Miss America 1985
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Miss America 1985 | |
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Date | September 15, 1984 |
Presenters | Gary Collins |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | NBC |
Winner | Sharlene Wells Hawkes![]() |
Miss America 1985, the 58th Miss America pageant, was broadcast from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 15, 1984 on NBC Network.
The winner, Paraguay native Sharlene Wells, became the first foreign-born Miss America. She later became a horse-racing and football commentator for ESPN.
Another of the five finalists, Lauren Green, is currently a correspondent on the Fox News Channel.
Results[]
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss America 1985 |
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1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up |
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3rd runner-up | |
4th runner-up | |
Top 10 |
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Awards[]
Preliminary awards[]
Awards | Contestant |
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
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Non-finalist awards[]
Awards | Contestant |
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Talent |
Judges[]
- Pearl Bailey
- LeRoy Neiman
- Rebecca Ann King
- Vivian Blaine
- Chris Little
- Josiah Bunting III
Contestants[]
State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
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Tammy Little | Section | 23 | Vocal, "Hit Me with a Hot Note" from Sophisticated Ladies | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Maryline Blackburn | Anchorage | 23 | Vocal, "I Am What I Am" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Rhonda White | Central | 20 | Country Vocal Medley | |||
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Lisa Stevens | Arkadelphia | 22 | Flute, "Sabre Dance" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Donna Grace Cherry | Northridge | 21 | Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" | |||
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Lisa Frees | Thornton | 25 | Vocal, "I Got Rhythm" | |||
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Joanne Caruso | Trumbull | 23 | Clarinet, "Jazz Medley" | Sister of Miss Connecticut 1980, Jeanne Caruso | ||
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Nancy Lynn Ball | Rehoboth Beach | 24 | Jazz Ballet en Pointe | |||
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Desiree Keating | Silver Spring, MD | 22 | Interpretive Dance | Later Miss District of Columbia USA 1986 | ||
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Lisa Valdez | Bradenton | 21 | Vocal, "Through the Eyes of Love" | |||
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Camille Bentley | Thomasville | 19 | Popular Vocal, "Until Now" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Debbie Nakanelua | Honolulu | 26 | Stylized Hula, "Hawaiian Hula Eyes" | Top 10 | ||
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Patty Hoag | Burley | 19 | Popular Vocal, "Wind Beneath My Wings" | |||
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Ruth Booker | Chicago | 21 | Vocal, "Kiss Me in the Rain" | |||
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Cynthia Yantis | Fort Wayne | 23 | Popular Vocal, "City Lights" | |||
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Debra Deitering | Missouri Valley | 23 | Vocal, "This is My Life" | |||
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Nancy Lee Cobb | Wichita | 20 | Piano/Vocal, "I Love New Orleans Music" | |||
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Kelly Lin Brumagen | Lexington | 22 | Vocal, "Le Jazz Hot!" from Victor/Victoria | Top 10 | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | |
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Nita Whitaker | Shreveport | 24 | Popular Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" | First African American to win Miss Louisiana | ||
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Lisa Johnson | South Portland | 22 | Electric Violin | |||
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Mary Elizabeth Haroth | Towson | 25 | Vocal, "Memory" from Cats | |||
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Margaret O'Brien | Weymouth | 26 | Vocal Medley, "The Man that Got Away", "The Man I Love", & "My Man" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously National Sweetheart 1983 |
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Barbara Jean Crandall | Lawrence | 21 | Ventriloquism, "Auctioneer's Song" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Lauren Green | Minneapolis | 26 | Piano, "Étude Op. 10, No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor" by Frédéric Chopin | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | First African American Miss Minnesota |
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Kathy Manning | Drew | 22 | Country Vocal, "Crazy" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Later Miss Mississippi USA 1987
Top 11 at Miss USA 1987 Katharine Clare Manning Loeb died at 59 on December 23, 2021 of COVID-19 related illness in Tennessee. |
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Anna Schell | Kennett | 26 | Semi-classical Vocal, Medley from The Sound of Music | |||
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Michele Larson | Billings | 21 | Vocal, "My Tribute" by Andraé Crouch | |||
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Allison Boyd | Nebraska City | 21 | Acrobatic Dance | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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LeAnna Grant | Las Vegas | 22 | Vocal, "I Love Paris" | Later Miss Nevada USA 1986 | ||
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Corinne Lucier | Hooksett | 20 | Vocal, "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood" from Camelot | |||
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Patricia La Terra | West New York | 24 | Dramatic Monologue | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Trina Collins | Hobbs | 22 | Acrobatic Dance | Mother of Miss Indiana 2015, Morgan Jackson | ||
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Mary-Ann Farrell | New York City | 22 | Classical Piano, Danzas Argentinas | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Sister of Miss Florida 1985, Monica Farrell
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Francesca Adler | Fayetteville | 23 | Vocal, "Home" | Mother of Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2018, Jessica Baeder | ||
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Callie Northagen | Grand Forks | 21 | Piano | |||
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Melissa Ann Bradley | Mansfield | 23 | Vocal, "A Piece of Sky" from Yentl | 1st runner-up | Mother of actor Chad Buchanan | |
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Julie Sunday | Owasso | 21 | Piano | |||
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Renee Bagley | Portland | 22 | Popular Vocal, "Don't Cry Out Loud" | |||
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Gina Major | Huntsville | 24 | Vocal, Judy Garland Medley | |||
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Joanna Minisce | North Smithfield | 19 | Modern Jazz Dance | |||
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Vicki Harrell | Columbia | 22 | Piano | |||
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Debra Cleveland | Madison | 19 | Classical Piano | |||
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Shelly Mangrum | Nashville | 23 | Vocal, "And the World Goes 'Round" | Top 10 | ||
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Tamara Hext | Fort Worth | 21 | Vocal, "I've Got a Crush on You" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
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Sharlene Wells | Salt Lake City | 20 | Spanish Vocal & Paraguyan Harp, "Mis Noches Sin Ti" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | First foreign-born Miss America
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Lorrie Glosick | Winooski | 21 | Vocal, "The Trolley Song" | |||
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Susan Carter Parker | Covington | 23 | Classical Vocal, "My Man's Gone Now" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Rebecca Wood | Spokane | 21 | Vocal, "If I Ruled the World" | |||
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Melanne Pennington | Cross Lanes | 24 | Semi-classical Vocal, "One Kiss" from The New Moon | Died from Leukemia at the age of 28 in 1988 | ||
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Barbara Marie Mullally | Onalaska | 22 | Vocal, "Here I Am" | |||
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Annie Easterbrook | Laramie | 21 | Gymnastics Jazz Dance |
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