MISS USA 1980

1980 May 15

Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi

51 participants

Results

1  SOUTH CAROLINA  Shawn Nichols Weatherly (winner Universe '80)

2  ARIZONA  Jineane Marie Ford (succeed Weatherly as Miss USA)

3  FLORIDA  Barbara Bowser

4  ALABAMA  Pamela Helean Rigas

5  KENTUCKY  Lisa Devillez

Top 12

6  NEW MEXICO  Kathy Dawn Patrick

7  MARYLAND  Tonja Annette Walker

8  NEW YORK  Debra Sue Maurice (1st RU World-America '78 as Miss Massachusetts)

9  NEW HAMPSHIRE  Eva Dyer

10  NEBRASKA  Rebecca Ann Staab

11  TEXAS  Barbara Anne Buckley

12  MINNESOTA  Carla Reid Peterson

Awards

Miss Amity  MONTANA

Miss Photogenic  (tied) ARIZONA & OHIO

Best State Costume OHIO

Remainder

ALASKA  Debby Fickus

ARKANSAS  Susie Owens

CALIFORNIA  Kari Lloyd

COLORADO  Shelley Marks

CONNECTICUT  Kristine Wilson

DELAWARE  Karen Giobbe

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Marianne Ritter

GEORGIA  April Reid

HAWAII  Carol Ching

IDAHO  Marta Vincen

ILLINOIS  Karen Marie Groat

INDIANA  Susan Osby

IOWA  Lori Kromminga

KANSAS  Lisa Boyd

LOUISIANA  Kelly Bonin

MAINE  Victoria Elias

MASSACHUSETTS  Diane Campbell

MICHIGAN  Teena Hammonds

MISSISSIPPI  Cheri Brown

MISSOURI  Kelly Laxon

MONTANA  Robbin English

NEVADA  Kimberlee Guider

NEW JERSEY  Joni Peifer

NORTH CAROLINA  Lori Boggs

NORTH DAKOTA  Kim Thompson

OHIO  Elizabeth Kim Thomas (Oktoberfest '80)

OKLAHOMA  Martha Streightoff

OREGON  Martha Viducich

PENNSYLVANIA  Andrea Lynn Patrick

RHODE ISLAND  Robyn Hall

SOUTH DAKOTA  Jane Schmidt

TENNESSEE  Diane Hunt

UTAH  Tamara Parsons

VERMONT  Judi Mason

VIRGINIA  Kelly Humphrey

WASHINGTON  Janet Brown

WEST VIRGINIA  Linda Hedrick

WISCONSIN  Susan McGaffigan

WYOMING  Suzie Harris