Miss USA 1985

Miss USA 1985
Date	May 13, 1985
Presenters	Bob Barker and Joan Van Ark
Entertainment	Kool and The Gang, Lee Greenwood
Venue	Lakeland Civic Auditorium, Lakeland, Florida
Broadcaster	CBS, WTVT WCPX-TV
Entrants	51
Placements	10
Winner	Laura Harring Texas
Congeniality	Martha Browning Tennessee
Photogenic	Robyn Overbey Kentucky

Miss USA 1985 was the 34th Miss USA pageant, televised live from the Lakeland Civic Auditorium in Lakeland, Florida on May 13, 1985, in honor of the city's centennial anniversary with a special cameo appearance by Mayor Thomas R. Shaw. At the conclusion of the final competition, Laura Harring of Texas was crowned Miss USA 1985 by outgoing titleholder Mai Shanley of New Mexico.

Harring was the first Latina to win the crown. She later became an actress, appearing in a number of films including Mulholland Drive and as John Travolta's character's wife in The Punisher.

Results

Placements

Final results	Contestant
Miss USA 1985	Texas - Laura Harring
1st Runner-Up	New Mexico - Brenda Denton
2nd Runner-Up	Illinois - Laura Ann Bach
3rd Runner-Up	Louisiana - Sarie Joubert
4th Runner-Up	Minnesota - Kari Lee Johnson
Top 10	Arizona - Michelle Ducote Hawaii - Tina Machado Massachusetts - Mercedes Waggoner Missouri - Amy Ruth Coverdale Oklahoma - Sophia Henderson

Delegates

The Miss USA 1985 delegates were:

State	Name	Hometown	Age1	Notes
Alabama	Allison Sawyer	Birmingham	20
Alaska	Kari Moore	Fairbanks	18
Arizona	Michelle Ducote	Tempe	22
Arkansas	Susan Dean	Osceola	23
California	Zina Ponder	Long Beach	22
Colorado	Lynnette Jessen	Denver	23	Previously Miss Colorado 1981
Connecticut	Adrianne Hazelwood	Hamden	18	Previously Miss Wisconsin Teen USA 1984
Delaware	Sheila Saints	Wilmington	21
District of Columbia	Christal Chacon	Washington, D.C.	18
Florida	Barbi Losh	North Miami Beach	21
Georgia	Amanda Smith	Smyrna	24
Hawaii	Tina Machado	Honolulu	25
Idaho	Sheri Rose	Boise	24
Illinois	Laura Bach	Elmhurst	23
Indiana	Theresa Hobbs	Bloomington	23
Iowa	Devin Steinberg	Manson	21
Kansas	Jill Denzin	Leawood	21
Kentucky	Robyn Overbey	Calvert City	24
Louisiana	Sarie Joubert	Shreveport	22
Maine	Tracie Samara	Portland	22
Maryland	Christine Marie	Baldwin	20
Massachusetts	Mercedes Waggoner	Boston	21
Michigan	Nancy Mazuro	Washington	17
Minnesota	Kari Lee Johnson	Minneapolis	20
Mississippi	Camille Gilliland	Meridian	19
Missouri	Amy Coverdale	Columbia	22
Montana	Julie Knox	Bozeman	19
Nebraska	Lori Straight	Omaha	20
Nevada	Alicia Berger	Las Vegas	19	Entertainment reporter for KVBC-DT and regular contributor for Access Hollywood
New Hampshire	Janice LaCroix	Manchester	21	Originally first runner-up after Rhonda Niles dethroned due to stealing clothes during the state pageant competition
New Jersey	Francie Knapp	Linwood	24
New Mexico	Brenda Denton	Hobbs	21	Represented the United States in Miss World 1985 where she placed as Second Runner Up
New York	Lovey King	Yonkers	20
North Carolina	Kate Kenney	Raleigh	23
North Dakota	Regina Schatz	Fargo	22
Ohio	Lisa Barlow	Vandalia	22
Oklahoma	Sophia Henderson	Tulsa	21
Oregon	Jodi Unruh	Eugene	20
Pennsylvania	Sandi Ferguson	Jefferson Hills	18
Rhode Island	Dana Wilson	Riverside	21
South Carolina	Ann Margarete Hughes	Summerville	23
South Dakota	Stacey Arnold	Rapid City	21
Tennessee	Martha Browning	Chattanooga	24	First deaf Miss USA contestant.
Texas	Laura Harring	El Paso	21	Born in Mexico
Utah	Kim Thompson	Salt Lake City	18
Vermont	Angie Cummingham	Rutland	20
Virginia	Dana Bryant	Richmond	18
Washington	Sherry Rials	Bellevue	23
West Virginia	Lorre Lewis	Barboursville	20
Wisconsin	Deborah Lynn Strauss	Thiensville	22
Wyoming	Wendy Hartwigsen	Gillette	19

See also

• Miss Universe 1985
• Miss Teen USA 1985

External links

• Official website