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Miss USA 1989
DateFebruary 28, 1989
PresentersDick Clark, Angie Dickinson and Laura Harring
EntertainmentTommy Tune
VenueMobile Civic Center Theatre, Mobile, Alabama
BroadcasterCBS, WKRG
Entrants51
Placements10
WinnerGretchen Polhemus
Texas Texas
CongenialityKimberly Nicewonder
Virginia Virginia
Best State CostumeKelly Holub
Illinois Illinois
PhotogenicElizabeth Primm
Louisiana Louisiana
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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.

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.

Results

Map showing placements by state

Placements

Final Results Contestant
Miss USA 1989
1st runner-up
Miss World USA 1989
2nd runner-up
3rd runner-up
4th runner-up
Top 10

Special awards

Award Contestant
Miss Congeniality
Miss Photogenic
Best State Costume

Final competition

Preliminary Swimsuit

state score state score state score score state state score state score
Oklahoma Oklahoma 8.887 Maine Maine 8.205 New York (state) New York 7.912 Connecticut Connecticut 7.773 Washington (state) Washington 7.587 Rhode Island Rhode Island 6.840
Texas Texas 8.872 Maryland Maryland 8.204 Arkansas Arkansas 7.885 Michigan Michigan 7.723 Washington, D.C. District of Columbia 7.573
Louisiana Louisiana 8.715 Iowa Iowa 8.185 Alabama Alabama 7.883 Missouri Missouri 7.716 Tennessee Tennessee 7.516
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania 8.704 Kentucky Kentucky 8.184 South Dakota South Dakota 7.881 Idaho Idaho 7.694 North Dakota North Dakota 7.504
Arizona Arizona 8.696 Colorado Colorado 8.115 Massachusetts Massachusetts 7.877 West Virginia West Virginia 7.681 Hawaii Hawaii 7.486
Illinois Illinois 8.491 Wyoming Wyoming 8.040 Montana Montana 7.874 South Carolina South Carolina 7.675 Delaware Delaware 7.340
California California 8.428 Nebraska Nebraska 8.023 Wisconsin Wisconsin 7.844 Minnesota Minnesota 7.674 Nevada Nevada 7.177
Virginia Virginia 8.384 Mississippi Mississippi 7.967 Florida Florida 7.821 Ohio Ohio 7.647 New Mexico New Mexico 7.152
North Carolina North Carolina 8.324 New Jersey New Jersey 7.924 Alaska Alaska 7.803 Vermont Vermont 7.612 Utah Utah 7.050
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia 8.223 New Hampshire New Hampshire 7.915 Kansas Kansas 7.781 Oregon Oregon 7.592 Indiana Indiana 6.961


Historical significance

  • Texas wins competition for the sixth time and fifth in a row.
  • Oklahoma earns the 1st runner-up position for the first time and surpasses its previous highest placement in 1952, becoming its highest placement of the state.
  • New Jersey earns the 2nd runner-up position for the first time and surpasses its previous highest placement in 1977, becoming its highest placement of the state.
  • Louisiana earns the 3rd runner-up position for the fourth time. The last time it placed this was in 1985.
  • Georgia earns the 4th runner-up position for the fifth time. The last time it placed this was in 1987.
  • States that placed in semifinals the previous year were California, Georgia, Illinois, Oklahoma and Texas.
  • Texas placed for the fifteenth consecutive year.
  • Illinois placed for the sixth consecutive year.
  • Georgia placed for the fourth consecutive year.
  • California and Oklahoma made their second consecutive placement.
  • Arizona last placed in 1987.
  • Louisiana last placed in 1985.
  • New Jersey last placed in 1977.
  • Pennsylvania last placed in 1983.
  • Colorado last placed in 1969.
  • Florida breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1987.
  • Mississippi breaks an ongoing streak of placements since 1986.

Judges

The following celebrities were invited to judge the competition:[1]

Delegates

The Miss USA 1989 delegates were:

Contestant notes

References

  1. ^ "Miss USA". The Durant Daily Democrat. Associated Press. March 1, 1989. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  2. ^ Associated Press (1987-08-04). "Metroplex beauty wins Miss Texas". Houston Chronicle. p. 10.

External links

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