Miss America 1986
Miss America 1986 | |
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Date | September 14, 1985 |
Presenters | Gary Collins |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | NBC |
Winner | Susan Akin![]() |
Miss America 1986, the 59th Miss America pageant, took place at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 14, 1985 and was broadcast on NBC Network.
Results[]
Final results | Contestant |
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Miss America 1986 | |
1st runner-up |
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2nd runner-up | |
3rd runner-up |
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4th runner-up |
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Top 10 |
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Awards[]
Preliminary awards[]
Awards | Contestant |
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
Non-finalist awards[]
Awards | Contestant |
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Talent |
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Delegates[]
State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
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Angela Tower | Birmingham | 25 | Ballet en Pointe, "Chariots of Fire" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Toured with the 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe
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Kristina Christopher-Taylor | Palmer | 20 | Comedy Monologue | |||
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Diane Martin | Phoenix | 23 | Vocal, "The Man That Got Away" & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret | Later Miss Arizona USA 1987
2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1987 | ||
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Christi Taunton | Camden | 20 | Popular Vocal, "Remembering" | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | ||
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Lisa Davenport | Santa Cruz | 23 | Popular Vocal, "Once in my Lifetime" | Previously named Miss California 1982 when original winner, Debra Maffett, won Miss America 1983
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Linda Trimmer | Denver | 22 | Vocal, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! | |||
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Lorine Guagenti | Derby | 21 | Jazz Dance | |||
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Lisa Anne Patrick | Newark | 24 | Character Ballet en Pointe | |||
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Cherie Ward | Adelphi, MD | 22 | Original Drama | |||
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Monica Farrell | Jacksonville | 21 | Classical Piano, "Prelude No. 5 in G Minor" by Sergei Rachmaninoff | Non-finalist Talent Award | Sister of Miss New York 1984, Mary-Ann Farrell and Miss Illinois 1992, Kathleen Farrell
3rd runner-up at Miss USA 1988 | |
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Samantha Mohr | Columbus | 23 | Popular Vocal, "Wind Beneath My Wings" | |||
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Jeanne Miyamoto | Honolulu | 25 | Vocal/Piano, "Bali Ha'i" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Nanette South | Rexburg | 19 | Alto Saxophone | |||
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Karen Moncrieff | Chicago | 21 | Popular Vocal, "Through the Eyes of Love" from Ice Castles | |||
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Laurie Broderick | Elkhart | 21 | Dance/Twirl | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
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Sherri Bowman | Council Bluffs | 24 | Piano | |||
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Carolyn Jo Kirgis | Salina | 25 | Vocal, "Our Love Is Here to Stay" | |||
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Laurie Janine Keller | Nippa | 21 | Vocal/Ballet en Pointe, "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" | Top 10 | ||
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Carol Carter | Shreveport | 20 | Vocal, "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin | Later Miss Louisiana USA 1987 | ||
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Mary Margaret Nightingale | Fort Fairfield | 25 | Vocal, "The Blue Danube" | |||
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Jennifer Louise Charlton | Bethesda | 22 | Vocal/Dance, "Last Blues Song" | |||
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Lisa Kleypas | Carlisle | 20 | Original Vocal Composition & Guitar, "Love You Are My Wings" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Alecia Rae Masalkoski | Muskegon | 23 | Karate Kata | Top 10 | Holds a black belt in karate
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Elizabeth Hunter | Austin | 21 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Love Is Where You Find It" | |||
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Susan Akin | Meridian | 21 | Vocal, "You're My World" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
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Lisa Coverdale | Columbia | 24 | Classical Piano | |||
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Montana Culbertson | Billings | 19 | Jazz Dance | |||
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Julie Meusburger | Lincoln | 22 | Flute, Carmen Fantasy | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Sonja Nall | Las Vegas | 23 | Classical Ballet en Pointe, "Kitri's Variation" from Don Quixote | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Tami Jean Brisebois | Deerfield | 24 | Modern Dance | |||
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Toni Georgiana | Cherry Hill | 21 | Acrobatic Dance, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" | |||
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Valerie Faber | Hobbs | 26 | Classical Vocal, "Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53" | Top 10 | ||
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Jill Privateer | Fredonia | 21 | Vocal, "Shine On, Harvest Moon" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Joni Parker | Fayetteville | 24 | Vocal, "The Shadow of Your Smile" | |||
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Elizabeth Anne Jaeger | Fargo | 25 | Jazz Dance | Previously Miss North Dakota USA 1983
4th runner-up at Miss USA 1983 | ||
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Suellen Cochran | Heath | 21 | Piano, "Variations on Chopsticks" | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
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Felicia Ferguson | Oklahoma City | 24 | Vocal, "You Don't Know Me" | |||
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Dana Kocks | Ashland | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Seguidilla" from Carmen | |||
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Lea Schiazza | Philadelphia | 23 | Vocal, "Who's Sorry Now' | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Lori Boucher | Pawtucket | 20 | Vocal, "Losing My Mind" | |||
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Sherry Thrift | Westminster | 23 | Clogging, "Are You From Dixie?" | 1st runner-up | Previously South Carolina's Junior Miss 1980 | |
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Amy DeHeer | Hot Springs | 21 | Vocal, "Who Will Buy?" from Oliver! | |||
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Sonya Pleasant | Mountain City | 22 | Vocal, "I Fall to Pieces" | |||
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Jonna Fitzgerald | Tyler | 21 | Fiddle, "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
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Gina Larsen | Provo | 21 | Popular Vocal, "Greatest Love of All" | |||
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Erica Van Der Linde | Old Bennington | 21 | Classical Piano, "Waldesrauschen" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Kimberly Johnson | Coeburn | 19 | Vocal & Piano, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" | |||
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Honey Castro | Moses Lake | 19 | Vocal, "What Did I Have I Don't Have Now" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | 3rd runner-up | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | |
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Rebecca Porterfield | Martinsburg | 21 | Jazz Dance, "Dance Attack" | |||
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Mary Kay Anderson | St. Francis | 20 | Piano, "Frederik Chopin's Etude, Winter Wind, Op 25, No 11" | Later Miss Wisconsin USA 1988 | ||
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Tamra Jo Dereemer | Horse Creek | 22 | Popular Vocal, "God Bless the USA" |
Judges[]
- Marian McKnight
- Chris Schenkel
- Jerome Hines
- Georgia Gibbs
- Gilbert Mitchell
- Cicely Tyson
References[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Miss America
- 1985 in the United States
- 1986 beauty pageants
- 1985 in New Jersey
- September 1985 events in the United States
- Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey