Miss USA 1977
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| Miss USA 1977 | |
|---|---|
| Date | May 14, 1977 |
| Presenters | Bob Barker and Helen O'Connell |
| Entertainment | Bobby Vinton |
| Venue | Gillard Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, South Carolina |
| Broadcaster | CBS, WCSC-TV |
| Entrants | 51 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Winner | Kimberly Tomes Texas |
| Congeniality | Linda Lefevre Florida |
| Photogenic | Elizabeth Curran Illinois |
Miss USA 1977 was the 26th Miss USA pageant, televised live by CBS from the Gillard Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, South Carolina on May 14, 1977.
The pageant was won by Kimberly Tomes of Texas, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Barbara Peterson of Minnesota. Tomes was the first woman from Texas to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as a semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1977.
Results[edit]
| Final Results | Contestant |
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| Miss USA 1977 | |
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up |
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| 4th Runner-Up | |
| Top 12 |
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Special awards[edit]
| Award | Contestant |
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| Miss Congeniality |
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| Miss Photogenic |
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Historical significance[edit]
- Texas wins competition for the first time and surpasses its previous highest placement in 1971. Also becoming in the 19th state who does it for the first time.
- Nevada earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time, becoming its highest placement of the state until 2014.
- Minnesota earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time.
- California earns the 3rd runner-up position for the fourth time. The last time it placed this was in 1974.
- Virginia earns the 4th runner-up position for the first time and it reaches the highest placement since Deborah Shelton won in 1970.
- States that placed in semifinals the previous year were California, Georgia, Minnesota, New Mexico and Texas.
- California placed for the twenty-first consecutive year.
- Texas placed for the third consecutive year.
- Georgia, Minnesota and New Mexico made their second consecutive placement.
- District of Columbia, Hawaii, New Jersey and Virginia last placed in 1975.
- Arizona and Nevada last placed in 1974.
- Maine last placed in 1970.
- Missouri breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1974.
Delegates[edit]
The Miss USA 1977 delegates were:
Alabama - Cheryl Burgess
Alaska - Edith Baker
Arizona - Toni Abranovic
Arkansas - Debra Duree
California - Pamela Gergely
Colorado - Mary Anne Genzel
Connecticut - Susan Crone
Delaware - Debby Faulkner
District of Columbia - Sharon Sutherland- Florida - Linda Lefevre
Georgia - Linda Kerr
Hawaii - Cely de Castro
Idaho - Leslie Kingon- Illinois - Elizabeth Curran
Indiana - Lynn Flaherty
Iowa - Cindy Woodard
Kansas - Sherry Brane
Kentucky - Sandy Smith
Louisiana - Patti Rosenbalm
Maine - Tina Brown
Maryland - Twyla Littleton
Massachusetts - Carolyn Marcil
Michigan - Jenny Pinks
Minnesota - Deborah Cossette
Mississippi - Leigh Tapley
Missouri - Connie Ast
Montana - Theresa Rose Bajt
Nebraska - Debbie Ridge
Nevada - Mary O'Neal Cantino
New Hampshire - Belinda Bridgeman
New Jersey - Juanita McCarty
New Mexico - Denise Funderburk
New York - Deborah Martin
North Carolina - Vikki Verbyla
North Dakota - Barbara Redlin
Ohio - Lesa Rummell
Oklahoma - Kathy Malchar
Oregon - Charisse Charlton
Pennsylvania - Lorraine Lincoski
Rhode Island - Susan Carten
South Carolina - Pam Hoover
South Dakota - Ginger Thomson
Tennessee - Rene Jean Smith- Texas - Kimberly Tomes
Utah - Michele Miner
Vermont - Anne Kent
Virginia - Lynn Herring
Washington - Ivy Lynn Reed
West Virginia - Pat Brown
Wisconsin - Vicki Payne
Wyoming - Michele Fisser