Miss USA 1982
Miss USA 1982 was the 31st Miss USA pageant, televised live on May 13, 1982, from the Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi on CBS.
| Miss USA 1982 | |
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| 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 |
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 2023) 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
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:
Alabama - Lisa Wheeler
Alaska - Toni McFadden
Arizona - Lori Hakola.svg.png.webp)
Arkansas - Terri Utley
California - Suzanne Dewames
Colorado - Dusty Hutton
Connecticut - Maureen Szekeres
Delaware - Shawna Saints
District of Columbia - Lori Esteep.svg.png.webp)
Florida - Lisa Smith.svg.png.webp)
Georgia - Kelly Blackston
Hawaii - Vanessa Dubois
Idaho - Valerie Stephan
Illinois - Carla Danielson
Indiana - Sara Binckley
Iowa - Jeanne Hoyer
Kansas - Stefanie Larson
Kentucky - Kristina Chapman.svg.png.webp)
Louisiana - Lisa Michael
Maine - Theresa Cloutier
Maryland - Angie Boyer
Massachusetts - Janet Marie Flaherty
Michigan - Diane Arabia.svg.png.webp)
Minnesota - Lori Kmetz.png.webp)
Mississippi - Nancy Perkins
Missouri - Susan Heiman
Montana - Perri Stevenson
Nebraska - Lori Novicki.svg.png.webp)
Nevada - Andrea Pennington
New Hampshire - Kathy Rogers
New Jersey - Janice Lynn Straub
New Mexico - Lisa Allen
New York - Annemarie Henderson.svg.png.webp)
North Carolina - Jeannine Dalton
North Dakota - Tammi Martinson
Ohio - Kim Weeda.svg.png.webp)
Oklahoma - Jill Liebmann
Oregon - Kristina Bauer
Pennsylvania - Therese Rosa
Rhode Island - Peggy McGraw
South Carolina - Margo Wood.svg.png.webp)
South Dakota - Meaghan North
Tennessee - Sherly Deanice "Nise" Levy
Texas - Luann Caughey.png.webp)
Utah - Susan Gasser
Vermont - Georgia Davis
Virginia - Sondra Dee Jones
Washington - Jana Minerich
West Virginia - Cindy Baniak
Wisconsin - Cheryl Maslowski
Wyoming - Judy Wilder
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
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