MISS AMERICA 1971

1970 September 12
50 entries

Results
1  TEXAS - Phyllis Ann George
2  SOUTH CAROLINA - Claudia Turner
3  MAINE - Karen Johnson
4  MISSISSIPPI - Christine “Chris” McClamroch
5  PENNSYLVANIA - Margaret “Maggie” Walker

Semi-finalists
ARKANSAS - Donna Jo Connelly
FLORIDA - Lisa Louise Donovan
NEW YORK - Katherine Jean Karlsrud
OKLAHOMA - Judy Adams
SOUTH DAKOTA - Mary Johanna Harum

Remainder
ALABAMA - Suzanne Dennie
ALASKA - Virginia Walker
ARIZONA - Karen Joy Shields
CALIFORNIA - Karin Kascher
COLORADO - Sue Gehrman
CONNECTICUT - Cynthia Fowler
DELAWARE - Linda Sue Hitchens
GEORGIA - Nancy Carr
HAWAII - Kathleen Puanani O'Sullivan
IDAHO - Noralyn Olsen
ILLINOIS - Lynn Alexander
INDIANA - Deborah Sue May
IOWA - Cheryl Adrianne Brown
KANSAS - Linda Susan Edds
KENTUCKY - Cynthia Bostick
LOUISIANA - Carol Almand
MARYLAND - Sharon Cannon
MASSACHUSETTS - Diana Dohrmann
MICHIGAN - Ginger Myers
MINNESOTA - Juliana Gabor
MISSOURI - Marcia Mossbarger
MONTANA - Jane Opp
NEBRASKA - Debra Sue Sullivan
NEVADA - Vicky Jo Todd
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Deborah Merrill
NEW JERSEY - Hela Youngst
NEW MEXICO - Janis Jones
NORTH CAROLINA - Cornelia "Connie" Colette Lerner
NORTH DAKOTA - Nancy Tangen
OHIO - Grace Bird
OREGON - Cynthia Harrison
RHODE ISLAND - Teresa Louise Bradley
TENNESSEE - Carol Ferrante
UTAH - Deborah Dunn
VERMONT - Pati Papineau
VIRGINIA - Jeannette Faye Smith
WASHINGTON - Nancy Kay Peterson
WEST VIRGINIA - Linda Barnett
WISCONSIN - Linda Johnson
WYOMING - Jane Hutchins

MISS AMERICA 1972

1971 September 11
50 entries

Results
1  OHIO - Laurie Lea Schaefer
2  IDAHO - Karen Herd
3  MASSACHUSETTS - Deborah Ann O'Brien
4  PENNSYLVANIA - Maureen Victoria Wimmer
5  MAINE - Allyn E. Warner

Semi-finalists
GEORGIA - Cynthia Cook
KANSAS - Sandy Rings
MINNESOTA - Sheila Bernhagen
NEVADA - Joan Burachio
WASHINGTON - Susan Buckner

Remainder
ALABAMA - Ceil Jenkins
ALASKA - Linda Joy Smith
ARIZONA - Celia Margaret Sklan
ARKANSAS - Marilyn Morgan
CALIFORNIA - Carolyn Jean Stoner
COLORADO - Cathy Glau
CONNECTICUT - Priscilla Doyle
DELAWARE - Paula Kusmer
FLORIDA - Barbara Jo Ivey
HAWAII - Aurora Joan Ka'awa
ILLINOIS - Anita Pankratz
INDIANA - Pat Patterson
IOWA - Judith Stephens
KENTUCKY - Robbie Lynn Halcomb
LOUISIANA - Avis Cochran
MARYLAND - Michelle Ehrgott
MICHIGAN - Linda Susan Kish
MISSISSIPPI - Jennifer Blair
MISSOURI - Deborah Duff
MONTANA - Nancy Harper
NEBRASKA - Sally Lou Warner
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Kristi Carlson
NEW JERSEY - Lynne Hackerman
NEW MEXICO - Michele Cornali
NEW YORK - Elizabeth Condon
NORTH CAROLINA - Patsy Wood
NORTH DAKOTA - Lana Herreid
OKLAHOMA - Susan Supernaw
OREGON - Lynn Grenz
RHODE ISLAND - Annette Charpentier
SOUTH CAROLINA - Pam Inaminet
SOUTH DAKOTA - Susan Inman
TENNESSEE - Marsha McDonald
TEXAS - Janice Bain
UTAH - Sally Janis Gentry
VERMONT - Sue Glover
VIRGINIA - Linda Jean Moyer
WEST VIRGINIA - Deborah Lambert
WISCONSIN - Patricia "Patti" Jacobs
WYOMING - Marsha Crandall

MISS AMERICA 1973

1972 September 9
50 entries

Results
1  WISCONSIN - Terry Anne Meeuwsen
2  NORTH CAROLINA - Constance Ann Dorn (U.S.A. 75)
3  PENNSYLVANIA - Linda Kay Olson
4  TEXAS - Mae Beth Cormany
5  INDIANA - Rebecca Sue Graham

Semi-finalists
DELAWARE - Catherine Lawton
IOWA - Renee Stuedemann
KANSAS - Cindy Lee Sikes
LOUISIANA - Debby Robert
MARYLAND - Kathleen Louise Neff

Remainder
ALABAMA - Frieta Fuller
ALASKA - Linda Ann Hogue
ARIZONA - Linda Gail Sirrine
ARKANSAS - Debbye Hazelwood
CALIFORNIA - Dianne Wagner
COLORADO - Sally Jo Anderson
CONNECTICUT - Linda Kapral
FLORIDA - Suzanne Charles
GEORGIA - Lisa Lawalin
HAWAII - Marlene Diane Kehaulani Kalahiki
IDAHO - Vicki Hawkins
ILLINOIS - Carolyn Paulus
KENTUCKY - Carolyn Walters
MAINE - Marilyn Lash
MASSACHUSETTS - Marie June Semas
MICHIGAN - Terri Ann Cousino
MINNESOTA - Linda Hagan
MISSISSIPPI - Glenda Meadows
MISSOURI - Anita Colombo
MONTANA - Debra Jo DeBiase
NEBRASKA - Jeanine Giller
NEVADA - Helen Marie Bennett
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Jane Badler
NEW JERSEY - Linda Carol Gialanella
NEW MEXICO - Wren Prather
NEW YORK - Judith Keithley
NORTH DAKOTA - Georgia Becker
OHIO - Karen Sue Sparka
OKLAHOMA - Debbie Giannopoulos
OREGON - Sandra Lynn Herring
RHODE ISLAND - Michele Passarelli
SOUTH CAROLINA - Bonnie Corder
SOUTH DAKOTA - Janet Hunter
TENNESSEE - Debby Cathey
UTAH - Sally Peterson
VERMONT - Kathy Hebert
VIRGINIA - Donna Pillow
WASHINGTON - Rebecca "Becky" June Pozzi
WEST VIRGINIA - Lynnette Kopler
WYOMING - Annette Klipstein

MISS AMERICA 1974

1973 September 8
50 entries

Results
1  COLORADO - Rebecca Ann King
2  WISCONSIN - Judy Hieke
3  NEW JERSEY - Suzanne Plummer
4  LOUISIANA - Debbie Ward
5  PENNSYLVANIA - Tina Louise Thomas

Semi-finalists
CALIFORNIA - Susan Kaye Shipley
ILLINOIS - Colleen Ann Metternich
OKLAHOMA - Andrea Jean Hanson
TEXAS - Judy Mallett
WASHINGTON - Leslie Ann Mays

Remainder
ALABAMA - Jane Rice
ALASKA - Virginia Adams
ARIZONA - Susan May Kingman
ARKANSAS - Becky Hume
CONNECTICUT - Deborah Blanchard
DELAWARE - Jackie LaGuardia
FLORIDA - Ellen Rowena Meade
GEORGIA - Gail Bullock
HAWAII - Kanoelehua Kaumeheiwa  (Queen of the Pacific 73)
IDAHO - Sharon Lea Davis
INDIANA - Karen Rogers
IOWA - Lynette Henninger
KANSAS - Janie Schulte
KENTUCKY - Lyda Lewis
MAINE - Carlene Quimby
MARYLAND - Kristi Reindl
MASSACHUSETTS - Rena Diane Walmsley
MICHIGAN - Sherry Agnello
MINNESOTA - Joleen Benoit
MISSISSIPPI - Kathleen Cole
MISSOURI - Terri Dodson
MONTANA - Debbie Reber
NEBRASKA - Sandy Cramer
NEVADA - Echo Rost
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Michelle Annette Cote
NEW MEXICO - Patti Nelms
NEW YORK - Jo Ann Miller
NORTH CAROLINA - Heather Walker
NORTH DAKOTA - Linda Cole
OHIO - Cheryl Ann Yourkvitch
OREGON - Nancy Jackson
RHODE ISLAND - Pattie Garrahy
SOUTH CAROLINA - Fran Riggins
SOUTH DAKOTA - Gwen Elizabeth Resick  (SD-World 76)
TENNESSEE - Anne Galloway
UTAH - Brenda Richardson
VERMONT - Joylynn McCraw
VIRGINIA - Gail Vandeventer
WEST VIRGINIA - Myra McVey
WYOMING - Pamela Jo Hill

MISS AMERICA 1975

NOTE: Last year that Miss Congeniality was awarded (until 2006)

1974 September 7
50 entries

Results
1  TEXAS - Shirley Cothran
2  CALIFORNIA - Lucianne Buchanan
3  ILLINOIS - Joan Celeste Ahearn
4  KENTUCKY - Darlene Compton
5  LOUISIANA - Libby Lovejoy

Semi-finalists
INDIANA - Penny Tichenor
NEW MEXICO - Donna Reel  (U.S.A. 72 & NM-World 73)
SOUTH DAKOTA - Barbara Marie Guthmiller
TENNESSEE - Deborah Kincaid
WASHINGTON - Kathleen Beth Moore

Remainder
ALABAMA - Pam Long
ALASKA - Darby Lynn Moore
ARIZONA - Mary Elizabeth Avila
ARKANSAS - Rhonda Kay Pope
COLORADO - Cynthia Starr Hunter
CONNECTICUT - Elisa Heinimann
DELAWARE - Kathleen Attanasi
FLORIDA - Delta Burke
GEORGIA - Gail Nelson
HAWAII - Coline-Helen Kanaloku Aiu
IDAHO - Rochelle Bacon
IOWA - Jean Bollhoefer
KANSAS - Karen Dianne Smith
MAINE - Margaret Welch
MARYLAND - Susan Wohlfarth
MASSACHUSETTS - Susan Sadlier
MICHIGAN - Susan Short
MINNESOTA - Pam Bernhagen
MISSISSIPPI - Diane Bounds
MISSOURI - Michelle Marshall
MONTANA - Pamela Royer
NEBRASKA - Sharon Sue Pelc
NEVADA - Jacquelyn Barker
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Cynthia Erb
NEW JERSEY - Elizabeth Bracken
NEW YORK - Kristen Krull
NORTH CAROLINA - Susan Griffin
NORTH DAKOTA - Susan Myhr
OHIO - Lorrie Kapsta
OKLAHOMA - Deborah Knight
OREGON - Juli Ann Berg
PENNSYLVANIA - Karen Lynn Kuhn
RHODE ISLAND - Karen Salvatore
SOUTH CAROLINA - Cheryl Lehe
UTAH - Kathlyn White
VERMONT - Donna Shea
VIRGINIA - Stephanie Dowdy
WEST VIRGINIA - Mary Derry
WISCONSIN - Carol Ann Schmitt
WYOMING - Cheryl Johnson

MISS AMERICA 1976

1975 September 5
50 entries

Results
1  NEW YORK - Tawny Elaine Godin
2  NORTH CAROLINA - Susan Lawrence
3  CALIFORNIA - Janet Jay Carr
4  OHIO - Susan Kay Banks
5  ARIZONA - Stacey Petersen

Semi-finalists
FLORIDA - Ann Schmalzried
INDIANA - Cyndi Legler
MASSACHUSETTS - Cynthia Mary Carpenter
SOUTH CAROLINA - Cyndi Anthony
TEXAS - Mary Ellen Richardson

Remainder
ALABAMA - Susie Vaughan
ALASKA - Cindy Suryan
ARKANSAS - Paula Denise Roach
COLORADO - Penny Currier
CONNECTICUT - Mary Therese Cadorette
DELAWARE - Elaine Campanelli
GEORGIA - Seva Celeste Day
HAWAII - Catherine Foy
IDAHO - Teri Harding
ILLINOIS - Jean Waters
IOWA - Debbie Weuve
KANSAS - Jana Lynn Salmans
KENTUCKY - Marsha Ann Griffith
LOUISIANA - Becky Wilson
MAINE - Patricia Cyr
MARYLAND - Veronica Clarke
MICHIGAN - Julie Beckers
MINNESOTA - Keri Thorne
MISSISSIPPI - Mollie Magee
MISSOURI - Rebecca Rives
MONTANA - Diana Lynn Pacini
NEBRASKA - Janet Kay Goode  (World-U.S.A. 74)
NEVADA - Sherri Lowe
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Catherine Burnham
NEW JERSEY - Nancy Craig
NEW MEXICO - Joan Schooley
NORTH DAKOTA - Cathy Woell
OKLAHOMA - Lisa Reagan
OREGON - Betty Hupfer
PENNSYLVANIA - Connie Harness
RHODE ISLAND - Debra Jean Cusick
SOUTH DAKOTA - Gina Iverson
TENNESSEE - Marion Burgess
UTAH - Barbara Hanks
VERMONT - Katherine Rechsteiner
VIRGINIA - Joan Grady
WASHINGTON - Lee Ann Hibbert
WEST VIRGINIA - Kristi Wick
WISCONSIN - Marilyn Sembell
WYOMING - Trish Long

MISS AMERICA 1977

1976 September 11
50 entries

Results
1  MINNESOTA - Dorothy Kathleen Benham
2  SOUTH CAROLINA - Lavinia Merle Cox
3  TEXAS - Carmen McCollum
4  CALIFORNIA - Linda Michelle Mouron
5  NEW YORK - Sonja Beverly Anderson

Semi-finalists
DELAWARE - Deborah Rica Lipford
MARYLAND - Barbara Jennings
NORTH DAKOTA - Donna Grotberg
PENNSYLVANIA - Marie McLaughlin
VIRGINIA - Pamela Polk

MISS AMERICA 1978

1977 September 10
50 entries

Results
1  OHIO - Susan Yvonne Perkins
2 INDIANA - Barbara Mougin
3  SOUTH CAROLINA - Catherine Amelia Hinson
4  NEW JERSEY - Mary D'Arcy
5  FLORIDA - Catherine “Cathy” LaBelle

Semi-finalists
CALIFORNIA - Connie Lee Hougen
OREGON - Suzanne Louise Bunker
PENNSYLVANIA - Lynne Carol Grote
TENNESSEE - Linda Faye Moore
TEXAS - Lori Smith

MISS AMERICA 1979

1978 September 9
50 entries

Results
1  VIRGINIA - Kylene Barker
2  ALABAMA - Teresa Cheatham
3  FLORIDA - Carolyn Cline
4  OHIO - Sher Lynnette Patrick
5  WASHINGTON - Laurie Nelson

Semi-finalists
KANSAS - Lori Ann Bergen
KENTUCKY - Marcia Malone Bell
LOUISIANA - Phyllis Kelly
NEBRASKA - Guylyn Elaine Remmenga
TEXAS - Sandi Miller

MISS AMERICA 1980

1979 September 8
50 entries

Results
1  MISSISSIPPI - Cheryl Prewitt
2  OHIO - Tana Kay Carli
3  KANSAS - Michelle Elaine Whitson
4  MISSOURI - Susan Wilson
5  FLORIDA - Marti Sue Phillips

Semi-finalists
ARIZONA - Pam Wenzel
IOWA - Lori Jean Froeling
NEW YORK - Kelli Diane Krull
PENNSYLVANIA - Carolyn Louise Black
WEST VIRGINIA - Debbie Davis  (Mrs America 1984)