Miss America 1981
Miss America 1981 | |
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![]() Susan Powell, Miss America 1981 | |
Date | September 6, 1980 |
Presenters | Ron Ely |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | NBC |
Winner | Susan Powell![]() |
Miss America 1981, the 54th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1980 on NBC Network.
The winner, Susan Powell of Oklahoma, later became co-host of the series Home Matters on the Discovery Channel.
Results[]
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss America 1981 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runners-up (tie) |
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4th runner-up | |
Top 10 |
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Preliminary awards[]
Awards | Contestant |
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
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Other awards[]
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Non-finalist Talent |
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Delegates[]
State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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Paige Phillips | Leeds | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent | |||
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Sandra Lashbrook | Eagle River | |||||
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Brenda Strong | Tempe | Actress in Desperate Housewives | ||||
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Lencola Sullivan | Morrilton | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | First African-American contestant to place as a runner-up at Miss America[citation needed] | ||
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Robin Brooks | Elverta | |||||
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Kimberly Christiansen | Arvada | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
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Jeanne Caruso | Trumbull | Top 10 | divorced Joe Theismann | |||
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Andra Lee Dickerson | Newark | |||||
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Caroline Dungan | Bradenton | |||||
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Lynn Smith | Savannah | |||||
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Kanoelehua Cook | Aiea | |||||
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Leslie Taylor | Burley | |||||
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Blythe Sawyer | Naperville | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
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Teri Kardatzke | Anderson | |||||
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Jane Patton | Council Bluffs | |||||
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K. Leann Folsom | Wichita | |||||
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Daphne Cochran | Louisville | |||||
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Martha "Missy" Crews | Baton Rouge | |||||
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Valerie Crooker | Brunswick | Miss Maine USA 1979 | ||||
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Lisa Marie Daskal | Cumberland | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
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Amy Linder | Lowell | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
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Heidi Hepler | Livonia | |||||
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Debra Goodwin | Austin | Preliminary Swimsuit, Non-finalist Talent | ||||
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Donna Pope | McNeil | 2nd runner-up (tie) | Preliminary Swimsuit | |||
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Carla LaFevre | Harrisonville | |||||
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Lilly Cruise | Miles City | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
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Paula Louise Mitchell | Norfolk | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
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Phyllis Hamlin | Reno | |||||
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Diane McGarry | Manchester | |||||
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Therese Hanley | Jersey City | 2nd runner-up (tie) | ||||
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Teresa Elizabeth Anderson | Hobbs | |||||
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Cheryl Flanagan | Rochester | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent | |||
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Janet Black | Kannapolis | Non-finalist Talent | Top 5 at Maid of Cotton 1980 | |||
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Karen Moe | Minot | |||||
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Kathy Vernon | Youngstown | Top 10 | ||||
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Susan Powell | Elk City | Miss America 1981 | Preliminary Talent (tie) | |||
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Teresa Richardson | Forest Grove | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
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Anita Ellen Patton | Lebanon | |||||
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Dawn Potter | Pascoag | |||||
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Donna Jewell | Columbia | |||||
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Carol Barnett | Sioux Falls | |||||
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Sarah Leonard | Jonesborough | |||||
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Terri Eoff | Lubbock | Top 10 | ||||
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Jean Bullard | Provo | |||||
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Carole Spolar | St. Albans | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
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Holly Jereme | Roanoke | |||||
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Doris Hayes | Tacoma | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent (tie) | First African-American preliminary winner[citation needed] | ||
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Pamela Ellen Paugh | Charleston | Aunt of JonBenét Ramsey, Sister of Miss West Virginia 1977 | ||||
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Dana Spychalla | Appleton | |||||
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Susan Pennington | Casper |
Judges[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Miss America
- 1980 in the United States
- 1981 beauty pageants
- 1980 in New Jersey
- September 1980 events in the United States
- Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey