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Miss USA 1982

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Date
  
May 13, 1982

Broadcaster
  
CBS

Placements
  
12

Presenters
  
Bob Barker

Entrants
  
51

Venue
  
Gulf Coast Convention Center, Biloxi, Mississippi

Miss USA 1982, the 31st Miss USA pageant, was televised live on May 13, 1982 from the Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi on CBS.

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The pageant was won by Terri Utley of Arkansas, who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kim Seelbrede of Ohio. Utley was the first – and to date only – woman from Arkansas to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1982.

Jeannine Boger of North Carolina is the mother of Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton.

Special awards

  • Congeniality: Toni McFadden (Alaska)
  • Photogenic: Sondra Dee Jones (Virginia)

    • Delegates

    The Miss USA 1982 delegates were:

    Judges

  • Summer Bartholomew, Miss USA 1975 from California
  • Vic Damone, singer
  • Jineane Ford, Miss USA 1980 from Arizona
  • John James, actor
  • Julia Meade, actress
  • Robert Pine, actor
  • Michelle Stevens, Model

    • References

    Miss USA 1982 Wikipedia
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