Miss USA 1987
Miss USA 1987 was the 36th Miss USA pageant, televised live on February 17 from Albuquerque, New Mexico on CBS. The ceremonies were hosted for the last time by Bob Barker. At the conclusion of the final competition, Michelle Royer of [Miss Miss Texas USA|Texas USA|Texas] was crowned Miss USA, becoming the third consecutive winner from Texas.
Results
Special awards
- Congeniality: Lori Lynn Dickerson
- Photogenic: Sophia Bowen
- Best State Costume: Kriston Gayle Killgore
Delegates
The Miss USA 1987 delegates were:- Alabama – Rhonda Garrett
- Alaska – Shelly Dunlevy
- Arizona – Diane Lynn Martin
- Arkansas – Sheri Smeltzer
- California – Lori Lynn Dickerson
- Colorado – Polly Kuska
- Connecticut – Jolene Foy
- Delaware – Shellie Haralson
- District of Columbia – Edwina Richard
- Florida – Clotilde "Cloe" Helen Cabrera
- Georgia – Sophia Marie Bowen
- Hawaii – Deborah Laslo
- Idaho – Vicki Hoffman
- Illinois – Joan Elizabeth Berge
- Indiana – Alecia Rae Masalkoski
- Iowa – Katy Lynn Magee
- Kansas – Martina Castle
- Kentucky – Beth Ann Clark
- Louisiana – Carol Carter
- Maine – Ginger Kilgore
- Maryland – Michelle Snow
- Massachusetts – Rosanna Iversen
- Michigan – Elizabeth Puleo
- Minnesota – Christine Rosenberger
- Mississippi – Katharine Clare Manning
- Missouri – Dawn Theresa Fonseca
- Montana – Constance Colla
- Nebraska – Amy Anderson
- Nevada – Tammy Lee Perkins
- New Hampshire – Laurie Durkee
- New Jersey – Stacey Fox
- [Miss Miss New Mexico USA|New Mexico USA|New Mexico] – Kriston Gayle Killgore
- New York – Constance McCullough
- North Carolina – Donna Wilson
- North Dakota – Shelley Gangness
- Ohio – Hallie Bonnell
- Oklahoma – Dyan Rody
- Oregon – Tamara Primiano
- Pennsylvania – Lisa Rynkiewicz
- Rhode Island – Lisa Benson
- South Carolina – Elizabeth Woodard
- South Dakota – Jana van Woudenberg
- Tennessee – Molly Brown
- Texas – Michelle Renee Royer
- Utah – Patty Thorpe
- Vermont – Carole Woodworth
- Virginia – Marsha Ann Ralls
- Washington – Jennifer Doerflinger
- West Virginia – Paula Jean Morrison
- Wisconsin – Regina Maria Part
- Wyoming – Michelle Renee Zimermann
- Miss Teen USA 1986 – Allison Brown
Judges
- Rebeca Arthur
- Doug Higgins
- Betty Hyatt-Aikman
- Rhett Turner
- Lisa Brown
- Marc Schwartz
- Caryn Richman
- Dick Zimmerman
- Kim Morgan Greene
- Gwen Jones
- Fred Travalena