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{{Short description|50th Miss America pageant}} |
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{{Infobox beauty pageant |
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| winner = [[Phyllis George]] |
| winner = [[Phyllis George]] † |
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| date = September 12, 1970 |
| date = September 12, 1970 |
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| presenters = [[Bert Parks]] |
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[[File:Mary Hart 2008.jpg|right|thumb|140px|[[Mary Hart|Mary Harum (Mary Hart)]], [[Miss South Dakota]] 1970]] |
[[File:Mary Hart 2008.jpg|right|thumb|140px|[[Mary Hart|Mary Harum (Mary Hart)]], [[Miss South Dakota]] 1970]] |
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'''Miss America 1971''', the 44th [[Miss America]] pageant, was held at the [[Boardwalk Hall]] in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] on September 12, 1970.<ref name=tv>{{cite web |
'''Miss America 1971''', the 44th [[Miss America]] pageant, was held at the [[Boardwalk Hall]] in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]] on September 12, 1970.<ref name=tv>{{cite web|title=Television in Review|last=Musel|first=Robert|date=1970-08-26|publisher=[[The Bryan Times]] p. 16 ([[United Press International]])}}</ref><ref>[http://www.deseretnews.com/top/1830/46/1971-There-she-is-From-1921-to-2014-see-the-Miss-America-pageant-through-the-years.html There she is: From 1921 to 2014, see the Miss America pageant through the years:1971]</ref> The [[Women's liberation movement|Women's Liberation Front]] demonstrated at the event<ref name=tv/> and [[Miss Iowa]] 1970, [[Cheryl Browne]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.missiowa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146&Itemid=554 |title=List of Miss Iowa Winners |access-date=2015-03-01 |archive-date=2015-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218024744/http://www.missiowa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=146&Itemid=554 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was the first [[African American]] contestant in the history of the [[Miss America]] pageant.<ref name="tv"/><ref name="photos"/><ref name="history">{{cite news|url=http://qctimes.com/lifestyles/history-follows-former-miss-iowa-first-black-pageant-winner-recalls/article_11e551e5-dc86-5ed1-8447-a224562ad89e.html|title=History follows former Miss Iowa First black pageant winner recalls her crowning moment|last=Davis|first=Shirley|date=2000-10-19|newspaper=[[Quad-City Times]]}}</ref> [[Miss South Dakota]] 1970 [[Mary Hart|Mary Harum (Mary Hart)]] and [[Miss New Jersey]] 1970 [[Hela Yungst]] would both become media personalities. |
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[[Miss Texas]] 1970, [[Phyllis George]], was crowned Miss America 1971. George would later become a noted media personality, featured on the CBS football program ''[[The NFL Today]]'', as well as the First Lady of [[Kentucky]] from 1979 to 1983. |
[[Miss Texas]] 1970, [[Phyllis George]], was crowned Miss America 1971. George would later become a noted media personality, featured on the CBS football program ''[[The NFL Today]]'', as well as the First Lady of [[Kentucky]] from 1979 to 1983. |
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In August 1971, George traveled to [[Vietnam]] with [[Miss Nevada]] 1970, Vicky Jo Todd, [[Miss New Jersey]] 1970, [[Hela Yungst]], [[Miss Arizona]] 1970, Karen Shields, [[Miss Arkansas]] 1970, Donna Connelly, [[Miss Iowa]] 1970, [[Cheryl Browne]], and [[Miss Texas]] 1970 (George's replacement after she became Miss America), Belinda Myrick.<ref name=vietnam>{{cite web |
In August 1971, George traveled to [[Vietnam]] with [[Miss Nevada]] 1970, Vicky Jo Todd, [[Miss New Jersey]] 1970, [[Hela Yungst]], [[Miss Arizona]] 1970, Karen Shields, [[Miss Arkansas]] 1970, Donna Connelly, [[Miss Iowa]] 1970, [[Cheryl Browne]], and [[Miss Texas]] 1970 (George's replacement after she became Miss America), Belinda Myrick.<ref name=vietnam>{{cite web |
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|title=People in News|last=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press|date=1971-08-11|publisher=[[Kentucky New Era]] p. 23}}</ref> They were participating in a 22-day [[United Service Organizations]] tour for [[Role of the United States in the Vietnam War#Vietnamization.2C 1969.E2.80.9375|American troops there]]. The tour began in [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]].<ref name=photos>{{cite web|url=http://www.comanchero.org/pictures59.htm|title=Photographs by Paul Cauley, 1971 Door Gunner, A Co 101st Avn (Text by Belinda Myrick-Barnett)|last=Cauley|first=Paul|date=1971|publisher=Paul Cauley}}</ref><ref name=history/><ref name=vietnam/> Browne later commented that she thought "it was one of the last Miss America groups to go to Vietnam."<ref name="history"/> |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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===Placements=== |
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| '''Miss America 1971''' |
| '''Miss America 1971''' |
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* '''{{flag|Texas}} – [[Phyllis George]] †''' |
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* {{flag|South Carolina}} – Claudia Carmen Turner † |
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* {{flag|Mississippi|1894}} – Christine McClamroch |
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* {{flag|Arkansas}} – Donna Connelly |
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* {{flag|Florida|1900}} – Lisa Donovan |
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* {{flag|New York}} – Katherine Karlsrud |
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* {{flag|Oklahoma|1941}} – Judy Adams |
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* {{flag|South Dakota|1963}} – [[Mary Hart|Mary Harum]] |
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===Order of announcements=== |
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===Top 5=== |
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===Awards=== |
===Awards=== |
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* {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Miss Hawaii|Hawaii]] - Kathleen P. O'Sullivan |
* {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Miss Hawaii|Hawaii]] - Kathleen P. O'Sullivan |
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* {{flagicon|Florida|1900}} [[Miss Florida|Florida]] - Lisa Donovan |
* {{flagicon|Florida|1900}} [[Miss Florida|Florida]] - Lisa Donovan |
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* {{flagicon|Indiana}} [[Miss Indiana|Indiana]] - Debbie May |
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*{{flagicon|Alaska}} [[Miss Alaska|Alaska]] - Virginia Walker |
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| '''Non-finalist Talent''' |
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* {{flagicon|Rhode Island}} [[Miss Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] - Teresa Louise Bradley |
* {{flagicon|Rhode Island}} [[Miss Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] - Teresa Louise Bradley |
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* {{flagicon|Utah|1912}} [[Miss Utah|Utah]] - Deborah Dunn |
* {{flagicon|Utah|1912}} [[Miss Utah|Utah]] - Deborah Dunn |
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* {{flagicon|Indiana}} [[Miss Indiana|Indiana]] - Debbie May |
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*{{flagicon|Alaska}} [[Miss Alaska|Alaska]] - Virginia Walker |
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==Judges== |
==Judges== |
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*[[Hal David]] |
*[[Hal David]]† |
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*[[Dr. Zelma George]] |
*[[Dr. Zelma George]] |
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*[[Bud Westmore]] |
*[[Bud Westmore]]† |
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*[[Robert F. Lewine]] |
*[[Robert F. Lewine]] |
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*[[Joan Crosby (actress)|Joan Crosby]] |
*[[Joan Crosby (actress)|Joan Crosby]] |
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*[[Edward Loeb]] |
*[[Edward Loeb]] |
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*[[Maria Gamarelli Fenton]] |
*[[Maria Gamarelli Fenton]] |
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*[[Norton Mockridge]] |
*[[Norton Mockridge]]† |
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*[[Dr. W. Hugh Moomaw]] |
*[[Dr. W. Hugh Moomaw]] |
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== Contestants == |
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|{{Flagicon|Alabama}} '''[[Miss Alabama|Alabama]]''' |
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|Suzanne Dennie |
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|[[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] |
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|Popular Vocal, "Alfie" |
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|Preliminary Talent Award |
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|{{Flagicon|Alaska}} '''[[Miss Alaska|Alaska]]''' |
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|Virginia Walker |
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|[[Kotzebue, Alaska|Kotzebue]] |
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|Original Poem, "My Wonderland" |
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|Special Judges' Award |
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Neat as a Pin Award |
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|First Miss America contestant from the [[Arctic Circle]] |
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|{{Flagicon|Arizona}} '''[[Miss Arizona|Arizona]]''' |
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|Karen Shields |
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|[[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]] |
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|Dance & Vocal Medley from ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' |
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|{{Flagicon|Arkansas}} '''[[Miss Arkansas|Arkansas]]''' |
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|Donna Connelly |
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|[[Hope, Arkansas|Hope]] |
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|Vocal Medley, "Who Will Buy" from ''[[Oliver!]]'' & "[[Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing]]" |
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|Top 10 |
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|{{Flagicon|California}} '''[[Miss California|California]]''' |
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|Karin Kascher |
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|[[Castro Valley, California|Castro Valley]] |
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|Violin, "[[Méditation (Thaïs)|Méditation]]" |
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|Non-finalist Talent Award |
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|{{Flagicon|Colorado}} '''[[Miss Colorado|Colorado]]''' |
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|Sue Gehrman |
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|[[Fort Collins, Colorado|Fort Collins]] |
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|Musical Interpretation, "Just You Wait" from ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' |
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|{{Flagicon|Connecticut}} '''[[Miss Connecticut|Connecticut]]''' |
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|Cynthia Fowler |
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|[[Cheshire, Connecticut|Cheshire]] |
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|21 |
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|Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' |
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|{{Flagicon|Delaware}} '''[[Miss Delaware|Delaware]]''' |
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|Linda Sue Hitchens |
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|[[Seaford, Delaware|Seaford]] |
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|Vocal/Dance, "[[Give My Regards to Broadway]]" |
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|{{Flagicon|Florida}} '''[[Miss Florida|Florida]]''' |
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|Lisa Donovan |
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|[[Sarasota, Florida|Sarasota]] |
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|Vocal, "[[Feeling Good]]" |
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|Preliminary Talent Award |
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|Singer on 1980s game show ''[[Face the Music (American game show)|Face the Music]]'' |
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|{{Flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} '''[[Miss Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]''' |
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|Nancy Carr |
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|[[Midland, Columbus, Georgia|Midland]] |
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|Popular Vocal, "I Wish You Love" |
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|{{Flagicon|Hawaii}} '''[[Miss Hawaii|Hawaii]]''' |
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|Kathleen Puanani O'Sullivan |
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|[[Kailua, Hawaii|Kailua]] |
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|Modern Dance, "[[Ritual Fire Dance]]" |
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|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
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|{{Flagicon|Idaho}} '''[[Miss Idaho|Idaho]]''' |
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|Noralyn Olsen |
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|[[Ovid, Idaho|Ovid]] |
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|Classical Piano, "[[Étude Op. 10, No. 5 (Chopin)|Etude Op. 10, No. 5]]" |
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|{{Flagicon|Illinois}} '''[[Miss Illinois|Illinois]]''' |
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|Lynn Alexander |
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|[[Loami, Illinois|Loami]] |
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|Classical Vocal, "[[Vissi d'arte]]" |
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|{{Flagicon|Indiana}} '''[[Miss Indiana|Indiana]]''' |
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|Debbie May |
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|[[Remington, Indiana|Remington]] |
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|Semi-classical Vocal, "The Impossible Dream" |
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|Non-finalist Talent Award; Miss Congeniality |
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|{{Flagicon|Iowa}} '''[[Miss Iowa|Iowa]]''' |
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|[[Cheryl Browne]] |
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|[[Decorah, Iowa|Decorah]] |
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|Ballet, "[[Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple]]" |
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|Non-finalist Talent Award |
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|First African American contestant to compete at [[Miss America]] Cheryl Adrienne Browne was a native of Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York who attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. |
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|{{Flagicon|Kansas}} '''[[Miss Kansas|Kansas]]''' |
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|Linda Susan Edds |
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|[[Manhattan, Kansas|Manhattan]] |
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|Popular Vocal, "[[The Windmills of Your Mind]]" |
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|{{Flagicon|Kentucky}} '''[[Miss Kentucky|Kentucky]]''' |
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|Cynthia Anne Bostick |
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|[[Owensboro, Kentucky|Owensboro]] |
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|Vocal, "Life is a One Way Street" |
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|Appeared as Marcia Campbell on ''[[As the World Turns]]'' Cynthia Anne Bostick Georgeson died at age 70 on January 24, 2023 in Racine, Wisconsin. |
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|{{Flagicon|Louisiana}} '''[[Miss Louisiana|Louisiana]]''' |
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|Carol Almand |
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|[[Haynesville, Louisiana|Haynesville]] |
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|Vocal, "The Wedding" |
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|{{Flagicon|Maine}} '''[[Miss Maine|Maine]]''' |
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|Karen Johanna Johnson |
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|[[Cumberland, Maine|Cumberland Foreside]] |
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|Classical Vocal, "[[Quando me'n vo']]" |
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|2nd runner-up |
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|{{Flagicon|Maryland}} '''[[Miss Maryland|Maryland]]''' |
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|Sharon Anne Cannon |
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|[[Salisbury, Maryland|Salisbury]] |
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|Piano, "Elephant Walk" |
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|{{Flagicon|Massachusetts}} '''[[Miss Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]''' |
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|Diana Dohrmann |
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|[[Boston]] |
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|Piano, "The Kid from Red Bank" by [[Count Basie]] |
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|{{Flagicon|Michigan}} '''[[Miss Michigan|Michigan]]''' |
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|Ginger Myers |
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|[[Lincoln Park, Chicago|Lincoln Park]] |
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|Vocal, "Wicked Man" |
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|{{Flagicon|Minnesota}} '''[[Miss Minnesota|Minnesota]]''' |
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|Juliana Gabor |
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|[[South St. Paul, Minnesota|South St. Paul]] |
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|Popular Vocal, "[[My Coloring Book]]" |
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|{{Flagicon|Mississippi}} '''[[Miss Mississippi|Mississippi]]''' |
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|Christine McClamroch |
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|[[Columbus, Mississippi|Columbus]] |
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|Vocal Medley, "[[Cabaret (Cabaret song)|Cabaret]]", "[[Try to Remember]]", & "[[You'll Never Walk Alone]]" |
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|3rd runner-up |
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|{{Flagicon|Missouri}} '''[[Miss Missouri|Missouri]]''' |
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|Marcia Mossbarger |
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|[[Brookfield, Missouri|Brookfield]] |
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|Tap Dance, "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head]]" |
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|{{Flagicon|Montana}} '''[[Miss Montana|Montana]]''' |
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|Jane Opp |
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|[[Billings, Montana|Billings]] |
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|Piano, ''Le Cavalier Fantastique'' by [[Paul Ben-Haim]] |
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|{{Flagicon|Nebraska}} '''[[Miss Nebraska|Nebraska]]''' |
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|Debra May Sullivan |
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|[[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] |
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|Acrobatic Dance, "[[Fly Me to the Moon]]" |
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|{{Flagicon|Nevada}} '''[[Miss Nevada|Nevada]]''' |
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|Vicky Jo Todd |
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|[[Sparks, Nevada|Sparks]] |
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|Vocal/Guitar, "Time" |
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|Non-finalist Talent Award |
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|{{Flagicon|New Hampshire}} '''[[Miss New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]''' |
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|Deborah Ann Merrill |
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|[[Portsmouth, New Hampshire|Portsmouth]] |
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|Vocal/Dance, "[[I Want to Be Happy|I Want to be Happy]]" & "Happiness Is" |
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|{{Flagicon|New Jersey}} '''[[Miss New Jersey|New Jersey]]''' |
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|[[Hela Yungst]] |
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|[[Hillside, New Jersey|Hillside]] |
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|Dramatic Vocal, "Aldonza" from ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' |
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|{{Flagicon|New Mexico}} '''[[Miss New Mexico|New Mexico]]''' |
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|Janis Jones |
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|[[Raton, New Mexico|Raton]] |
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|Soft Shoe Dance, "[[Golden Slippers]]" |
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|{{Flagicon|New York}} '''[[Miss New York|New York]]''' |
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|Katherine Karlsrud |
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|[[Mamaroneck, New York|Mamaroneck]] |
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|Harp, "Whirlwind" by [[Carlos Salzedo]] |
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|Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship |
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|First Allman Scholarship recipient to graduate from Medical School |
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|{{Flagicon|North Carolina}} '''[[Miss North Carolina|North Carolina]]''' |
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|Cornelia Lerner |
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|[[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]] |
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|Piano, "Revolutionary Étude" by [[Frédéric Chopin|Chopin]] |
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|Non-finalist Talent Award |
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|{{Flagicon|North Dakota}} '''[[Miss North Dakota|North Dakota]]''' |
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|Nancy Tangen |
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|[[Northwood, North Dakota|Northwood]] |
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|Classical Vocal, "Pace pace mio dio" from ''[[La forza del destino]]'' |
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|{{Flagicon|Ohio}} '''[[Miss Ohio|Ohio]]''' |
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|Grace Bird |
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|[[Alliance, Ohio|Alliance]] |
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|French Horn & Classical Vocal, "1st Concerto for French Horn" & "Ouvre ton Coeur" from ''Vasco da Gama'' by [[Georges Bizet]] |
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|{{Flagicon|Oklahoma}} '''[[Miss Oklahoma|Oklahoma]]''' |
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|Judy Adams |
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|[[Cushing, Oklahoma|Cushing]] |
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|Violin, "[[The Hot Canary]]" arranged by [[Florian ZaBach]] |
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|Top 10 |
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|Preliminary Talent Award |
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|{{Flagicon|Oregon}} '''[[Miss Oregon|Oregon]]''' |
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|Cynthia Lynn Harrison |
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|[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] |
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|Vocal & Guitar, "Just Once" |
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|{{Flagicon|Pennsylvania}} '''[[Miss Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]''' |
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|Maggie Walker |
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|{{Flagicon|Rhode Island}} '''[[Miss Rhode Island|Rhode Island]]''' |
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|Teresa Bradley |
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|[[East Greenwich, Rhode Island|East Greenwich]] |
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|19 |
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|Folk Singing & Guitar, "[[Chelsea Morning]]" |
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|Non-finalist Talent Award |
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|{{Flagicon|South Carolina}} '''[[Miss South Carolina|South Carolina]]''' |
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|Claudia Carmen Turner† |
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|[[Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg]] |
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|Vocal, "Once Upon a Time" |
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|1st runner-up |
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|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
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| Claudia Carmen Turner Wells Bauman, died at 69 on September 24, 2021 in South Carolina. |
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|{{Flagicon|South Dakota}} '''[[Miss South Dakota|South Dakota]]''' |
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|[[Mary Hart|Mary Harum]] |
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|[[Sioux Falls, South Dakota|Sioux Falls]] |
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|19 |
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|Vocal Medley, "[[You've Made Me So Very Happy|You've Made Me so Very Happy]]", "[[Something (Beatles song)|Something]]", & "[[Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday]]" |
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|Top 10 |
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|Former co-host of ''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'' |
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|{{Flagicon|Tennessee}} '''[[Miss Tennessee|Tennessee]]''' |
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|Carol Ferrante |
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|[[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] |
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|{{Flagicon|Texas}} '''[[Miss Texas|Texas]]''' |
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|[[Phyllis George]]† |
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|[[Denton, Texas|Denton]] |
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|Piano Medley, "Promises, Promises" & "[[Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head]]" |
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|'''Winner''' |
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|Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award |
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|One of the first women sportscasters on network television as co-host of [[The NFL Today|NFL Today]] on [[CBS]] from 1975 to 1977 and 1980 to 1983 |
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Co-host of the [[Miss America 1989|1989]] & [[Miss America 1990|1990]] [[Miss America]] pageants with [[Gary Collins (actor)|Gary Collins]] |
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|{{Flagicon|Utah}} '''[[Miss Utah|Utah]]''' |
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|Deborah Melba Dunn |
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|[[Salt Lake City]] |
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|Modern Dance, "Julia" |
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|{{Flagicon|Vermont}} '''[[Miss Vermont|Vermont]]''' |
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|Pati Papineau |
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|[[Rutland (city), Vermont|Rutland]] |
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|19 |
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|Classical Ballet, "[[The Stars and Stripes Forever]]" |
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|{{Flagicon|Virginia}} '''[[Miss Virginia|Virginia]]''' |
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|Jeannette Smith |
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|[[Roanoke, Virginia|Roanoke]] |
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|19 |
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|Classical Piano, "[[Toccata]]" by [[Aram Khachaturian]] |
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|{{Flagicon|Washington}} '''[[Miss Washington|Washington]]''' |
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|Nancy Peterson |
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|[[Moses Lake, Washington|Moses Lake]] |
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|19 |
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|Original Comedy Monologue, "Once Upon a Leaf" |
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|{{Flagicon|West Virginia}} '''[[Miss West Virginia|West Virginia]]''' |
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|Linda Dianne Barnett |
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|[[Parkersburg, West Virginia|Parkersburg]] |
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|19 |
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|Modern Jazz Dance, "The Electric Indian" |
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|{{Flagicon|Wisconsin}} '''[[Miss Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]''' |
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|Linda Jane Johnson |
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|[[Milwaukee]] |
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|{{Flagicon|Wyoming}} '''[[Miss Wyoming|Wyoming]]''' |
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|Jane Hutchings |
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|[[Cheyenne, Wyoming|Cheyenne]] |
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*[http://nj.gov/state/historical/it-happened-here/ihhnj-video-image-credits-miss-america.pdf It Happened Here in New Jersey] - Contains photograph of [[Miss Iowa]] [[Cheryl Browne]] and [[Miss Maryland]] Sharon Ann Cannon in the period before the Miss America Pageant 1971 on September 8, 1970. |
*[http://nj.gov/state/historical/it-happened-here/ihhnj-video-image-credits-miss-america.pdf It Happened Here in New Jersey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170429171610/http://nj.gov/state/historical/it-happened-here/ihhnj-video-image-credits-miss-america.pdf |date=2017-04-29 }} - Contains photograph of [[Miss Iowa]] [[Cheryl Browne]] and [[Miss Maryland]] Sharon Ann Cannon in the period before the Miss America Pageant 1971 on September 8, 1970. |
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* [http://www.comanchero.org/pictures59.htm Photographs taken at the MISS AMERICA U.S.O. SHOW to Vietnam in 1971] |
* [http://www.comanchero.org/pictures59.htm Photographs taken at the MISS AMERICA U.S.O. SHOW to Vietnam in 1971] |
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==References== |
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{{Miss America}} |
{{Miss America}} |
Latest revision as of 23:55, 3 April 2024
Miss America 1971 | |
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Date | September 12, 1970 |
Presenters | Bert Parks |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | NBC |
Winner | Phyllis George † Texas |
Miss America 1971, the 44th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1970.[1][2] The Women's Liberation Front demonstrated at the event[1] and Miss Iowa 1970, Cheryl Browne,[3] was the first African American contestant in the history of the Miss America pageant.[1][4][5] Miss South Dakota 1970 Mary Harum (Mary Hart) and Miss New Jersey 1970 Hela Yungst would both become media personalities.
Miss Texas 1970, Phyllis George, was crowned Miss America 1971. George would later become a noted media personality, featured on the CBS football program The NFL Today, as well as the First Lady of Kentucky from 1979 to 1983.
In August 1971, George traveled to Vietnam with Miss Nevada 1970, Vicky Jo Todd, Miss New Jersey 1970, Hela Yungst, Miss Arizona 1970, Karen Shields, Miss Arkansas 1970, Donna Connelly, Miss Iowa 1970, Cheryl Browne, and Miss Texas 1970 (George's replacement after she became Miss America), Belinda Myrick.[6] They were participating in a 22-day United Service Organizations tour for American troops there. The tour began in Saigon.[4][5][6] Browne later commented that she thought "it was one of the last Miss America groups to go to Vietnam."[5]
Results
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Awards
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Judges
[edit]- Hal David†
- Dr. Zelma George
- Bud Westmore†
- Robert F. Lewine
- Joan Crosby
- Edward Loeb
- Maria Gamarelli Fenton
- Norton Mockridge†
- Dr. W. Hugh Moomaw
Contestants
[edit]State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Award | Notes |
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Alabama | Suzanne Dennie | Birmingham | 20 | Popular Vocal, "Alfie" | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Alaska | Virginia Walker | Kotzebue | 19 | Original Poem, "My Wonderland" | Special Judges' Award
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First Miss America contestant from the Arctic Circle | |
Arizona | Karen Shields | Tucson | 19 | Dance & Vocal Medley from My Fair Lady | |||
Arkansas | Donna Connelly | Hope | 19 | Vocal Medley, "Who Will Buy" from Oliver! & "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" | Top 10 | ||
California | Karin Kascher | Castro Valley | 18 | Violin, "Méditation" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Colorado | Sue Gehrman | Fort Collins | 18 | Musical Interpretation, "Just You Wait" from My Fair Lady | |||
Connecticut | Cynthia Fowler | Cheshire | 21 | Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust | |||
Delaware | Linda Sue Hitchens | Seaford | 20 | Vocal/Dance, "Give My Regards to Broadway" | |||
Florida | Lisa Donovan | Sarasota | 21 | Vocal, "Feeling Good" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | Singer on 1980s game show Face the Music |
Georgia | Nancy Carr | Midland | 22 | Popular Vocal, "I Wish You Love" | |||
Hawaii | Kathleen Puanani O'Sullivan | Kailua | 18 | Modern Dance, "Ritual Fire Dance" | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
Idaho | Noralyn Olsen | Ovid | 18 | Classical Piano, "Etude Op. 10, No. 5" | |||
Illinois | Lynn Alexander | Loami | 18 | Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" | |||
Indiana | Debbie May | Remington | 21 | Semi-classical Vocal, "The Impossible Dream" | Non-finalist Talent Award; Miss Congeniality | ||
Iowa | Cheryl Browne | Decorah | 20 | Ballet, "Deep Purple" | Non-finalist Talent Award | First African American contestant to compete at Miss America Cheryl Adrienne Browne was a native of Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York who attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. | |
Kansas | Linda Susan Edds | Manhattan | 21 | Popular Vocal, "The Windmills of Your Mind" | |||
Kentucky | Cynthia Anne Bostick | Owensboro | 18 | Vocal, "Life is a One Way Street" | Appeared as Marcia Campbell on As the World Turns Cynthia Anne Bostick Georgeson died at age 70 on January 24, 2023 in Racine, Wisconsin. | ||
Louisiana | Carol Almand | Haynesville | 18 | Vocal, "The Wedding" | |||
Maine | Karen Johanna Johnson | Cumberland Foreside | 20 | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" | 2nd runner-up | ||
Maryland | Sharon Anne Cannon | Salisbury | 21 | Piano, "Elephant Walk" | |||
Massachusetts | Diana Dohrmann | Boston | 21 | Piano, "The Kid from Red Bank" by Count Basie | |||
Michigan | Ginger Myers | Lincoln Park | 21 | Vocal, "Wicked Man" | |||
Minnesota | Juliana Gabor | South St. Paul | 20 | Popular Vocal, "My Coloring Book" | |||
Mississippi | Christine McClamroch | Columbus | 21 | Vocal Medley, "Cabaret", "Try to Remember", & "You'll Never Walk Alone" | 3rd runner-up | ||
Missouri | Marcia Mossbarger | Brookfield | 22 | Tap Dance, "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | |||
Montana | Jane Opp | Billings | 20 | Piano, Le Cavalier Fantastique by Paul Ben-Haim | |||
Nebraska | Debra May Sullivan | Omaha | 19 | Acrobatic Dance, "Fly Me to the Moon" | |||
Nevada | Vicky Jo Todd | Sparks | 20 | Vocal/Guitar, "Time" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
New Hampshire | Deborah Ann Merrill | Portsmouth | 19 | Vocal/Dance, "I Want to be Happy" & "Happiness Is" | |||
New Jersey | Hela Yungst | Hillside | 20 | Dramatic Vocal, "Aldonza" from Man of La Mancha | |||
New Mexico | Janis Jones | Raton | 21 | Soft Shoe Dance, "Golden Slippers" | |||
New York | Katherine Karlsrud | Mamaroneck | 18 | Harp, "Whirlwind" by Carlos Salzedo | Top 10 | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | First Allman Scholarship recipient to graduate from Medical School |
North Carolina | Cornelia Lerner | Asheville | 18 | Piano, "Revolutionary Étude" by Chopin | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
North Dakota | Nancy Tangen | Northwood | 19 | Classical Vocal, "Pace pace mio dio" from La forza del destino | |||
Ohio | Grace Bird | Alliance | 21 | French Horn & Classical Vocal, "1st Concerto for French Horn" & "Ouvre ton Coeur" from Vasco da Gama by Georges Bizet | |||
Oklahoma | Judy Adams | Cushing | 20 | Violin, "The Hot Canary" arranged by Florian ZaBach | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Oregon | Cynthia Lynn Harrison | Portland | 18 | Vocal & Guitar, "Just Once" | |||
Pennsylvania | Maggie Walker | Harrisburg | 18 | Gymnastic Ballet on Uneven Parallel Bars, "Contessa" | 4th runner-up | ||
Rhode Island | Teresa Bradley | East Greenwich | 19 | Folk Singing & Guitar, "Chelsea Morning" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
South Carolina | Claudia Carmen Turner† | Spartanburg | 19 | Vocal, "Once Upon a Time" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Claudia Carmen Turner Wells Bauman, died at 69 on September 24, 2021 in South Carolina. |
South Dakota | Mary Harum | Sioux Falls | 19 | Vocal Medley, "You've Made Me so Very Happy", "Something", & "Yesterday" | Top 10 | Former co-host of Entertainment Tonight | |
Tennessee | Carol Ferrante | Memphis | 21 | Vocal | |||
Texas | Phyllis George† | Denton | 21 | Piano Medley, "Promises, Promises" & "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | One of the first women sportscasters on network television as co-host of NFL Today on CBS from 1975 to 1977 and 1980 to 1983
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Utah | Deborah Melba Dunn | Salt Lake City | 20 | Modern Dance, "Julia" | |||
Vermont | Pati Papineau | Rutland | 19 | Classical Ballet, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | |||
Virginia | Jeannette Smith | Roanoke | 19 | Classical Piano, "Toccata" by Aram Khachaturian | |||
Washington | Nancy Peterson | Moses Lake | 19 | Original Comedy Monologue, "Once Upon a Leaf" | |||
West Virginia | Linda Dianne Barnett | Parkersburg | 19 | Modern Jazz Dance, "The Electric Indian" | |||
Wisconsin | Linda Jane Johnson | Milwaukee | 19 | Piano, "Polonaise" | |||
Wyoming | Jane Hutchings | Cheyenne | 19 | Piano, "Arabesque" by Claude Debussy |
Photographs
[edit]- It Happened Here in New Jersey Archived 2017-04-29 at the Wayback Machine - Contains photograph of Miss Iowa Cheryl Browne and Miss Maryland Sharon Ann Cannon in the period before the Miss America Pageant 1971 on September 8, 1970.
- Photographs taken at the MISS AMERICA U.S.O. SHOW to Vietnam in 1971
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Musel, Robert (1970-08-26). "Television in Review". The Bryan Times p. 16 (United Press International).
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- ^ "List of Miss Iowa Winners". Archived from the original on 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
- ^ a b Cauley, Paul (1971). "Photographs by Paul Cauley, 1971 Door Gunner, A Co 101st Avn (Text by Belinda Myrick-Barnett)". Paul Cauley.
- ^ a b c Davis, Shirley (2000-10-19). "History follows former Miss Iowa First black pageant winner recalls her crowning moment". Quad-City Times.
- ^ a b Associated Press (1971-08-11). "People in News". Kentucky New Era p. 23.
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