MISS USA 1978

1978 April 29

Gaillard Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, South Carolina

51 participants

Results

1  HAWAII  Judi Lois Andersen (1st RU Universe '78)

2  MASSACHUSETTS  Diane Elizabeth Pollard

3  TEXAS  Barbara Jo Horan

4  INDIANA  Jayme Buecher

5  NEW MEXICO  Marlena Gale Garland (winner Oktoberfest '80)

Top 12

ALASKA  Barbara Samuelson

CALIFORNIA  Donna Lynn Adrain

FLORIDA  April Shaw

OKLAHOMA  Nancy Lynn Lippold

PENNSYLVANIA  Sandy Dell

UTAH  Margo Christine Flynn

VIRGINIA  Robin Lee Shadle

Awards

Miss Amity  VERMONT

Miss Photogenic  TENNESSEE

Best State Costume  TEXAS

Remainder

ALABAMA  Eva Jo Stancil

ARIZONA  Jacquie Dawn Crutchfield

ARKANSAS  Donna Funderburk

COLORADO  Linda Marie Potestio

CONNECTICUT  Martha Rose Szabo

DELAWARE  Donna Lewis

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Wanda Clineman

GEORGIA  Larinda Matthews

IDAHO  Suzette Stanford

ILLINOIS  Suzanne Piché

IOWA  Michelle Daley

KANSAS  Mary Grace “Diddy” Bell

KENTUCKY  Linda Gail Woodruff

LOUISIANA  Tauny Hanes

MAINE  Catherine Ursula Ledue

MARYLAND  Rhonda L. Koch (World-USA '76 as Miss District of Columbia)

MICHIGAN  April Lauchie Patrick

MINNESOTA  Janey Gohl

MISSISSIPPI  Wanda Anne Gatlin (World-USA '74)

MISSOURI  Paula Anita Taylor

MONTANA  Susan Marie Riplett (World-America '79)

NEBRASKA  Shari Alyce Reimers

NEVADA  Dawn Rochelle Jameson

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Barbara Miller

NEW JERSEY  Sheryl Ann Hoehn

NEW YORK  Darlene Javits

NORTH CAROLINA  Kathryn Norman

NORTH DAKOTA  Theresa J. Olson

OHIO  Sheila Anderson

OREGON  Julie Heater

RHODE ISLAND  Sharon McGarry (World-America '80)

SOUTH CAROLINA  Kathryn Marley Threatt

SOUTH DAKOTA  Nadene Oppold

TENNESSEE  Suzanna Timberlake (Top 15 World-America '80)

VERMONT  Nancy Wierzbicki

WASHINGTON  Barbara Bogar

WEST VIRGINIA  Debbie Davis (winner Oktoberfest '78, Mrs America '84)

WISCONSIN  Cynthia Paulson

WYOMING  Kathryn Flitner