Miss America 1976 | |
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Date | September 6, 1975 |
Presenters | Bert Parks Phyllis George |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | NBC |
Winner | Tawny Godin New York |
Miss America 1976, the 49th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1975, and broadcast on NBC.
The winner, Tawny Godin, representing New York, later became better known as Tawny Little, a television personality in Los Angeles who married actor John Schneider, star of the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard . She was the first woman with the title of Miss New York to take the crown, Bess Myerson having won the 1945 pageant entered as Miss New York City. At 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m), Godin was the tallest Miss America to that point. [1]
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Non-finalist Talent |
State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
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Alabama | Susie Vaughn | Florence | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Vilja" from The Merry Widow | |||
Alaska | Cindy Suryan | Kodiak | 20 | Popular Vocal & Guitar, "For Baby" | |||
Arizona | Stacey Peterson | Phoenix | 21 | Ventriloquism, "Yankee Doodle" | 4th runner-up | ||
Arkansas | Paula Roach | Jonesboro | 20 | Piano, Theme from Summer of '42 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
California | Janet Carr | San Gabriel | 21 | Vocal, "They Call the Wind Maria" from Paint Your Wagon | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
Colorado | Penny Currier | Lakewood | 22 | Concert Pedal Harp, "St. Louis Blues" | |||
Connecticut | Mary Cadorette | East Hartford | 18 | Modern Jazz Dance | |||
Delaware | Elaine Campanelli | Ocean View | 20 | Fire Baton Routine | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Florida | Ann K. Schmalzried | Fort Lauderdale | 19 | Classical Piano, "Gardens in the Rain" | Top 10 | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | |
Georgia | Seva Day | Thomasville | 19 | Vocal, "My Man" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Hawaii | Cathy Foy | Aiea | 22 | Vocal/Dance, "Look What Happened to Mabel" from Mack & Mabel | During the Miss America 2001 pageant, Angela Perez Baraquio danced hula to Foy's vocal recording of "Come Follow Me, I Am Hawaii" | ||
Idaho | Teri Harding | Heyburn | 19 | Vocal, "If Ever I Would Leave You" | |||
Illinois | Jean Waters | Tuscola | 22 | Gymnastic Dance/Trampoline, "High School Cadets" | |||
Indiana | Cyndi Legler | Fort Wayne | 21 | Classical Ballet, "Dawn" from Coppélia | Top 10 | Contestant at National Sweetheart 1974 | |
Iowa | Debbie Weuve | State Center | 20 | Vocal, "Maybe This Time" from Cabaret | |||
Kansas | Jana Salmans | Hanston | 20 | Vocal, "Follow Me" | |||
Kentucky | Marsha Griffith | Greenup | 22 | Vocal/Trumpet, "I Can See Clearly Now" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Louisiana | Becky Wilson | Bossier City | 23 | Vocal, "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin | |||
Maine | Patricia Cyr | Madawaska | 18 | Vocal, "Cabaret" | |||
Maryland | Veronica Marie Clarke | Bel Air | 21 | Popular Vocal, "Don't Rain on My Parade" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Massachusetts | Cynthia Carpenter | Wayland | 22 | Classical Piano, "Malagueña" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Michigan | Julie Ann Beckers | Allegan | 18 | Dance & Speech, "Zarathustra" | |||
Minnesota | Kerri Thorne | White Bear Lake | 19 | Flute, "Swingin' Sheperd Blues" by Moe Koffman | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Mississippi | Mollie Magee | Mendenhall | 19 | Popular Vocal, "Lights on the Hill" | Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1972 | ||
Missouri | Rebecca Rives | Stoutsville | 22 | Vocal Medley, "The Trolley Song" & "Over the Rainbow" | |||
Montana | Diana Pacini | Great Falls | 20 | Classical Piano, "Études Op. 10" by Chopin | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
Nebraska | Janet Kay Goode | Omaha | 19 | Dramatic Skit, "Why?" | Previously Miss Nebraska World 1974 | ||
Nevada | Sherri Ann Lowe | Las Vegas | 21 | Baton Twirling/Variety Act | |||
New Hampshire | Catherine Burnham | Goffstown | 21 | Comedic Vocal, "Queen Lucy" from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Previously New Hampshire's Junior Miss 1972 | ||
New Jersey | Nancy Craig | Trenton | 25 | Classical Ballet en Pointe, Swan Lake | |||
New Mexico | Sarah Jan Schooley | Jal | 21 | Piano, "Deep Purple" | |||
New York | Tawny Godin | Yonkers | 18 | Original Piano Composition, "Images in Pastels" | Winner | Later Los Angeles news anchor | |
North Carolina | Susan Lawrence | Thomasville | 21 | Vocal, "You and I" from Goodbye, Mr. Chips | 1st runner-up | ||
North Dakota | Cathy Woell | Minot | 19 | Vocal, "Yes" | |||
Ohio | Susan Banks | Ravenna | 24 | Classical Vocal, "Sempre libera" from La traviata | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Oklahoma | Lisa Reagan | Oklahoma City | 19 | Vocal Medley, "As Time Goes By" & "I Got Love" | Former wife of former congressman Mickey Edwards | ||
Oregon | Betty Hupfer | Milwaukie | 21 | Dance to music from The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |||
Pennsylvania | Connie Harness | Mechanicsburg | 20 | Classical Vocal, "Romance" from The Desert Song | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Rhode Island | Debra Cusick | Providence | 20 | Dance to selections from Promises, Promises | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
South Carolina | Cynthia Anthony | West Columbia | 22 | Classical Vocal, "Chacun le Sait" from La fille du régiment | Top 10 | ||
South Dakota | Gina Campbell | Canton | 21 | Vocal, "Listen to a Country Song" | |||
Tennessee | Marion Burgess | Memphis | 21 | Tap Dance, "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" | |||
Texas | Mary Ellen Richardson | Waco | 20 | Classical Vocal, "The Jewel Song" from Faust | Top 10 | ||
Utah | Barbara LaVerne Hanks | Sandy | 24 | Jazz Dance, "I'm a Brass Band" from Sweet Charity | |||
Vermont | Katherine Rechsteiner | Warren | 23 | Electric Organ, "Galloping Comedian" | Later Miss Vermont USA 1979 | ||
Virginia | Joan Grady | Virginia Beach | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" | |||
Washington | Lee Ann Hibbert | Shoreline | 22 | Vocal/Jazz Improvisation, "That's a Fine Kind O' Freedom" | |||
West Virginia | Kristi Wick | South Charleston | 20 | Vocal, "Am I Blue?" | |||
Wisconsin | Marilyn Sembell | Beloit | 25 | Classical Piano, "Prelude in G minor" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Wyoming | Trish Long | Laramie | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | Non-finalist Talent Award |
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