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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 | |
|---|---|
| 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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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[update]) 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
| Final Results | Contestant |
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| Miss USA 1982 | |
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 12 |
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:
- Alabama - Lisa Wheeler
- Alaska - Toni McFadden
- Arizona - Lori Hakola
- Arkansas - Terri Utley
- California - Suzanne Dewames
- Colorado - Dusty Hutton
- Connecticut - Maureen Szekeres
- Delaware - Shawna Saints
- District of Columbia - Lori Esteep
- Florida - Lisa Smith
- Georgia - Kelly Blackston
- Hawaii - Vanessa Dubois
- Idaho - Valerie Stephan
- Illinois - Carla Danielson
- Indiana - Sara Binckley
- Iowa - Jeanne Hoyer
- Kansas - Stefanie Larson
- Kentucky - Kristina Chapman
- Louisiana - Lisa Michael
- Maine - Theresa Cloutier
- Maryland - Angie Boyer
- Massachusetts - Janet Marie Flaherty
- Michigan - Diane Arabia
- Minnesota - Lori Kmetz
- Mississippi - Nancy Perkins
- Missouri - Susan Heiman
- Montana - Perri Stevenson
- Nebraska - Lori Novicki
- Nevada - Andrea Pennington
- New Hampshire - Kathy Rogers
- New Jersey - Janice Lynn Straub
- New Mexico - Lisa Allen
- New York - Annemarie Henderson
- North Carolina - Jeannine Dalton
- North Dakota - Tammi Martinson
- Ohio - Kim Weeda
- Oklahoma - Jill Liebmann
- Oregon - Kristina Bauer
- Pennsylvania - Therese Rosa
- Rhode Island - Peggy McGraw
- South Carolina - Margo Wood
- South Dakota - Meaghan North
- Tennessee - Sherly Deanice "Nise" Levy
- Texas - Luann Caughey
- 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
- Miss USA official website