Miss America 1981
Miss America 1981, the 54th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1980 on NBC Network.
| Miss America 1981 | |
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 Susan Powell, Miss America 1981 | |
| Date | September 6, 1980 |
| Presenters | Ron Ely |
| Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Broadcaster | NBC |
| Winner | Susan Powell.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Oklahoma |
The winner, Susan Powell of Oklahoma, later became co-host of the series Home Matters on the Discovery Channel.
Results
| Final results | Contestant |
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| Miss America 1981 | |
| 1st runner-up |
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| 2nd runners-up (tie) |
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| 4th runner-up | |
| Top 10 |
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Preliminary awards
| Awards | Contestant |
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| Lifestyle and Fitness |
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| Talent |
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Other awards
| Awards | Contestant |
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| Non-finalist Talent |
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Delegates
| State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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 Alabama | Paige Phillips | Leeds | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent | |||
 Alaska | Sandra Lashbrook | Eagle River | |||||
 Arizona | Brenda Strong | Tempe | Actress in Desperate Housewives | ||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Arkansas | Lencola Sullivan | Morrilton | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit | First African-American contestant to place as a runner-up at Miss America | ||
 California | Robin Brooks | Elverta | |||||
 Colorado | Kimberly Christiansen | Arvada | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
 Connecticut | Jeanne Caruso | Trumbull | Top 10 | divorced Joe Theismann | |||
 Delaware | Andra Lee Dickerson | Newark | |||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Florida | Caroline Dungan | Bradenton | |||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Georgia | Lynn Smith | Savannah | |||||
 Hawaii | Kanoelehua Cook | Aiea | |||||
 Idaho | Leslie Taylor | Burley | |||||
 Illinois | Blythe Sawyer | Naperville | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
 Indiana | Teri Kardatzke | Anderson | |||||
 Iowa | Jane Patton | Council Bluffs | |||||
 Kansas | K. Leann Folsom | Wichita | |||||
 Kentucky | Daphne Cochran | Louisville | |||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Louisiana | Martha "Missy" Crews | Baton Rouge | |||||
 Maine | Valerie Crooker | Brunswick | Miss Maine USA 1979 | ||||
 Maryland | Lisa Marie Daskal | Cumberland | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
 Massachusetts | Amy Linder | Lowell | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
 Michigan | Heidi Hepler | Livonia | |||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Minnesota | Debra Goodwin | Austin | Preliminary Swimsuit, Non-finalist Talent | ||||
.png.webp){kind=small} Mississippi | Donna Pope | McNeil | 2nd runner-up (tie) | Preliminary Swimsuit | |||
 Missouri | Carla LaFevre | Harrisonville | |||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Montana | Lilly Cruise | Miles City | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
 Nebraska | Paula Louise Mitchell | Norfolk | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Nevada | Phyllis Hamlin | Reno | |||||
 New Hampshire | Diane McGarry | Manchester | |||||
 New Jersey | Therese Hanley | Jersey City | 2nd runner-up (tie) | ||||
 New Mexico | Teresa Elizabeth Anderson | Hobbs | |||||
 New York | Cheryl Flanagan | Rochester | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent | |||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} North Carolina | Janet Black | Kannapolis | Non-finalist Talent | Top 5 at Maid of Cotton 1980 | |||
 North Dakota | Karen Moe | Minot | |||||
 Ohio | Kathy Vernon | Youngstown | Top 10 | ||||
| Oklahoma | Susan Powell | Elk City | Miss America 1981 | Preliminary Talent (tie) | |||
 Oregon | Teresa Richardson | Forest Grove | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
 Pennsylvania | Anita Ellen Patton | Lebanon | |||||
 Rhode Island | Dawn Potter | Pascoag | |||||
 South Carolina | Donna Jewell | Columbia | |||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Dakota | Carol Barnett | Sioux Falls | |||||
 Tennessee | Sarah Leonard | Jonesborough | |||||
 Texas | Terri Eoff | Lubbock | Top 10 | ||||
.png.webp){kind=small} Utah | Jean Bullard | Provo | |||||
 Vermont | Carole Spolar | St. Albans | Non-finalist Talent | ||||
 Virginia | Holly Jereme | Roanoke | |||||
 Washington | Doris Hayes | Tacoma | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent (tie) | First African-American preliminary winner | ||
 West Virginia | Pamela Ellen Paugh | Charleston | Aunt of JonBenét Ramsey, Sister of Miss West Virginia 1977 | ||||
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Wisconsin | Dana Spychalla | Appleton | |||||
 Wyoming | Susan Pennington | Casper |
Judges
- Tom Snyder
- Janet Langhart
- Robert Merrill
- Dr. Glenn Whitesides
- Paul Lavalle
- Tad Tadlock
- Azie Taylor Morton
External links
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