MISS USA 1981

1981 May 21

Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, Mississippi

50 participants

Results

1  OHIO  Kimberly "Kim" Kaye Seelbrede (Top 12 Universe '81)

2  INDIANA  Holli Rene Dennis

3  LOUISIANA  Lisa Lynn Moss (6th RU World '81)

4  CALIFORNIA  Cynthia Ann Kerby

5  HAWAII  Teri Ann Linn

Top 12

6  ALABAMA  Jo Anne Henderson (Top 15 World-America '80)

7  GEORGIA  Lisa Joyce Condre

8  ARIZONA  Cassie Denise Hill

9  TEXAS  Diana Louise Durnford

10  VIRGINIA  Pamela Elizabeth Hutchens

11  TENNESSEE  Sharon Kay Steakley

12  MARYLAND  Linda Susan Lambert

Awards

Miss Amity  CALIFORNIA

Miss Photogenic  CALIFORNIA

Best State Costume  MASSACHUSETTS

Remainder

ALASKA  Shelly Brunaugh

ARKANSAS  Lynnanne Derryberry

COLORADO  Shannon Davidson

CONNECTICUT  Kelly Catherine Thompson

DELAWARE  Natalie Ramsey

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Belinda Johnson

FLORIDA  Valerie Ann Lundeen

IDAHO  Lori Ditch

ILLINOIS  Leslie Kay Renfrow (Oktoberfest '80)

IOWA  Jennifer Lynn Wimpey

KANSAS  Missy Kaser

KENTUCKY  Denise Gibbs

MAINE  Judy Lynn Footer

MASSACHUSETTS  Joann Savery

MICHIGAN  Karen Eidson

MINNESOTA  Polly Peterson

MISSISSIPPI  Angela Ashmore

MISSOURI  Karen Marie Smagacz

MONTANA  Cathi Jo Locati

NEBRASKA  Ladonna Hill

NEVADA  Mary Agnes Lepcott

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Cynthia Leigh Graves

NEW JERSEY  Christy Garthwaite

NEW MEXICO  Lise Thevenet

NORTH CAROLINA  Lisa Colleen Swift

NORTH DAKOTA  Laurie Saarinen

OKLAHOMA  Stacey Loach

OREGON  Dawn Michele Lewis

PENNSYLVANIA  Nena Stone

RHODE ISLAND  Patti Reo

SOUTH CAROLINA  Zade Denise Turner

SOUTH DAKOTA  Joan Abbott

UTAH  Tonya Anderson

VERMONT  Jeannette Wulff

WASHINGTON  Leila Wagner

WEST VIRGINIA  Kelly Carr

WISCONSIN  Dawn Spreeman

WYOMING  Deborah Aspinwall

Disqualified

NEW YORK  Deborah Ann Fountain (Top 8 World-America '79) (bra was padded)