Miss USA 1982

Miss USA 1982
Date	May 13, 1982
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Gulf Coast Convention Center, Biloxi, Mississippi
Broadcaster	CBS, WJTV
Entrants	51
Placements	12
Winner	Terri Utley  Arkansas
Congeniality	Toni McFadden  Alaska
Photogenic	Sondra Dee Jones  Virginia
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Miss USA 1982, the 31st Miss USA pageant, was televised live on May 13, 1982 from the Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi on CBS.

The pageant was won by Terri Utley of Arkansas, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kim Seelbrede of Ohio. Utley was the first – and to date (as of 2020) only – woman from Arkansas to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1982.

Jeannine Boger of North Carolina is the mother of Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton.

Results

Placements

Special awards

Historical significance

• Arkansas wins competition for the first time and surpasses its previous highest placement in 1955. Also becoming in the 21st state who does it for the first time.
• Texas earns the 1st runner-up position for the fourth time. The last time it placed this was in 1971.
• Utah earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time and reached its highest placement since Linda Bement won in 1960. Ironically, Bement went on to win Miss Universe title in 1960.
• Ohio earns the 3rd runner-up position for the first time and reached its highest placement since Kim Seelbrede won in the previous year.
• Kentucky earns the 4th runner-up position for the fourth time. The last time it placed this was in 1980.
• States that placed in semifinals the previous year were Hawaii, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
• Texas placed for the eighth consecutive year.
• Maryland placed for the third consecutive year.
• Hawaii, Ohio, Tennessee and Virginia made their second consecutive placement.
• Kentucky last placed in 1980.
• Massachusetts last placed in 1979.
• Utah last placed in 1978.
• Michigan last placed in 1976.
• Vermont last placed in 1971.
• Arkansas last placed in 1970.
• Alabama breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1980.
• Arizona breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1979.

Delegates

The Miss USA 1982 delegates were:

Judges

• Summer Bartholomew, Miss USA 1975 from California
• Vic Damone, singer
• Jineane Ford, Miss USA 1980 from Arizona
• Georgia Gibbs, singer
• John James, actor
• Julia Meade, actress
• Robert Pine, actor
• Freddie Solomon, NFL player
• Michelle Stevens, Model
• Gordon Cooper

External links

• Miss USA official website