Miss World America 1979

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Miss World America 1979
DateSeptember 15, 1979
VenueReichhold Center for the Arts, Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands
Entrants50
Placements8
Withdrawals
  • District of Columbia
WinnerCarter Wilson
Virginia Virginia
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Miss World America 1979 was the 2nd edition of the Miss World America pageant and it was held in Reichhold Center for the Arts in Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands and was won by Carter Wilson of Virginia. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder, Debra Jean Freeze of North Carolina. Wilson went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 1979 Pageant in London later that year. She finished in the Top 15 at Miss World.[1]

Results[]

Placements[]

Final results Contestant
Miss World America 1979
  • Virginia Virginia – Carter Wilson
1st Runner-Up
  • Kentucky Kentucky – Robyn Kay Overby
2nd Runner-Up
  • California California – Ramona Henriette Rolle
Top 8
  • Delaware Delaware – Debra Ann Kucher
  • Hawaii Hawaii – Marie Alohalani Brown
  • Minnesota Minnesota – Dawn Carroll La Motte
  • North Carolina North Carolina – Deborah Ann Fountain
  • Rhode Island Rhode Island - Maureen Mary Whitehouse

Special awards[]

Award Contestant
Miss Personality
  •  Wisconsin – Debbie Riedel
Miss Photogenic
  •  Illinois – Katherine Ann Kivisto

Delegates[]

The Miss World America 1979 delegates were:

  • Alabama Alabama - Rene’ Hamilton
  • Alaska Alaska - Heidi Sue Ruess
  • Arizona Arizona - Debbie Jo Nix
  • Arkansas Arkansas - Rhonda Cobb
  • California California - Ramona Henriette Rolle
  • Colorado Colorado - Cindy Marie Byerly
  • Connecticut Connecticut - Beth Sweeney
  • Delaware Delaware - Debra Ann Kucher
  • Florida Florida - Eugenia Rywant
  • Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia - Lisa Condrey
  • Hawaii Hawaii - Marie Alohalani Brown
  • Idaho Idaho - Tannie Ouren
  • Illinois Illinois - Katherine Ann Kivisto
  • Indiana Indiana - Lisa Amsbury
  • Iowa Iowa - Janice Marie Rife
  • Kansas Kansas - Dine Tapaoan
  • Kentucky Kentucky - Robyn Kay Overby
  • Louisiana Louisiana - Misty Norwood
  • Maine Maine - Kim Moxcey
  • Maryland Maryland - Sheri Clineman
  • Massachusetts Massachusetts - Diane Maguire
  • Michigan Michigan - Cindy Boufford
  • Minnesota Minnesota - Dawn Carroll La Motte
  • Mississippi Mississippi - Melnee Williams
  • Missouri Missouri - Sherri Anderson
  • Montana Montana - Susan Marie Riplett
  • Nebraska Nebraska - Evelyn Rahm
  • Nevada Nevada - Gina Hines
  • New Hampshire New Hampshire - Darlene Sterbenz
  • New Jersey New Jersey - Angela Hetzel
  • New Mexico New Mexico - Kathleen Callahan
  • New York (state) New York - Shelly Broadwell
  • North Carolina North Carolina - Deborah Ann Fountain
  • North Dakota North Dakota - Machelle Marie Barros
  • Ohio Ohio - Kathleen King
  • Oklahoma Oklahoma - Lesa Jane Sadler
  • Oregon Oregon - Pam Rowton
  • Pennsylvania Pennsylvania - Mary Lucina Engel
  • Rhode Island Rhode Island - Maureen Mary Whitehouse
  • South Carolina South Carolina - Lynn Boyles
  • South Dakota South Dakota - Sharon Thompson
  • Tennessee Tennessee - Angela Garner
  • Texas Texas - Sharri Gorrell
  • Utah Utah - Lonni Lynn Jones
  • Vermont Vermont - Joanne Colbert
  • Virginia Virginia - Carter Wilson
  • Washington (state) Washington - Sydney Louise Smith
  • West Virginia West Virginia - Vicki L. Philips
  • Wisconsin Wisconsin - Debbie Riedel
  • Wyoming Wyoming - Kim Morgan

Notes[]

Withdrawals[]

  •  District of Columbia

Crossovers[]

Contestants who competed in other beauty pageants:

Miss USA
  • 1976:  Delaware: Debra Ann Kucher
  • 1978:  Montana: Susan Marie Riplett
  • 1981:  North Carolina: Deborah Ann Fountain (as  New York; disqualified)
  • 1985:  Kentucky: Robyn Kay Overby
Miss World America
  • 1980:  Wisconsin: Debbie Riedel

References[]

  1. ^ West, Donald (ed.). "World-America". pageantopolis.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

External links[]

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