MISS USA 1989

1989 February 28

Mobile Civic Center, Mobile, Alabama

51 participants

Results

1  TEXAS  Gretchen Lynn Polhemus (2nd RU Universe '89)

2  OKLAHOMA  Jill Renee Scheffert (Teenage America '84, National Teenager '84, 4th RU World '89)

3  NEW JERSEY  Deborah Lee Husti (Top 15 International '89)

4  LOUISIANA  Elizabeth Primm (Asia Pacific '89)

5  GEORGIA  Michele Diane Nemeth (Maja Internacional '84, Oktoberfest '89)

Top 10

6  CALIFORNIA  Christina Marie Faust

7  COLORADO  Debbie James (Teen USA '85, winner Oktoberfest '89)

8  PENNSYLVANIA  Denise Epps

9  ARIZONA  Lee Anne Locken

10  ILLINOIS  Kelly Holub

Awards

Miss Congeniality  VIRGINIA

Miss Photogenic  LOUISIANA

Best State Costume  ILLINOIS

Remainder

ALABAMA  Sheri Mooney

ALASKA  Tina Marie Geraci

ARKANSAS  Paige Ann Yandell (Teen USA '87)

CONNECTICUT  Lisa Vendetti

DELAWARE  Terri Spruill

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Somaly Susan Sieng

FLORIDA  Jennifer Louise Parker

HAWAII  Julie Larson

IDAHO  Kelli Bean

INDIANA  Gwen Rachelle Volpe

IOWA  Marcy Requist

KANSAS  Nancy Ellen Burris

KENTUCKY  Veronica Hensley

MAINE  Kirsten Blakemore

MARYLAND  Jackie Carroll

MASSACHUSETTS  Kimberley Wallace

MICHIGAN  Karyn Lynne Finucan

MINNESOTA  Julie Knutson

MISSISSIPPI  Laura Leigh Durrett

MISSOURI  Rhonda Hoglan (Teen USA '85)

MONTANA  Tammy Reiter

NEBRASKA  Renee Harter

NEVADA  Janu Tornell

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Fayleen Anne Chwalek

NEW MEXICO  Traci Yvonne Brubaker (Oktoberfest '88)

NEW YORK  Jennifer Fisher

NORTH CAROLINA  Jacqueline Padgett

NORTH DAKOTA  Carla Christofferson

OHIO  Lisa Thompson

OREGON  Jennifer Blaska

RHODE ISLAND  Debra Damiano

SOUTH CAROLINA  Angela Shuler (Teen USA '86)

SOUTH DAKOTA  Nanette Endres

TENNESSEE  Kimberly Faye Payne

UTAH  Zanetta van Zyverden

VERMONT  Stacey Palmer

VIRGINIA  Kimberly Nicewonder

WASHINGTON  Chiann Fan

WEST VIRGINIA  Kathy Lynn Eicher

WISCONSIN  Sherri Leigh Baxter

WYOMING  Chandra Anderson