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Miss America 1972, the 45th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 11, 1971, and broadcast on NBC.
Miss America 1972 | |
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Date | September 11, 1971 |
Presenters | Bert Parks |
Venue | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Broadcaster | NBC |
Winner | Laurie Lea Schaefer Ohio |
Laurie Lea Schaefer, representing Ohio, was crowned Miss America 1972.[1] She became an actress, featured on TV series such as Falcon Crest, and later a casting director and talent scout.
Results
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Miss America 1972 | |
1st Runner-Up |
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2nd Runner-Up |
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3rd Runner-Up |
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4th Runner-Up |
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Top 10 |
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Order of announcements
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Top 10edit
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Top 5edit
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Awards
editPreliminary
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Lifestyle and Fitness |
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Talent |
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Non-finalist awards
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Talent | |
Special Judges/Talent Award |
Other
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Neat as a Pin[2] |
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Miss Congeniality |
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Judges
editContestants
editState | Name | Hometown | Age | Talent | Placement | Awards | Notes |
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Alabama | Ceil Jenkins | Birmingham | 21 | Vocal/Dance, "But Alive" from Applause | |||
Alaska | Linda Smith | Anchorage | 19 | Dramatic Interpretation, "The Seagull" | Special Judge's Award | ||
Arizona | Celia Sklan | Scottsdale | 22 | Dramatic Skit & Song, "English Pub" | |||
Arkansas | Marilyn Morgan | Clarksville | 20 | Popular Vocal, "Something" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
California | Carolyn Stoner | Belmont | 18 | Gymnastic Ballet, "Malagueña" | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
Colorado | Cathy Glau | Denver | 20 | Modern Jazz Dance, "Up, Up and Away" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Connecticut | Priscilla Doyle | Rockville | 23 | Flamenco Dance | |||
Delaware | Paula Kusmer | Wilmington | 19 | Dramatic Reading from The Diary of Anne Frank | Miss Congeniality | ||
Florida | Barbara Jo Ivey | Winter Park | 19 | Piano, "Toccata" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Georgia | Cynthia Cook | Smyrna | 20 | Ventriloquist Act, Singing, & Interpretations | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Hawaii | Aurora Joan Ka'awa | Makakilo City | 19 | Silhouette Hula Dance & Speech, "In the Islands" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Idaho | Karen Herd | Idaho Falls | 20 | Organ, "Ebb Tide" & "España cañi" | 1st runner-up | ||
Illinois | Anita Pankratz | Chicago | 21 | Vocal/Piano, "Someone to Watch Over Me" | |||
Indiana | Pat Patterson | Gary | 22 | Vocal, "My Funny Valentine" | Special Judge's Award
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First African American Miss Indiana
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Iowa | Judith Stephens | Clarinda | 21 | Piano, Rhapsody in Blue | |||
Kansas | Sandy Rings | Topeka | 20 | Vocal/Ventriloquism, "Toyland" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Kentucky | Robbie Halcomb | Scottsville | 19 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Italian Street Song" | Contestant at Miss Teenage America 1968 | ||
Louisiana | Avis Cochran | Shreveport | 19 | Acrobatic Dance to the theme from Exodus | |||
Maine | Allyn Warner | Falmouth | 21 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Mira" from Carnival | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Maryland | Joan Michele Ehrgott | Avondale | 21 | Vocal/Dance, "If My Friends Could See Me Now" | |||
Massachusetts | Deborah O'Brien | Foxboro | 22 | Classical Vocal, "Je Veux Vivre" from Romèo et Juliette | 2nd runner-up | ||
Michigan | Linda Susan Kish | Allen Park | 19 | Vocal, "As Long as He Needs Me" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Minnesota | Sheila Bernhagen | Bloomington | 19 | Acrobatic Jazz Ballet, "Flim Flam Man" | Top 10 | Older sister of Miss Minnesota 1974, Pam Bernhagen | |
Mississippi | Jennifer Blair | Tupelo | 21 | Popular Vocal, "I Wish You Love" | |||
Missouri | Deborah Duff | Kansas City | 19 | Modern Jazz Dance, "Big Noise from Winnetka" | |||
Montana | Nancy Harper | Helena | 18 | Vocal, "I'm the Greatest Star" from Funny Girl | |||
Nebraska | Sally Lou Warner | Bushnell | 19 | Vocal, "Big Spender" | |||
Nevada | Joan Burachio | Las Vegas | 21 | Accordion, "Csárdás" | Top 10 | ||
New Hampshire | Kristi Carlson | Nashua | 19 | Vocal, "What About Today?" | Neat as a Pin Award | ||
New Jersey | Lynn Hackerman | Mount Laurel | 18 | Pantomime Dance | Formerly served on the Miss America Board of Directors with Sam Haskell | ||
New Mexico | Michele Cornali | Silver City | 22 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Love is Where You Find It" | |||
New York | Elisabeth Condon | Angola | 21 | Acro Jazz Ballet from Applause | |||
North Carolina | Patsy Wood | Benson | 24 | Vocal, "I Believe it All" | |||
North Dakota | Lana Herreid | Williston | 20 | Original Vocal Composition, "From Life" | |||
Ohio | Laurie Lea Schaefer | Bexley | 22 | Semi-classical Vocal, "And This is My Beloved" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
Oklahoma | Susan Supernaw | Tulsa | 20 | Acrobatic Jazz Ballet | Special Judge's Award | ||
Oregon | Lynn Dee Grenz | Milwaukie | 20 | Vocal, "Hurry! It's Lovely Up Here" from On a Clear Day You Can See Forever | Non-finalist Talent Award | Former Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives & past House Majority Leader
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Pennsylvania | Maureen Wimmer | Perkasie | 20 | Classical Vocal, "Quando me'n vo'" from La bohème | 3rd runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | |
Rhode Island | Annette Charpentier | Cumberland | 21 | Semi-classical Vocal, "Eli's Comin'" | |||
South Carolina | Pamela Inabinet | Swansea | 21 | Tap Dance, "Puttin' on the Ritz" | Featured performer on the Miss America 1973 telecast | ||
South Dakota | Susan Inman | Hot Springs | 19 | Original Dramatic Skit, "Ecology" | Previously Miss Teenage South Dakota 1969
Top 8 at Miss Teenage America 1969 | ||
Tennessee | Marsha McDonald | Nashville | 21 | Ballet, "Over and Over Again" | |||
Texas | Janice Bain | San Antonio | 21 | Classical Vocal, "Il Bacio" by Luigi Arditi | |||
Utah | Janis Gentry | Vernal | 19 | Vocal, "Shy" from Once Upon a Mattress | |||
Vermont | Sue Glover | Brattleboro | 18 | Gymnastics Routine on the Uneven Parallel Bars | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
Virginia | Linda Moyer | Norfolk | 20 | Vocal & Dance | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | ||
Washington | Susan Buckner | Burien | 19 | Gymnastics Dance, "The Joker" | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Played Patty Simcox in the film Grease |
West Virginia | Deborah Lambert | Morgantown | 19 | Piano, "What the World Needs Now is Love" | |||
Wisconsin | Patricia Jacobs | Wauwatosa | 19 | Vocal & Dance, "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" | Toured with the Miss America USO Troupe | ||
Wyoming | Marsha Crandall | Rock Springs | 20 | Vocal Medley, "What the World Needs Now is Love" & "The Look of Love" |
References
edit- ^ a b "Miss America Winners Through The Years".
- ^ ""Miss Indiana's" Boosters on hand in Atlantic City". Indianapolis Recorder. September 18, 1971. p. 1.