MISS USA 1977

1977 May 14

Gaillard Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, South Carolina

51 participants

Results

1  TEXAS  Kimberly Louise Tomes (1st RU World-USA '74, Top 12 Universe '77)

2  NEVADA  Mary O'Neal Contino

3  MINNESOTA  Debra Jean Cossette

4  CALIFORNIA  Pamela Lynn Gergely

5  VIRGINIA  Sheryl Lynn Herring

Top 12

ARIZONA  Toni Abranovic

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Sharon Sutherland

GEORGIA  Linda Marie Kerr

HAWAII  Cely Ochoa de Castro

MAINE  Tina Ann Brown

NEW JERSEY  Juanita McCarty (1st RU World-USA '76, 1st RU Mrs America '88)

NEW MEXICO  Denise Funderburk

Awards

Miss Amity  FLORIDA

Miss Photogenic  ILLINOIS

Best State Costume  TEXAS

Remainder

ALABAMA  Cheryl Burgess

ALASKA  Edith Baker

ARKANSAS  Debra Duree

COLORADO  Mary Anne Genzel

CONNECTICUT  Sue Crone

DELAWARE  Debby Faulkner

FLORIDA  Linda Lefevre

IDAHO  Lesley Kingon

ILLINOIS  Elizabeth Curran

INDIANA  Lynn Flaherty

IOWA  Cindy Woodard

KANSAS  Sherry Brane

KENTUCKY  Sandy Smith

LOUISIANA  Patti Rosenbalm

MARYLAND  Twyla Littleton

MASSACHUSETTS  Carolyn Marcil

MICHIGAN  Jenny Pinks

MISSISSIPPI  Leigh Tapley

MISSOURI  Connie Ast

MONTANA  Terry Batt

NEBRASKA  Deb Ridge

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Belinda Bridgeman

NEW YORK  Debbie Martin

NORTH CAROLINA  Vikki Verbyla

NORTH DAKOTA  Barbara Redlin

OHIO  Lesa Rummell (World-America '78)

OKLAHOMA  Kathy Malchar

OREGON  Charisse Charlton

PENNSYLVANIA  Lorraine Lincoski

RHODE ISLAND  Susan Carten

SOUTH CAROLINA  Pam Hoover

SOUTH DAKOTA  Ginger Thomson

TENNESSEE  Rene Jean Smith

UTAH  Michele Miner

VERMONT  Ann Kent (World-America '78)

WASHINGTON  Ivy Lynn Reed (World-America '78)

WEST VIRGINIA  Pat Brown

WISCONSIN  Vicki Payne

WYOMING  Michele Fisser