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Miss USA 1989

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Date
  
February 28, 1989

Broadcaster
  
CBS, WKRG

Entertainment
  
Tommy Tune

Entrants
  
51

Miss USA 1989

Presenters
  
Dick Clark, Angie Dickinson and Laura Harring

Venue
  
Mobile Civic Center Theatre, Mobile, Alabama

Miss USA 1989, the 38th Miss USA pageant, was televised live from the Mobile Civic Center Theatre in Mobile, Alabama on February 28, 1989. At the conclusion of the final competition, Gretchen Polhemus of Texas was crowned by outgoing titleholder Courtney Gibbs. She was the fifth consecutive Miss Texas USA to win the pageant.

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This was the first Miss USA pageant hosted by Dick Clark (The Miss Universe Pageant was hosted by John Forsythe that year), with color commentary by Angie Dickinson. This pageant was held in Alabama for the first and so far only time.

Judges

The following celebrities were invited to judge the competition:

  • Jude Deveraux – Author
  • Bonnie Kay – Modeling manager
  • Dick Rutan – Pilot of the Voyager aircraft
  • Jeana Yeager – Pilot of the Voyager aircraft
  • Stella Stevens – Actress
  • Roscoe Tanner – Tennis player
  • Linda Shelton – Aerobics instructor
  • Lillian Glass – Author
  • Richard Anderson – Actor
  • Cecilia Bolocco – Miss Universe 1987 from Chile
  • Jennifer Chandler – Olympic diver
  • Delegates

    The Miss USA 1989 delegates were:

    References

    Miss USA 1989 Wikipedia