Miss USA 1982


Miss USA 1982 was the 31st Miss USA pageant, televised live on May 13, 1982, from the Gulf Coast Convention Center in Biloxi, Mississippi on CBS.
The pageant was won by Terri Utley of Arkansas USA|Arkansas], who was crowned by outgoing titleholder Kim Seelbrede of Ohio. Utley was the first – and to date only – woman from Arkansas to win the Miss USA title, and went on to place as 4th runner-up at Miss Universe 1982.
The judges included Miss USA 1975 Summer Bartholomew and Miss USA 1980 Jineane Ford.
Jeannine Boger, who was Miss [North Carolina USA] is the mother of Miss USA 2009 Kristen Dalton.

Results

Placements

Final resultsContestant
Miss USA 1982
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Delegates

The Miss USA 1982 delegates were:Alabama – Lisa WheelerAlaska – Toni McFaddenArizona – Lori HakolaArkansasTerri UtleyCalifornia – Suzanne DewamesColorado – Dusty HuttonConnecticut – Maureen SzekeresDelaware – Shawna SaintsDistrict of Columbia – Lori EsteepFloridaLisa SmithGeorgia USA|Georgia] – Kelly BlackstonHawaii – Vanessa DuboisIdaho – Valerie StephanIllinois – Carla DanielsonIndiana – Sara BinckleyIowa – Jeanne HoyerKansas – Stefanie LarsonKentucky – Kristina ChapmanLouisiana – Lisa MichaelMaine – Theresa CloutierMaryland – Angie BoyerMassachusettsJanet Marie FlahertyMichigan – Diane ArabiaMinnesota – Lori KmetzMississippiNancy PerkinsMissouri – Susan HeimanMontana – Pierrette "Perri" StevensonNebraska – Lori NovickiNevada – Andrea PenningtonNew Hampshire – Kathy RogersNew Jersey – Janice Lynn StraubNew MexicoLisa AllenNew York – Annemarie HendersonNorth Carolina – Jeannine DaltonNorth DakotaTammi MartinsonOhio – Kim WeedaOklahoma – Jill LiebmannOregon – Kristina BauerPennsylvania – Therese RosaRhode Island – Peggy McGrawSouth CarolinaMargo WoodSouth Dakota – Meaghan NorthTennessee – Sherly Deanice "Nise" LevyTexas – Luann CaugheyUtahSusan GasserVermontGeorgia DavisVirginia – Sondra Dee JonesWashington – Jana MinerichWest VirginiaCindy BaniakWisconsin – Cheryl MaslowskiWyoming – Judy Wilder

Judges