Miss USA 1982

Miss USA 1982
Date	May 13, 1982
Presenters	Bob Barker
Venue	Gulf Coast Convention Center, Biloxi, Mississippi
Broadcaster	CBS
Entrants	51
Placements	12
Winner	Terri Utley Arkansas
Congeniality	Toni McFadden
Photogenic	Sondra Dee Jones

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.

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.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss USA 1982	Arkansas - Terri Utley
1st runner-up	Texas - Luann Caughey
2nd runner-up	Utah - Susan Gasser
3rd runner-up	Ohio - Kim Weeda
4th runner-up	Kentucky - Kristina Chapman
Top 12	Hawaii - Vanessa Dubois Maryland - Angie Boyer Massachusetts - Janet Marie Flaherty Michigan - Diane Arabia Tennessee - Sherly Deanice Levy Vermont - Georgia Davis Virginia - Sondra Dee Jones

Special awards

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

Delegates

The Miss USA 1982 delegates were:

• Alabama - Lisa Wheeler
• Alaska - Toni McFadden
• Arizona - Lori Hakola
• Arkansas - Terri Utley
• California - Suzanne Dewames
• Colorado - Dusty Hutton
• Connecticut - Maureen Szekeres
• Delaware - Shawna Saints
• District of Columbia - Lori Esteep
• Florida - Lisa Smith
• Georgia - Kelly Blackston
• Hawaii - Vanessa Dubois
• Idaho - Valerie Stephan
• Illinois - Carla Danielson
• Indiana - Sara Binckley
• Iowa - Jeanne Hoyer
• Kansas - Stefanie Larson
• Kentucky - Kristina Chapman
• Louisiana - Lisa Michael
• Maine - Theresa Cloutier
• Maryland - Angie Boyer
• Massachusetts - Janet Marie Flaherty
• Michigan - Diane Arabia
• Minnesota - Lori Kmetz
• Mississippi - Nancy Perkins
• Missouri - Susan Heiman

• Montana - Perri Stevenson
• Nebraska - Lori Novicki
• Nevada - Andrea Pennington
• New Hampshire - Kathy Rogers
• New Jersey - Janice Lynn Straub
• New Mexico - Lisa Allen
• New York - Annemarie Henderson
• North Carolina - Jeannine Boger
• North Dakota - Tammi Martinson
• Ohio - Kim Weeda
• Oklahoma - Jill Liebmann
• Oregon - Kristina Bauer
• Pennsylvania - Therese Rosa
• Rhode Island - Peggy McGraw
• South Carolina - Margo Wood
• South Dakota - Meaghan North
• Tennessee - Sherly Deanice Levy
• Texas - Luann Caughey
• Utah - Susan Gasser
• Vermont - Georgia Davis
• Virginia - Sondra Dee Jones
• Washington - Jana Minerich
• West Virginia - Cindy Baniak
• Wisconsin - Cheryl Maslowski
• Wyoming - Judy Wilder

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

External links

• Miss USA official website