MISS USA 1985

1985 May 13

Lakeland Civic Center Arena, Lakeland, Florida

51 participants

Results

1  TEXAS  Laura Elena Martínez-Herring (Top 10 Universe '85)

2  NEW MEXICO  Brenda Denton (Oktoberfest '85, 2nd RU World '85)

3  ILLINOIS  Laura Ann Bach (Oktoberfest '86)

4  LOUISIANA  Sarie Nerine Joubert (1st RU International '85)

5  MINNESOTA  Kari Lee Johnson

Top 10

6  ARIZONA  Michelle Joanne Ducote

7  MISSOURI  Amy Ruth Coverdale (Teen Intercontinental '81)

8  HAWAII  Tina Marie Machado

9  MASSACHUSETTS  Mercedes Waggoner

10  OKLAHOMA  Sophia Henderson

Awards

Miss Amity  TENNESSEE

Miss Photogenic  KENTUCKY

Best State Costume  ARIZONA

Remainder

ALABAMA  Allison Sawyer

ALASKA  Kari Moore

ARKANSAS  Susan Caroline Dean

CALIFORNIA  Zina Ponder

COLORADO  Lynnette Jessen

CONNECTICUT  Adrianne Hazelwood (Teen USA '84 as Miss Teen Wisconsin)

DELAWARE  Sheila Saints

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Christal Chacon

FLORIDA  Barbara Losh

GEORGIA  Amanda Susanne Smith

IDAHO  Sheri Rose

INDIANA  Theresa Hobbs

IOWA  Devin Steinberg

KANSAS  Jill Denzin

KENTUCKY  Robyn Kay Overby (1st RU World-America '79)

MAINE  Tracie Anne Samara

MARYLAND  Christine Marie Johnson

MICHIGAN  Nancy Mazuro

MISSISSIPPI  Camille Gilliland

MONTANA  Julie Knot

NEBRASKA  Lori Leigh Straight

NEVADA  Alicia Berger

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Janice LaCroix

NEW JERSEY  Francie Knapp

NEW YORK  Lovey King

NORTH CAROLINA  Kate Kenney

NORTH DAKOTA  Regina Christine Schatz

OHIO  Lisa Barlow

OREGON  Jodi Unrah

PENNSYLVANIA  Sandi Ferguson

RHODE ISLAND  Dana Wilson

SOUTH CAROLINA  Ann Margarete Hughes

SOUTH DAKOTA  Stacey Arnold

TENNESSEE  Marty Browning

UTAH  Kim Thompson

VERMONT  Angela Cunningham

VIRGINIA  Dana Bryant

WASHINGTON  Sherry Rials

WEST VIRGINIA  Lorre Lewis

WISCONSIN  Deborah Strauss

WYOMING  Wendy Hartwigsen

REPLACED

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Rhonda Niles (dethroned due to stealing clothes during the state pageant competition)