| MISS AMERICA 1981 DELEGATES |
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| ARKANSAS
Lencola Sullivan 4th RUNNER-UP PREL. SWIMSUIT |
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| ARIZONA
Brenda Strong |
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| ALASKA
Sandra Lashbrook |
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| ALABAMA
Paige Phillips 1st RUNNER-UP PREL. TALENT |
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| DELAWARE
Andrea Lee Dickerson |
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| CONNECTICUT
Jeanne Caruso SEMI-FINALIST |
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| COLORADO
Kimberly Christiansen |
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| CALIFORNIA
Robin Jelene Brooks |
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| HAWAII
Keonelehua Cook |
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| GEORGIA
Crystal Smith |
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| FLORIDA
Caroline Dungan |
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| DIST. OF COLUMBIA |
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| IOWA
Jane Patton |
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| INDIANA
Theresa Lynn Kardatzke |
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| ILLINOIS
Blythe Sawyer |
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| IDAHO
Leslie Taylor |
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| MAINE
Valerie Crooker |
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| LOUISIANA
Martha Crew |
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| KENTUCKY
Daphne Jean Cochran |
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| KANSAS
Kara Leann Folsom |
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| MINNESOTA
Debra Goodwin PREL. SWIMSUIT |
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| MICHIGAN
Heidi Hepler |
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| MASSACHUSETTS
Amy Sue Linder |
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| MARYLAND
Lisa Marie Daskal |
| NEBRASKA
Paula Louise Mitchell |
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| MONTANA
Lily Cruise |
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| MISSOURI
Carla LaFevre |
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| MISSISSIPPI
Donna Pope 2nd RUNNER-UP (TIE) PREL. SWIMSUIT |
| NEW MEXICO
Teresa Elizabeth Anderson |
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| NEW JERSEY
Therese Hanley 2nd RUNNER-UP (TIE) |
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| NEW HAMPSHIRE
Diane McGarry |
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| NEVADA
Phyllis Hamlin |
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| OHIO
Kathy Vernon SEMI-FINALIST |
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| NORTH DAKOTA
Karen Moe |
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| NORTH CAROLINA
Janet Ward Black |
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| NEW YORK
Cheryl Flanagan SEMI-FINALIST PREL. TALENT |
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| RHODE ISLAND
Dawn Potter |
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| PENNSYLVANIA
Anita Ellen Patton |
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| OREGON
Teresa Richardson |
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| OKLAHOMA
Susan Powell MISS AMERICA PREL. TALENT |
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| TEXAS
Terri Eoff SEMI-FINALIST |
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| TENNESSEE
Sarah Leonard |
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| SOUTH DAKOTA
Carol Barnett |
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| SOUTH CAROLINA
Donna Leigh Jewell |
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| WASHINGTON
Doris Janell Hayes SEMI-FINALIST PREL. TALENT |
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| VIRGINIA
Holly Jereme |
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| VERMONT
Carole Spolar |
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| UTAH
Jean Bullard |
| WYOMING
Susan Pennington |
| WISCONSIN
Dana Spychalla |
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| WEST VIRGINIA
Pamela Ellen Paugh |
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