Miss America 1980
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| Miss America 1980 | |
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| Date | September 8, 1979 |
| Presenters | Bert Parks[1] |
| Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Broadcaster | NBC |
| Winner | Cheryl Prewitt Mississippi Mississippi |
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Miss America 1980, the 53rd Miss America pageant, was televised from the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 8, 1979 by the NBC Television Network. Cheryl Prewitt was the third woman from Mississippi to win the title.[1] She was crowned by Kylene Barker of Virginia, Miss America 1979.[1]
Results
Placements
| Placement | Contestant |
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| Miss America 1980 | |
| 1st Runner-Up |
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| 2nd Runner-Up |
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| 3rd Runner-Up | |
| 4th Runner-Up |
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| Top 10 |
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Order of announcements
Top 10
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Awards
Preliminary awards
| Awards | Contestant |
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| Lifestyle and Fitness |
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| Talent |
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Non-finalist awards
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| Talent |
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Judges
- Irene Dailey
- Janet Langhart
- Gavin MacLeod
- Ray Sax Schroeder
- Roger Simon
- Jerry Vale
- Dr. Glenn Whitesides
- Nadine Gae Schroeder
Contestants
| State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
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| Alabama Alabama | Kathy Pickett | Mulga | 26 | Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Alaska Alaska | Lila Oberg | Palmer | 19 | Vocal, "For Once in My Life" | |||
| Arizona Arizona | Pam Wenzel | Phoenix | 22 | Acrobatic Gymnastic Dance, Theme from The Children of Sanchez | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| Arkansas Arkansas | Janet Holman | North Little Rock | 22 | Vocal, "Somewhere" | |||
| California California | Deanna Rae Fogarty | Azusa | 22 | Vocal, "Cabaret" | |||
| Colorado Colorado | Sheliah Wilkins | Denver | 23 | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" | |||
| Connecticut Connecticut | Laura Kaufmann | Enfield | 18 | Interpretive Modern Jazz Dance | |||
| Delaware Delaware | Ann Lorraine Harrington | Milford | 22 | Magic Act | |||
| Florida Florida | Marti Sue Phillips | Tampa | 22 | Jazz Clarinet Medley, Rhapsody in Blue & "Begin the Beguine" | 4th runner-up | ||
| Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia | Sandra Eakes | Warner Robins | 22 | Popular Vocal, "The Trolley Song" & "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Sister of Miss Georgia 1982, Bobbie Eakes | |
| Hawaii Hawaii | Sheron Lehuanani Bissen | Kahului | 20 | Vocal, "Over the Rainbow" | |||
| Idaho Idaho | Gladys Steele | Boise | 22 | Violin, "Polish Dance" | |||
| Illinois Illinois | Elizabeth Russell | Pekin | 20 | Classical Vocal, "O Luce di Quest'Anima" from Linda di Chamounix | |||
| Indiana Indiana | Rickee Farrell | Valparaiso | 18 | Acrobatic Dance, "Sweet Charity" | |||
| Iowa Iowa | Lori Froeling | Keokuk | 20 | Flute, "Carnival of Venice" | Top 10 | ||
| Kansas Kansas | Michelle Elaine Whitson | Mission | 21 | Harp, "Never on Sunday" | 2nd runner-up | Previously National Sweetheart 1978 | |
| Kentucky Kentucky | Kathryn Parker | Wilmore | 21 | Flute, "The Swiss Shepherd's Song" | |||
| Louisiana Louisiana | Myrrah McCully | Monroe | 24 | Piano, "Piano Concerto in D-flat major" by Aram Khachaturian | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Maine Maine | Jill O'Brien | Bangor | 22 | Ballet, "Irish Suite" | |||
| Maryland Maryland | Shelly Meg Peiken | Greenbelt | 22 | Self-Composed Vocal, "Carry Me Home" | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
| Massachusetts Massachusetts | Lisa Matta | Brockton | 20 | Jazz Dance, "Slow Dancing" | |||
| Michigan Michigan | Bethany Jane Wright | Saginaw | 19 | Vocal, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Minnesota Minnesota | Debra Ann Nerby | Rochester | 24 | Vocal, "Who Can I Turn To?" | |||
| Mississippi Mississippi | Cheryl Prewitt | Ackerman | 22 | Vocal/Piano, "Don't Cry Out Loud" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| Missouri Missouri | Susan Wilson | Columbia | 21 | Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu | 3rd runner-up | ||
| Montana Montana | Lori Conlon | Billings | 20 | Piano, "Toccata" | |||
| Nebraska Nebraska | Kathryn Ann Saathoff | Fremont | 21 | Vocal, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" | |||
| Nevada Nevada | Jeanne Cangemi | North Lake Tahoe | 22 | Classical & Jazz Saxophone, "Harlem Nocturne" & "Csárdás" | |||
| New Hampshire New Hampshire | Monica Skiathitis | Manchester | 20 | Tap Dance, "Sweet Georgia Brown" | Previously New Hampshire's Junior Miss 1976 | ||
| New Jersey New Jersey | Mary McGinnis | Somers Point | 22 | Clarinet, "Hora" | |||
| New Mexico New Mexico | Susan Spartz | Alamogordo | 18 | Vocal, "My Man" | |||
| New York (state) New York | Kelli Krull | Buffalo | 21 | Baton Twirling Exhibition, "If My Friends Could See Me Now" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| North Carolina North Carolina | Monta Maki | Hickory | 23 | Vocal, "You Light Up My Life" | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
| North Dakota North Dakota | Daureen Podenski | Edgeley | 22 | Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Ohio Ohio | Tana Carli | Lakewood | 23 | Accordion Medley, "Tea for Two" & "Dizzy Fingers" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| Oklahoma Oklahoma | Jill Elmore | Tulsa | 23 | Classical Vocal, "Art is Calling for Me" from The Enchantress by Victor Herbert | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Oregon Oregon | Tami Sanders | Roseburg | 21 | Gymnastic Dance, "A Fifth of Beethoven" | |||
| Pennsylvania Pennsylvania | Carolyn Louise Black | Elizabethtown | 22 | Vocal, "All the Things You Are" | Top 10 | ||
| Rhode Island Rhode Island | Elaine Rushlow | Westerly | 20 | Piano, "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" | |||
| South Carolina South Carolina | Jane Jenkins | Johns Island | 23 | Vocal Medley, "The Party's Over" & "Send in the Clowns" | Author of Bare Feet to High Heels, What Ta Tas Teach Us, and "Bury Me with My Pearls" | ||
| South Dakota South Dakota | Julie Kleinsasser | Freeman | 19 | Popular Vocal, "Cry" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Tennessee Tennessee | Elise Neal | Paris | 21 | Piano, "Prelude in C minor" by Rachmaninoff | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| Texas Texas | Lex Ann Haughey | Hurst | 20 | Flute, "Flight of the Bumblebee" & "Flight '76" by Walter Murphy | |||
| Utah Utah | Karen L. Brimley | Layton | 19 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It" | |||
| Vermont Vermont | Shari Bach | Middlebury | 22 | Classical Piano, Holberg Suite | |||
| Virginia Virginia | Darlene McIntosh | Chesapeake | 22 | Classical Piano, "Prelude in C-sharp minor" | |||
| Washington (state) Washington | Janelle Martz | Normandy Park | 22 | Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg | |||
| West Virginia West Virginia | Deborah Davis | Huntington | 22 | Vocal Medley, "He Touched Me" from Drat! The Cat! & "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret | Top 10 | Previously Miss West Virginia USA 1978
Later Mrs. America 1984 1st runner-up at Mrs. World 1984 | |
| Wisconsin Wisconsin | Kristine Konrad | Oshkosh | 19 | Vocal, "Starting Here, Starting Now" | |||
| Wyoming Wyoming | Karla Singer | Cheyenne | 19 | Vocal, "Mister Melody" |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Crippled in car wreck at 11; crowned Miss America at 22". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Associated Press. 9 September 1979. p. 12. Retrieved 16 November 2023.