MISS USA 1998

1998 March 10

Hirsch Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport, Louisiana

51 participants

Results

1  MASSACHUSETTS  Shawnae Nicole Jebbia (Top 5 Universe '98)

2  CALIFORNIA  Shauna Gene Gambill (Teen USA '94, World '98)

3  MISSOURI  Melanie Breedlove (Teen USA '93)

Top 5

4  UTAH  Melissa Leigh Anderson (Teen USA '90)

5  TEXAS  Holly Mills

Top 10

6  ARIZONA  Stacey Kole

7  LOUISIANA  Debbie Delhomme

8  WASHINGTON  Natasha Helene Vantramp

9  MICHIGAN  Johnelle Ryan

10  VIRGINIA  Meredith Blakenship

Awards

Miss Congeniality  NORTH CAROLINA

Miss Photogenic  SOUTH CAROLINA

Style award  VIRGINIA

Best in Swimsuit  MASSACHUSETTS

Remainder

ALABAMA  Paige Brooks

ALASKA  Pamela Kott

ARKANSAS  Kami Tice

COLORADO  Michelle Stanley (America '96)

CONNECTICUT  Kristina Hughes

DELAWARE  Sherri Davis

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA  Zanice Lyles

FLORIDA  Jaime Converse

GEORGIA  Edlyn Lewis

HAWAII  Tiffini Kawaonaheleopei'l Hercules

IDAHO  Melinda Grasmick

ILLINOIS  Mandy Jo Lane

INDIANA  Nicole Llewellyn (Teen USA '92)

IOWA  Jamie Solinger (Teen USA '92)

KANSAS  Cammie Morisseau

KENTUCKY  Nancy Bradley

MAINE  Kathryn Morse

MARYLAND  Maria Sheriff

MINNESOTA  Josan Howell Hengen

MISSISSIPPI  Angel Whatley

MONTANA  Reno Whitman

NEBRASKA  Jennifer Naro

NEVADA  Tammie Rankin (Teen USA '93)

NEW HAMPSHIRE  Nadia Semerdjiev

NEW JERSEY  Kelli Lyn Paarz (Teen USA '94)

NEW MEXICO  Maya Strunk

NEW YORK  Susan Wisdom

NORTH CAROLINA  Vera Morris

NORTH DAKOTA  Alison Nesemeier (Teen USA '94)

OHIO  Cynthia Madden

OKLAHOMA  Anne-Marie Dixon (Teen USA '95)

OREGON  Kara Jones

PENNSYLVANIA  Kimberly Jaycox

RHODE ISLAND  Connie Harrole

SOUTH CAROLINA  Sonja Glenn

SOUTH DAKOTA  Lori O'Brien

TENNESSEE  Amy Neely

VERMONT  Catherine Bliss (Teen USA '90 as Miss Teen New York)

WEST VIRGINIA  Susan Renae Booth

WISCONSIN  Michelle Ann Altman

WYOMING  Megan Starr Wigert