Miss World USA 1971


Miss World USA 1971 was the 10th edition of the Miss World USA pageant, held in the Hampton Roads Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia, and was won by Karen Brucene Smith of Texas. She was crowned by outgoing titleholder Sandra Wolsfeld of Illinois. Smith went on to represent the United States at the Miss World 1971 Pageant in London later that year. She finished as fifth runner-up at Miss World. She later won Miss American Beauty 1974 and competed in and later won Miss International 1974.

Results

Placements

Final resultsContestant
Miss World USA 1971
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Delegates

The Miss World USA 1971 delegates were:Alabama - Mary E. SimsAlaska - Paula Lynn SlaymakerArizona - Lindsay Diane BloomArkansas - Peggy Kay HutchensCalifornia - Darlene PooleColorado - Juliet B. RaceConnecticut - Brenda Sue FlowersDelaware - Linda Marie MillerDistrict of Columbia - Melissa Jane BridgewaterFlorida - Anita L. SennoGeorgia - Deborah Kay CunninghamIdaho - Jackie BeanIllinois - Leah AndersonIndiana - Claudette BoothIowa - Beverly Meyer VratnyKentucky - Anne WrightLouisiana - Judy CusimanoMaine - Allison Lee CookMaryland - Gail SomervilleMassachusetts - Colette C. NoureyMichigan - Gwen Marie HumbleMinnesota - Carolyn SchmidtMississippi - Seletha Ann JarreauMissouri - Nancy Lee SwainMontana - Joli FanyakNebraska - Staci Ann LiebNevada - Jennifer Marie SwanNew Hampshire - Jane FlorenNew Jersey - Elizabeth WandermanNew Mexico - Jo Ann HowellNew York - Susan Elizabeth DishawNorth Carolina - Terri Lee HornNorth Dakota - Estrella Maria PetilOhio - Shirley MalinOregon - Cynthia Leann HagerPennsylvania - Maria Elena AlbericiRhode Island - Judith Ann GendronSouth Carolina - Debra Carol CooperSouth Dakota - Katherine Ann WesselTennessee - Deborah BarnettTexas - Karen Brucene SmithUtah - Iris Kay BettsVermont - Jeanne A. WhippleVirginia - Carolyn Rea MartinWashington - Sharon Lynne ConradWest Virginia - Kathy RedoshWisconsin - Lynn Marie MatheyWyoming - Cody Kay Armitage

Did not compete

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Crossovers

Contestants who competed in other beauty pageants:
;Miss USA
  • 1969: ': Elizabeth Wanderman
;Miss International