| State | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Special Awards | Notes |
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 Alabama | Phoebe Stone | Huntsville | 22 | Ballet, "Mame" | | | |
 Alaska | Laura Trollan | Juneau | 19 | Ballet/Jazz Dance, "Most Wanted" | | | |
 Arizona | Sarah Tattersall | Scottsdale | 20 | Vocal, "Maybe This Time" & "The Man That Got Away" from Cabaret | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 Arkansas | Grace Elizabeth Ward | Russellville | 20 | Vocal, "After You've Gone" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Previously National Sweetheart 1980 |
 California | Cheryl Vancleave | Riverside | 20 | Country Vocal Medley, "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" & "You're Lookin' at Country" | | | Later married Frank Kalil Mother to Ryan Kalil and Matt Kalil |
 Colorado | Lynnette Jessen | Denver | 20 | Acrobatic Dance, Theme from Exodus | | | Later Miss Colorado USA 1985 |
 Connecticut | Virginia Reichardt | Danbury | 21 | Country Western Vocal, "Love is a Rose" & "Queen of Hearts" | | | |
 Delaware | Jodi Meade Graham | Wilmington | 19 | Vocal, "Can You Read My Mind" | | | Daughter of Miss Pennsylvania 1956, Lorna Ringler Graham Grand-niece of Miss America 1924, Ruth Malcomson |
 Florida | Dean Herman | Jacksonville | 23 | Gymnastics Dance, "They're Playing Our Song" | | | |
 Georgia | Kristl Evans | Atlanta | 21 | Vocal, "Ring Them Bells" | 2nd runner-up | | |
 Hawaii | Pamela Iwalani Offer | Honolulu | 23 | Vocal, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | | | Mother of Miss Arizona 2010, Kathryn Bulkley |
 Idaho | Stephanie Kambitsch | Genesee | 22 | Piano, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 Illinois | Sandra Truitt | Evanston | 25 | Classical Vocal, "Près des remparts de Séville" from Carmen | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
 Indiana | Pam Carlberg | Bourbon | 21 | Accordion Medley, "Sabre Dance" & "Ritual Fire Dance" | 3rd runner-up | | |
 Iowa | Darla Blocker | Davenport | 19 | Vocal, "But the World Goes Round" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 Kansas | Dawn Holmstrom | Wichita | 20 | Vocal Medley, "My Man" & "Happy Days are Here Again" | | | |
 Kentucky | Sheri Copeland | Benton | 20 | Popular Vocal, "Out Here on My Own" from Fame | | | |
 Louisiana | Donese Worden | Monroe | 22 | Violin, "Millionaire's Hoe-Down" | | | |
 Maine | Kathleen Jarrell | Orr's Island | 19 | Vocal Medley, "Swanee", "My Mammy", & "I'm Happy" | | | |
 Maryland | Robin Harmon | Hagerstown | 24 | Greek Dramatic Monologue from Antigone | | | |
 Massachusetts | Deborah Salois | North Andover | 19 | Vocal, "Keepin' Out of Mischief Now" from Ain't Misbehavin' | | | |
 Michigan | Gwen Roberta Brown | Ishpeming | 22 | Dramatic Presentation of Original Writing, "Memory of Grandmother" | | | |
 Minnesota | Elizabeth Ruyak | Mankato | 20 | Piano, Fantaisie-Impromptu by Frédéric Chopin | | | Became television host/reporter with CBS/NBC -- part of five Summer/Winter Olympics broadcast teams from 1992-2002 |
 Mississippi | Karen Hopson | Vicksburg | 21 | Character Ballet en Pointe, "Overture" from Annie | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
 Missouri | Theresa McDonnell | Florissant | 22 | Vocal, "Let's Hear it for Me" from Funny Lady | | | |
 Montana | Sue Harris | Helena | 19 | Gymnastics Dance, Theme from Hawaii Five-O | | | |
 Nebraska | Jill Pershing | Lincoln | 21 | Ballet en Pointe, Rhapsody in Blue | | | |
 Nevada | Suzanne Bowman | Reno | 20 | Modern Rhythmic Gymnastics, "Zero to Sixty in Five" | | | |
 New Hampshire | Natalie Oliver | Manchester | 21 | Vocal, "Home" from The Wiz | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 New Jersey | Debra Naley | Rockaway | 26 | Violin Medley, "Csárdás" & "Orange Blossom Special" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 New Mexico | Lynn Lawson | Portales | 21 | Classical Piano, "Piano Concerto No. 2, Third Movement" by Rachmaninoff | | | |
 New York | Suzanne Alexander | Lyons Falls | 20 | Classical Vocal, "Vissi d'arte" from Tosca | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
 North Carolina | Lynn Williford | Wilmington | 24 | Russian Character Dance, "Czardas" | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 North Dakota | Stacie Anfinson | Hettinger | 21 | Vocal, "I Only Want to Say" | | | |
 Ohio | Juliana Zilba | Mansfield | 21 | Vocal Medley, "Up the Ladder to the Roof" & "With One More Look at You" from A Star is Born | | Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship Non-finalist Talent Award | Sister of Miss Ohio 1986, Mary Zilba |
 Oklahoma | April Clayton | Cameron | 22 | Ballet en Pointe, "The Blue Danube" | | | |
 Oregon | Julie Ross | Portland | 20 | Classical Piano, "Toccata" by Prokofiev | Top 10 | | |
 Pennsylvania | Jill Shaffer | Dover | 22 | Piano, "Piano Concerto in A Minor" by Grieg | | | |
 Rhode Island | Kathleen Cryan | Providence | 23 | Jazz Dance, "Electro-Phantasma" | | | |
 South Carolina | Jill Rankin | Columbia | 21 | Figure Skating, "Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major" | | | |
 South Dakota | Pennisue Largent | Hot Springs | 22 | Vocal & Jazz Dance, "Misty" | | | |
 Tennessee | Angelina Johnson | Jackson | 20 | Ventriloquism, "Laverne & Shirley" | | | |
 Texas | Sheri Ryman | Texas City | 20 | Gymnastics, Theme from Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
 Utah | Jonelle Smith | Provo | 23 | Classical Vocal, "Sempre Libera" from La traviata | Top 10 | | |
 Vermont | Kimberly Nestle | Shelburne | 19 | Acrobatic Jazz Dance, "I Hope I Get It" from A Chorus Line | | | |
 Virginia | Vicky Pulliam | Martinsville | 21 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Art is Calling for Me" from The Enchantress by Victor Herbert | | | |
 Washington | Kristine Weitz | Moses Lake | 19 | Jazz Vocal, "Summertime" | | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award Non-finalist Talent Award | |
 West Virginia | Candy Cohen | Huntington | 24 | Tap Dance, "How High the Moon" | | | |
 Wisconsin | Keungsuk Kim | Shorewood | 19 | Classical Piano, "Kabalevsky's Prelude" | Top 10 | | |
 Wyoming | Keri Borgaard | Cheyenne | 23 | Vocal Medley, "At the Crossroads" & "Hey, Look Me Over" | | | |
