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Miss America 1980

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]

Miss America 1980
DateSeptember 8, 1979
PresentersBert Parks[1]
VenueBoardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
BroadcasterNBC
WinnerCheryl Prewitt
Mississippi Mississippi
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Results edit

Placements edit

Placement Contestant
Miss America 1980
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
3rd Runner-Up
4th Runner-Up
Top 10

Order of announcements edit

Awards edit

Preliminary awards edit

Awards Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness
Talent

Non-finalist awards edit

Awards Contestant
Talent

Judges edit

Contestants edit

State Name Hometown Age Talent Placement Special Awards Notes
  Alabama Kathy Pickett Mulga 26 Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La Traviata Non-finalist Talent Award
  Alaska Lila Oberg Palmer 19 Vocal, "For Once in My Life"
  Arizona Pam Wenzel Phoenix 22 Acrobatic Gymnastic Dance, Theme from The Children of Sanchez Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award
  Arkansas Janet Holman North Little Rock 22 Vocal, "Somewhere"
  California Deanna Rae Fogarty Azusa 22 Vocal, "Cabaret"
  Colorado Sheliah Wilkins Denver 23 Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'"
  Connecticut Laura Kaufmann Enfield 18 Interpretive Modern Jazz Dance
  Delaware Ann Lorraine Harrington Milford 22 Magic Act
  Florida Marti Sue Phillips Tampa 22 Jazz Clarinet Medley, Rhapsody in Blue & "Begin the Beguine" 4th runner-up
  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 Sheron Lehuanani Bissen Kahului 20 Vocal, "Over the Rainbow"
  Idaho Gladys Steele Boise 22 Violin, "Polish Dance"
  Illinois Elizabeth Russell Pekin 20 Classical Vocal, "O Luce di Quest'Anima" from Linda di Chamounix
  Indiana Rickee Farrell Valparaiso 18 Acrobatic Dance, "Sweet Charity"
  Iowa Lori Froeling Keokuk 20 Flute, "Carnival of Venice" Top 10
  Kansas Michelle Elaine Whitson Mission 21 Harp, "Never on Sunday" 2nd runner-up Previously National Sweetheart 1978
  Kentucky Kathryn Parker Wilmore 21 Flute, "The Swiss Shepherd's Song"
  Louisiana Myrrah McCully Monroe 24 Piano, "Piano Concerto in D-flat major" by Aram Khachaturian Non-finalist Talent Award
  Maine Jill O'Brien Bangor 22 Ballet, "Irish Suite"
  Maryland Shelly Meg Peiken Greenbelt 22 Self-Composed Vocal, "Carry Me Home" Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
  Massachusetts Lisa Matta Brockton 20 Jazz Dance, "Slow Dancing"
  Michigan Bethany Jane Wright Saginaw 19 Vocal, "The Music and the Mirror" from A Chorus Line Non-finalist Talent Award
  Minnesota Debra Ann Nerby Rochester 24 Vocal, "Who Can I Turn To?"
  Mississippi Cheryl Prewitt Ackerman 22 Vocal/Piano, "Don't Cry Out Loud" Winner Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
  Missouri Susan Wilson Columbia 21 Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu 3rd runner-up
  Montana Lori Conlon Billings 20 Piano, "Toccata"
  Nebraska Kathryn Ann Saathoff Fremont 21 Vocal, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
  Nevada Jeanne Cangemi North Lake Tahoe 22 Classical & Jazz Saxophone, "Harlem Nocturne" & "Csárdás"
  New Hampshire Monica Skiathitis Manchester 20 Tap Dance, "Sweet Georgia Brown" Previously New Hampshire's Junior Miss 1976
  New Jersey Mary McGinnis Somers Point 22 Clarinet, "Hora"
  New Mexico Susan Spartz Alamogordo 18 Vocal, "My Man"
  New York Kelli Krull Buffalo 21 Baton Twirling Exhibition, "If My Friends Could See Me Now" Top 10 Preliminary Talent Award
  North Carolina Monta Maki Hickory 23 Vocal, "You Light Up My Life" Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
  North Dakota Daureen Podenski Edgeley 22 Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca Non-finalist Talent Award
  Ohio Tana Carli Lakewood 23 Accordion Medley, "Tea for Two" & "Dizzy Fingers" 1st runner-up Preliminary Talent Award
  Oklahoma Jill Elmore Tulsa 23 Classical Vocal, "Art is Calling for Me" from The Enchantress by Victor Herbert Non-finalist Talent Award
  Oregon Tami Sanders Roseburg 21 Gymnastic Dance, "A Fifth of Beethoven"
  Pennsylvania Carolyn Louise Black Elizabethtown 22 Vocal, "All the Things You Are" Top 10
  Rhode Island Elaine Rushlow Westerly 20 Piano, "Bridge Over Troubled Waters"
  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 Julie Kleinsasser Freeman 19 Popular Vocal, "Cry" Non-finalist Talent Award
  Tennessee Elise Neal Paris 21 Piano, "Prelude in C minor" by Rachmaninoff Non-finalist Talent Award
  Texas Lex Ann Haughey Hurst 20 Flute, "Flight of the Bumblebee" & "Flight '76" by Walter Murphy
  Utah Karen L. Brimley Layton 19 Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It"
  Vermont Shari Bach Middlebury 22 Classical Piano, Holberg Suite
  Virginia Darlene McIntosh Chesapeake 22 Classical Piano, "Prelude in C-sharp minor"
  Washington Janelle Martz Normandy Park 22 Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Edvard Grieg
  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 Kristine Konrad Oshkosh 19 Vocal, "Starting Here, Starting Now"
  Wyoming Karla Singer Cheyenne 19 Vocal, "Mister Melody"

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "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.

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