Miss America 1983 | |
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Date | September 11, 1982 |
Presenters | Gary Collins |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | NBC |
Winner | Debra Maffett![]() |
Miss America 1983, the 56th Miss America pageant, was from on the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 11, 1982 on NBC Network.
Pageant winner Debra Maffett later became a television personality and producer.[1][2][3]
Results
[edit]Placements
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4th Runner-Up |
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Top 10 |
Order of announcements
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Top 10[edit]
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Awards
[edit]Preliminary awards
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Non-finalist awards
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Judges
[edit]- Foster Brooks
- Wink Martindale
- Rod McKuen
- Chris Calloway
- Evelyn Ay Sempier
- Herman Vincent
- Caroline Tose
Contestants
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Yolanda Fernandez | Troy | 19 | Classical Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu | 3rd runner-up | Previously Florida's Junior Miss 1980 | |
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Kristan Sapp | Wasilla | 20 | Sac-Jazz Dance | |||
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Debra Daniels | Yuma | 20 | Free Form Gymnastics, "Chariots of Fire" | Top 10 | ||
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Mary Stuart | Little Rock | 20 | Vocal/Broadway Jazz, "The Birth of the Blues" | Top 10 | Later cast as Frannie Hughes on As the World Turns from 1990 to 1993 | |
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Debra Maffett | Anaheim | 25 | Popular Vocal, "Come in From the Rain" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
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Deborah Davids | Denver | 22 | Harp, "Introduction et Allegro" by Maurice Ravel | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Kelly Slater | Woodbury | 21 | Popular Vocal, "Blue Champagne" | |||
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Nancy Ellen Farley | Elsmere | 21 | Comedy Monologue, "Report of the Nominating Committee" | |||
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Deanna Pitman | Apopka | 22 | Lyrical Dance, "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line | |||
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Bobbie Eakes | Warner Robins | 21 | Vocal, "Let's Hear it for Me" from Funny Lady | Top 10 | Sister of Miss Georgia 1979, Sandra Eakes
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Gale Lee Thomas | Honolulu | 21 | Baton Twirling, Theme from Magnum, P.I. & "Hawaiian War Chant" | |||
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Lisa Eaton | Shelley | 22 | Vocal, "It's My Turn" | |||
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Jaleigh Jeffers | Mount Carmel | 21 | Piano, "Bumble Boogie" | |||
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Ilona Conway | Bunker Hill | 25 | Popular Vocal, "Mister Melody" | |||
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Linda Simon | DeWitt | 23 | Baton Twirling | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Lisa Marie Berwick | Valley Center | 21 | Vocal, "Battle Hymn of the Republic" | |||
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Gwendolyn Witten | Vine Grove | 23 | Semi-classical Vocal, "And This is My Beloved" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
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Bobbie Candler | Baton Rouge | 25 | Semi-classical Vocal, "With a Song in My Heart" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously National Sweetheart 1979 | |
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Rebecca Beck | Brunswick | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Adele's Laughing Song" from Die Fledermaus | |||
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Lynne Carol Graham | Bethesda | 23 | Popular Vocal, "Alfie" | Mother of Miss Kentucky 2007, Kaitlynne Postel | ||
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Lisa Scorgie | North Attleboro | 23 | Violin, "Fantasy of Russian Folk Songs" | |||
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Kathy Lou Pennington | Jackson | 25 | Vocal, "God Bless the Child" | |||
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Laurie Saarinen | Osage | 21 | Vocal, "My Man" | Top 10 | Previously Miss North Dakota USA 1981 | |
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Dianne Evans | Taylorsville | 22 | Vocal, "Stormy Weather" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
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Julie Phillips | Ava | 18 | Classical/Jazz Piano | |||
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Kimberly Knauf | Billings | 21 | Piano Medley, "Jump Shout Boogie" & "Sonata Pathétique" | |||
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Sandra Haschke | Humphrey | 20 | Popular Vocal, "All I Ever Need is You" | |||
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Kim King | Las Vegas | 21 | Banjo, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" | |||
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Amy Bowker | Amherst | 21 | Jazz Dance, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | |||
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Christina Shone | Pequannock | 22 | Classical Vocal, "Non Piu Mesta" from La Cenerentola | |||
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Cyndi Ann Friesen | Carlsbad | 19 | Vocal, "Carnival" | |||
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Eileen Clark | Syracuse | 23 | Classical Vocal, "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Elizabeth Williams | Shelby | 22 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" from The Sound of Music | Non-finalist Talent Award
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Jeana Wolf | Rugby | 21 | Tap Dance, "You're a Grand Old Flag" & "Give My Regards to Broadway" | |||
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Debra Gombert | Bexley | 22 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It" | |||
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Nancy Chapman | Altus | 21 | Piano, "Fireworks" by Debussy | 4th runner-up | ||
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Laura Matthys | Salem | 21 | Rifle Twirling Routine, "Herzegovinian March" | |||
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Laurie Ann Hixenbaugh | Belle Vernon | 22 | Baton Twirling, "Pop Goes to the Movies" | |||
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Cynthia Crook | Warwick | 22 | Vocal/Dance, Theme from New York, New York | |||
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Julia Hill | Florence | 26 | Classical Piano, "Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd Movement" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Mother of Miss South Carolina 2008, Anna Perry | |
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Tara Meyerink | Platte | 19 | Classical Piano, "Polichinelle" by Sergei Rachmaninoff | |||
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Desiree Daniels | Chattanooga | 22 | Popular Vocal, "Don't Cry Out Loud" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Later Miss Tennessee USA 1984
2nd runner-up at Miss USA 1984 |
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Gloria Gilbert | Millsap | 20 | Ventriloquism & Vocal, "I've Been Everywhere" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously National Sweetheart 1981
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Cindy Quinn | Provo | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Habanera" from Carmen | |||
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Jill Wyckoff | South Burlington | 20 | Gymnastics Dance, Theme from CHiPs | |||
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Beverly Cooke | Richmond | 24 | Vocal Medley, "Smile" & "Happy Days are Here Again" | Mother of Miss Virginia's Outstanding Teen 2006, Brittany Young | ||
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Monica Hard | Bellevue | 23 | Vocal Medley, "Sweet Inspiration" & "Where You Lead" | |||
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Kelly Lea Anderson | Clarksburg | 21 | Stylized Can-Can | Later Miss West Virginia USA 1984
1st runner-up at Miss USA 1984
Top 5 finalist at Miss World 1984 | ||
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Gail Marie Soller | La Crosse | 24 | Classical Vocal, "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
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Janie Hertzler | Cheyenne | 23 | Vocal, "Everything" |
References
[edit]- ^ "CALIFORNIAN WINS MISS AMERICA". NY Times. September 12, 1982. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "Miss California Debra Sue Maffett a blonde Texan who..." UPI. September 11, 1982. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
- ^ "Debra Sue Maffett: Miss America 1983". UPI. September 12, 1982. Retrieved December 7, 2023.