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Miss USA 1977

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Date
  
May 14, 1977

Broadcaster
  
CBS, WCSC-TV

Entertainment
  
Bobby Vinton

Entrants
  
51

Presenters
  
Bob Barker and Helen O'Connell

Venue
  
Gillard Municipal Auditorium, Charleston, South Carolina

Miss USA 1977, the 26th Miss USA pageant, was televised live by CBS from the Gillard Municipal Auditorium in Charleston, South Carolina on May 14, 1977.

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The pageant was won by Kimberly Tomes of Texas, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Barbara Peterson of Minnesota. Tomes was the first woman from Texas to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as a semi-finalist at Miss Universe 1977.

Over 4 months later pageant host Bob Barker would start his 3-year run of hosting Price Is Right in syndication, replacing Dennis James.

Results

  • Miss USA 1977: Kimberly Tomes (Texas)
  • The runners-up were:
  • 1st runner-up: Mary O'Neal Contino (Nevada)
  • 2nd runner-up: Deborah Cossette (Minnesota)
  • 3rd runner-up: Pamela Gergely (California)
  • 4th runner-up: Lynn Herring (Virginia)
  • The semi-finalists were:
  • Toni Abranovic (Arizona)
  • Sharon Sutherland (District of Columbia)
  • Linda Kerr (Georgia)
  • Cely de Castro (Hawaii)
  • Tina Brown (Maine)
  • Juanita McCarty (New Jersey)
  • Denise Funderburk (New Mexico)

    • Special awards

  • Congeniality: Linda Lefevre (Florida)
  • Photogenic: Elizabeth Curran (Illinois)

    • Delegates

    The Miss USA 1977 delegates were:

    References

    Miss USA 1977 Wikipedia
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