Miss America Semi-Finalists
(1956-1990)

1956-SHARON KAY RITCHIE OF COLORADO
2. Dorothy Mae Johnson of Oregon
3. Florence Gallagher of Chicago, Illinois
4. Clara Faye Arnold of North Carolina
5. Ann Campbell of Oklahoma
Semi-Finalists:
Patricia Byrd Huddleston of Alabama
Beth Andre of Arizona
Sandra Wirth of Florida
Barbara Mamo Vieira of Hawaii
Virginia Mafucci of Massachusetts
1957-MARIAN MCKNIGHT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
2. Margo Zita Sandra Lucey of the District of Columbia
3. Anne Stuart Ariall of Alabama
Finalists:
Barbara Patricia Hilgenberg of Arizona
Mary Ann McGrew of Kansas
Semi-Finalists:
Joan Colleen Beckett of California
Dorothy Germaine Moreau of Canada
Sandra Jean Stuart of Chicago, Illinois
Jere Wright of Hawaii
Jewel Frast Smerage of Massachusetts


1958-MARILYN VAN DERBUR OF COLORADO
2. Jody Elizabeth Shattuck of Georgia
3. Mary Nancy Denner of Oklahoma
4. Lorna M. Anderson of California
5. Dorothy Maria Steiner of Florida
Semi-Finalists:
Lynn Freyse of Arizona
Sara Ann Cooper of Missouri
Loni Gravelle of Nevada
Elaine Hendon of North Carolina
Judith Hansen of Oregon
1959-MARY ANN MOBLEY OF MISSISSIPPI
2. Joanne Lucille MacDonald of Iowa
3. Anita Bryant of Oklahoma
4. Sandra Lee Jennings of California
5. Betty Lane Evans of North Carolina
Semi-Finalists:
Lee Thornberry of Alabama
Sally Miller of Arkansas
Billie June Turner of Connecticut
Mary Nell Hendricks of Texas
Janet Secor of Utah


1960-LYNDA LEE MEAD OF MISSISSIPPI
2. Mary Alice Fox of Wisconsin
3. Sharon Joyce Vaughn of Washington
4. Susan Diane Bronson of California
5. Patricia Anne Allebrand of Arizona
Semi-Finalists:
Rosemary Catherine Keenan of Canada
Suzanne Ingeborg Johnson of Illinois
Bonnie Jo Marquis of New York
Lois Janet Piercy of Pennsylvania
Marion Lee Wayland of Tennessee
1961-NANCY FLEMING OF MICHIGAN
2. Suzanne Marie Reamo of California
3. Ann Farrington Herring of North Carolina
4. Ruth Rea of the District of Columbia
5. Tommye Lou Glaze of Indiana
Semi-Finalists:
Teresa Rinaldi of Alabama
Marlene Rae Coleman of Idaho
Brenda Crovo of Massachusetts
Edith Browning of South Carolina
Marian Faye Walker of Utah

1962-MARIA BEALE FLETCHER
OF NORTH CAROLINA

2. Frances Jane Anderson of Arkansas
3. Carolyn DeAnn Lasater of Utah
4. Linda Jacklyn Loftis of Texas
5. Nancee Ann Parkinson of Minnesota
Semi-Finalists:
Delores Hodgens of Alabama
Susan Ann Henryson of California
Joan Whitney Vine of Hawaii
Joanna Katherine Lester of Montana
Myrtice Lee Conn of New Mexico
1963-JACQUELYN MAYER OF OHIO
2. Joan Mary Engh of Wisconsin
3. Penny Lee Rudd of Texas
4. Evelyn Keith Ellis of South Carolina
5. Patricia Lei Anderson of Hawaii
Semi-Finalists:
Katherine Eugenia Cross of Georgia
Carole Jean Van Valin of Michigan
Charlotte Ann Carroll of Mississippi
Mary Lee Jepson of Nebraska
Martha Louise Wyatt of Oregon


1964-DONNA AXUM OF ARKANSAS
2. Rosanne Tueller of the District of Columbia
3. Susan Dee Pickering of Hawaii
4. Martha Ellen Truett of Tennessee
5. Susan Jean Bergstrom of Arizona
Semi-Finalists:
Judith Antoinette Short of Alabama
Wendy Lee Douglas of California
Cheryl Lillian Sweeten of Colorado
Cheryle Jeanne Thompson of Nevada
Dorcas Dara Campbell of Virginia
1965-VONDA KAY VAN DYKE OF ARIZONA
2. Karen Elizabeth Carlson of Arkansas
3. Ella Dee Kessel of West Virginia
4. Sharon McCauley of Texas
5. Barbara Phyllis Hasselberg of Minnesota
Semi-Finalists:
Vicki Powers of Alabama
Leinaala Teruya of Hawaii
Linda Sawyer of Kentucky
Jane Nelson of New Mexico
Lauren Waddleton of Washington


1966-DEBORAH BRYANT OF KANSAS
2. Patricia Anne Puckett of Mississippi
3. Eileen Mary Smith of Indiana
4. Carol Lynn Blum of Florida
5. Sharon Mae Singstock of Wisconsin
Semi-Finalists:
Linda Folsom of Alabama
Lynda Ferguson of Louisiana
Susan Pack of Oregon
Nancy Moore of South Carolina
Bonnie Vernon of Utah
1967-JANE ANNE JAYROE OF OKLAHOMA
2. Charlene Diane Dallas of California
3. Vicky Lynn Hurd of Tennessee
4. Sharon Elaine Phillian of Ohio
5. Nancy Anne Naylor of New Hampshire
Semi-Finalists:
Angeline Grooms of Alabama
Diane Colston of Florida
Carol Ann Kennedy of Massachusetts
Sharon Kaye Birkenbuel of New Mexico
Susan Kay Logan of Texas


1968-DEBRA DENE BARNES OF KANSAS
2. Joan Stephanie Myers of Mississippi
3. Barbara Burk Baugh of Wisconsin
4. Marilyn Gail Cocozza of Rhode Island
5. Dawn Lauree Cashwell of Florida
Semi-Finalists:
Mary Lynn Haglund of Indiana
Linda Formanek of Iowa
Genevieve Del Gallo of Louisiana
Ingrid Larson of Maryland
Charlotte Sims of Minnesota
1969-JUDITH FORD OF ILLINOIS
2. Catherine Monroe of Massachusetts
3. Susan Thompson of Iowa
4. Marjean Kay Langley of Oregon
5. Katherine Virginia Field of Indiana
Semi-Finalists:
Dellynne Catching of Alabama
Linda Fitts of Florida
Patricia Burmeister of New York
Brenda Sell of Tennessee
Cherie Davis of Virginia


1970-PAMELA ELDRED OF MICHIGAN
2. Kathy Lynn Baumann of Ohio
3. Susan Anton of California (tie)
3. Cheryl Carter of New Jersey (tie)
5. Judy Mendenhall of Minnesota
Semi-Finalists:
Adria Easton of Colorado
Sheryl Akaka of Hawaii
Georgina Hossfeld of Massachusetts
Patricia Brummey of New Mexico
Linda Trybus of New York
1971-PHYLLIS GEORGE OF TEXAS
2. Claudia Turner of South Carolina
3. Karen Johnson of Maine
4. Chris McClamrock of Mississippi
5. Maggie Walker of Pennsylvania
Semi-Finalists:
Donna Connelly of Arkansas
Lisa Louise Donovan of Florida
Katherine Jean Karlsrud of New York
Judy Adams of Oklahoma
Mary Johanna Harum of South Dakota


1972-LAUREL LEA SCHAEFER OF OHIO
2. Karen Herd of Idaho
3. Deborah Ann O'Brien of Massachusetts
4. Maureen Victoria Wimmer of Pennsylvania
5. Allyn E. Warner of Maine
Semi-Finalists:
Cynthia Cook of Georgia
Sandy Rings of Kansas
Shiela Bernhagen of Minnesota
Joan Burachio of Nevada
Susan Buckner of Washington
1973-TERRY MEEUWSEN OF WISCONSIN
2. Constance Dorn of North Carolina
3. Linda Kay Olsen of Pennsylvania
4. Mae Beth Cormany of Texas
5. Rebecca Sue Graham of Indiana
Semi-Finalists:
Catherine Lowton of Delaware
Renee Studemann of Iowa
Cindy Lee Sikes of Kansas
Debby Robert of Louisiana
Kathleen Louise Neff of Maryland


1974-REBECCA KING OF COLORADO
2. Judy Hieke of Wisconsin
3. Suzanne Plummer of New Jersey
4. Debbie Ward of Louisiana
5. Tina Louise Thomas of Pennsylvania
Semi-Finalists:
Susan Kaye Shipley of California
Colleen Ann Metternich of Illinois
Andrea Jean Hanson of Oklahoma
Judy Mallette of Texas
Leslie Ann Mays of Washington
1975-SHIRLEY COTHRAN OF TEXAS
2. Lucianne Buchanan of California
3. Jean Ahern of Illinois
4. Darlene Compton of Kentucky
5. Libby Lovejoy of Louisiana
Semi-Finalists:
Penny Tichenor of Indiana
Donna Reel of New Mexico
Barbara Guthmiller of South Dakota
Deborah Kincaid of Tennessee
Kathleen Moore of Washington


1976-TAWNY GODIN OF NEW YORK
2. Susan Lawrence of North Carolina
3. Janet Jay Carr of California
4. Susan Kay Banks of Ohio
5. Stacey Peterson of Arizona
Semi-Finalists:
Ann Schmalzried of Florida
Cindi Legler of Indiana
Cynthia Carpenter of Massachusetts
Cindy Anthony of South Carolina
Mary Ellen Richardson of Texas
1977-DOROTHY BENHAM OF MINNESOTA
2. Lavinia Merle Cox of South Carolina
3. Carmen McCollum of Texas
4. Linda Michelle Mouron of California
5. Sonja Beverly Anderson of New York
Semi-Finalists:
Deborah Lipford of Delaware
Barbara Jennings of Maryland
Donna Grotberg of North Dakota
Marie McLaughlin of Pennsylvania
Pamela Polk of Virginia


1978-SUSAN PERKINS OF OHIO
2. Barbara Mougin of Indiana
3. Catherine Amelia Hinson of South Carolina
4. Mary D'Arcy of New Jersey
5. Catherine La Belle of Florida
Semi-Finalists:
Connie Lee Haugen of California
Suzanne Louise Bunker of Oregon
Lynne Carol Grote of Pennsylvania
Linda Faye Moore of Tennessee
Lori Smith of Texas
1979-KYLENE BARKER OF VIRGINIA
2. Teresa Cheatham of Alabama
3. Carolyn Cline of Florida
4. Sher Lynnette Patrick of Ohio
5. Laurie Nelson of Washington
Semi-Finalists:
Lori Ann Bergen of Kansas
Marcia Malone Bell of Kentucky
Phyllis Kelly of Louisiana
Guylyn Elaine Remmenga of Nebraska
Sandi Miller of Texas

1980-CHERYL PREWITT OF MISSISSIPPI
2. Tanya Kay Carli of Ohio
3. Michelle Elaine Whitson of Kansas
4. Susan Wilson of Missouri
5. Marti Phillips of Florida
Semi-Finalists:
Pam Wenzel of Arizona
Lori Jean Froeling of Iowa
Keli Diane Krull of New York
Carolyn Louise Black of Pennsylvania
Debbie Davis of West Virginia
1981-SUSAN POWELL OF OKLAHOMA
2. Paige Phillips of Alabama
3. Donna Pope of Mississippi (tie)
3. Therese Hanley of New Jersey (tie)
5. Lencola Sullivan of Arkansas
Semi-Finalists:
Jeanne Caruso of Connecticut
Cheryl Flanagan of New York
Kathy Vernon of Ohio
Terri Eoff of Texas
Doris Janell Hayes of Washington


1982-ELIZABETH WARD OF ARKANSAS
2. Sandra Truitt of Illinois
3. Kristi Anne Evans of Georgia
4. Pamela Carlberg of Indiana
5. Sheri Ryman of Texas
Semi-Finalists:
Karen Hopson of Mississippi
Suzanne Alexander of New York
Julie Ross of Oregon
Jonelle Smith of Utah
Kim Keungsuk of Wisconsin
1983-DEBRA SUE MAFFETT OF CALIFORNIA
2. Desiree Denise Daniels of Tennessee
3. Dianne Evans of Mississippi
4. Yolanda Teresa Fernandez of Alabama
5. Nancy Chapman of Oklahoma
Semi-Finalists:
Debra Ann Daniels of Arizona
Mary Stuart of Arkansas
Bobbie Eakes of Georgia
Gwendolyn Witten of Kentucky
Laurie Saarinen of Minnesota


1984-VANESSA WILLIAMS OF NEW YORK (resigned)
2. SUZETTE CHARLES OF NEW JERSEY
(became new Miss America)

3. Pam Battles of Alabama
4. Wanda Gayle Geddie of Mississippi
5. Pamela Helean Rigas of Ohio
Semi-Finalists:
Kimberly Boyce of Florida
Lynn Thompson of Kentucky
Barbara Webster of Missouri
Kristin Leigh Lowenberg of Nebraska
Dana Rogers of Texas
1985-SHARLENE WELLS OF UTAH
2. Melissa Bradley of Ohio
3. Kathy Manning of Mississippi
4. Lauren Susan Green of Minnesota
5. Tamara Hext of Texas
Semi-Finalists:
Debbie Nakanelua of Hawaii
Kelly Brumagen of Kentucky
Margaret Marie O'Brien of Massachusetts
Mary-Ann Farrell of New York
Shelly Mangrum of Tennessee


1986-SUSAN AKIN OF MISSISSIPPI
2. Sherry Thrift of South Carolina
3. Jonna Fitzgerald of Texas
4. Honey Castro of Washington
5. Angela Tower of Alabama
Semi-Finalists:
Laurie Broderick of Indiana
Laurie Keller of Kentucky
Alecia Masalkoski of Michigan
Valerie Faber of New Mexico
Suellen Cochran of Ohio
1987-KELLYE CASH OF TENNESSEE
2. Julianne Smith of Virginia
3. Dawn Elizabeth Smith of South Carolina
4. Kelly Garver of Michigan
5. Tamara Tungate of Missouri
Semi-Finalists:
Angela Callahan of Alabama
Julie Russell of Arkansas
Marlesa Bell of Georgia
Kimberly McGuffee of Mississippi
Stephany Samone of Texas


1988-KAYE LANI RAE RAFKO OF MICHIGAN
2. Patricia Brant of Louisiana
3. Stacie James of Nevada
4. La Tonya Hall of Colorado
5. Toni Seawright of Mississippi
Semi-Finalists:
Jennifer Anne Sauder of Florida
Tammy Walker of Maryland
Robin Riley of Missouri
Jo Thompson of Texas
Heidi Lammi of Virginia
1989-GRETCHEN CARLSON OF MINNESOTA
2. Maya Walker of Colorado
3. Lori Lee Kelley of Oklahoma
4. Marlise Sharlene Ricardos of California
5. Jenny Lee Jackson of Alabama
Semi-Finalists:
Melissa Aggeles of Florida
Desiree Cruz of Hawaii
Valerie Brosset of Louisiana
Carla Haag of Mississippi
Tina Curran of North Dakota

1990-DEBBYE TURNER OF MISSOURI
2. Virginia Cha of Maryland
3. Debbie Riecks of Colorado
4. Jeri Lynn Zimmermann of Illinois
5. Kristin Huffman of Ohio
Semi-Finalists:
Sandra Frick of Florida
Tamara Denise Toshiko Marler of Oklahoma
Michelle Kline of Pennsylvania
Leah Kay Lyle of Texas
Jennifer Wall of Washington

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