Miss America 1976

Miss America 1976
Miss America 1976
	Tawny Godin, Miss America 1976
Date	September 6, 1975
Presenters	Bert Parks ; Phyllis George
Venue	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Broadcaster	NBC
Winner	Tawny Godin; New York state
	← 1975 1977 →

Miss America 1976, the 49th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1975, and broadcast on NBC.

The winner, Tawny Godin, representing New York, later became better known as Tawny Little, a television personality in Los Angeles who married actor John Schneider, star of the TV series The Dukes of Hazzard. She was the first woman with the title of Miss New York to take the crown, Bess Myerson having won the 1945 pageant entered as Miss New York City. At 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (1.79 m), Godin was the tallest Miss America to that point.^[1]

Result

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Miss America 1976	New York – Tawny Godin^[1]
1st Runner-Up	North Carolina – Susan Lawrence^[1]
2nd Runner-Up	California – Janet Carr^[1]
3rd Runner-Up	Ohio – Susan Banks^[1]
4th Runner-Up	Arizona – Stacey Petersen^[1]
Top 10	Florida – Ann Schmalzried Indiana – Cyndi Legler Massachusetts – Cynthia Mary Carpenter South Carolina – Cyndi Anthony Texas – Mary Ellen Richardson^[2]

Awards

Preliminary awards

Awards	Contestant
Lifestyle and Fitness	California - Janet Carr Arkansas - Paula Denise Roach Rhode Island - Debra Jean Cusick
Talent	Massachusetts - Cynthia Mary Carpenter Montana - Diane Lynn Pacini Ohio - Susan Banks

Other awards

Awards	Contestant
Non-finalist Talent	Delaware - Elaine Campanelli Georgia - Seva Celeste Day Kentucky - Marsha Ann Griffith Maryland - Veronica Marie Clarke Minnesota - Keri Thorne Pennsylvania - Connie Harness Wisconsin - Marilyn Sembell Wyoming - Trish Long^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lillesand, Eleanor; Kille, Susan (7 Sep 1975). "Miss New York Wins It". Press of Atlantic City. p. A1. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Lillesand, Eleanor; Kille, Susan (7 Sep 1975). "Miss New York Takes Crown". Press of Atlantic City. p. A6. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

External links

Miss America official website

[Press_A1-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lillesand, Eleanor; Kille, Susan (7 Sep 1975). "Miss New York Wins It". Press of Atlantic City. p. A1. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

[Press_A6-2] Lillesand, Eleanor; Kille, Susan (7 Sep 1975). "Miss New York Takes Crown". Press of Atlantic City. p. A6. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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