"
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Previously Miss Nebraska World 1974
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Nevada
|
Sherri Ann Lowe
|
Las Vegas
|
21
|
Baton Twirling/Variety Act
|
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New Hampshire
|
Catherine Burnham
|
Goffstown
|
21
|
Comedic Vocal, "Queen Lucy" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
|
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Previously New Hampshire's Junior Miss 1972
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New Jersey
|
Nancy Craig
|
Trenton
|
25
|
Classical Ballet en Pointe, Swan Lake
|
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New Mexico
|
Sarah Jan Schooley
|
Jal
|
21
|
Piano, "Deep Purple"
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New York
|
Tawny Godin
|
Yonkers
|
18
|
Original Piano Composition, "Images in Pastels"
|
Winner
|
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Later Los Angeles news anchor
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North Carolina
|
Susan Lawrence
|
Thomasville
|
21
|
Vocal, "You and I" from Goodbye, Mr. Chips
|
1st runner-up
|
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North Dakota
|
Cathy Woell
|
Minot
|
19
|
Vocal, "Yes"
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Ohio
|
Susan Banks
|
Ravenna
|
24
|
Classical Vocal, "Sempre libera" from La traviata
|
3rd runner-up
|
Preliminary Talent Award
|
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Oklahoma
|
Lisa Reagan
|
Oklahoma City
|
19
|
Vocal Medley, "As Time Goes By" & "I Got Love"
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Former wife of former congressman Mickey Edwards
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Oregon
|
Betty Hupfer
|
Milwaukie
|
21
|
Dance to music from The Unsinkable Molly Brown
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Pennsylvania
|
Connie Harness
|
Mechanicsburg
|
20
|
Classical Vocal, "Romance" from The Desert Song
|
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Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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Rhode Island
|
Debra Cusick
|
Providence
|
20
|
Dance to selections from Promises, Promises
|
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Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
|
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South Carolina
|
Cynthia Anthony
|
West Columbia
|
22
|
Classical Vocal, "Chacun le Sait" from La fille du régiment
|
Top 10
|
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South Dakota
|
Gina Campbell
|
Canton
|
21
|
Vocal, "Listen to a Country Song"
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Tennessee
|
Marion Burgess
|
Memphis
|
21
|
Tap Dance, "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die"
|
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Texas
|
Mary Ellen Richardson
|
Waco
|
20
|
Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust
|
Top 10
|
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Utah
|
Barbara LaVerne Hanks
|
Sandy
|
24
|
Jazz Dance, "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity
|
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Vermont
|
Katherine Rechsteiner
|
Warren
|
23
|
Electric Organ, "Galloping Comedian"
|
|
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Later Miss Vermont USA 1979
|
Virginia
|
Joan Grady
|
Virginia Beach
|
21
|
Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte"
|
|
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Washington
|
Lee Ann Hibbert
|
Shoreline
|
22
|
Vocal/Jazz Improvisation, "That's a Fine Kind O' Freedom"
|
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West Virginia
|
Kristi Wick
|
South Charleston
|
20
|
Vocal, "Am I Blue?"
|
|
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Wisconsin
|
Marilyn Sembell
|
Beloit
|
25
|
Classical Piano, "Prelude in G minor"
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
|
Wyoming
|
Trish Long
|
Laramie
|
21
|
Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly
|
|
Non-finalist Talent Award
|
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